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Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival), Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman in a cross-patterened shirt, Mine Okubo looks back at the viewer while standing amidst a large crowd gathered outdoors for Hanamatsuri (Flower festival). A circle of dancers, dressed in kimonos and carrying fans performs in front of a partially visible stage in the right background.
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- Title: Hanamatsuri (Flower Festival), Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 9.75 in, W: 14.5 in
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
- External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
- Medium: ink, paper
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.185)
- 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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