Mine and Toku sharing a small meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, sits on a suitcase eating crackers and cans of peaches with her brother, Toku, in their new living quarters, a former horse stall, at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in boots and plaid dress, a tired Mine sits on tagged suitcase at left, holding an open can in proper left hand while holding a cracker to her mouth with her right. Toku sits on suitcase at right holding open can near mouth with proper right hand while holding crackers in left. An open box of crackers sits in foreground between them. Two duffle bags tagged, "13660 Okubo" and "13660" sit in on floor behind Mine. Crate and straw-filled mattress on spring cot are visible behind Toku.
- Title: Mine and Toku sharing a small meal, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
- External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
- Medium: paper, ink, mat board
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.47)
- Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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