Arrival at Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, covers her face against the dust blowing in the wind at Central Utah Relocation Center, also known as Topaz, upon arriving from Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Dressed in cross-patterned top and a skirt, Mine holds a suitcase as she bends over covering her face with her proper right arm as her brother, Toku, covers his face with his hand behind her. The head of men, women and children face away from viewer in foreground; they cover their faces with their hands, and handkerchiefs. At midground, a band of former Boy Scouts from Berkeley plays behind a group of people waiting behind a rope, covered against the dust and wind; some holding up signs, "Welcome to Topaz." Row of barracks in background right.
- Title: Arrival at Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 9 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, 2007.62.123)
- 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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