One day leave to check personal belongings, Berkeley, California, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, taps the shoulder of the European American policeman assigned to guard her for the day she was granted permission to leave Tanforan Assembly Center and visit Berkely to check on personal belongings during World War II. Mine faces the viewer as she raises her proper left hand to tap the proper right shoulder of a tall man in suit and hat walking down street. Mine wears a jacket with two front pockets filled with purchases; a black handbag hangs from her proper left elbow. A display of candy is visible in the shop window behind her at left. There is a fire hydrant at bottom right corner. Street is in middle ground with opposite sidewalk and shops in background.
- Title: One day leave to check personal belongings, Berkeley, California, 1942
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 10 in, W: 14.5 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, 2007.62.111)
- 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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