Masaki Kinoshita Poetry Collection

PARTNER

Densho
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-densho-453

DESCRIPTION

Collections includes three notebooks of Japanese poetry composed by various poets and scribed by Masaki Kinoshita, two at the Portland Assembly Center, one at Minidoka. And one small booklet of Japanese poetry. The books have been translated by Shelley Baker-Gard, Michael Frieling, and Satsuki Takikawa, and will be published in May of 2023 as: They Never Asked: Shnryu Poetry from the WWII Portland Assembly Center. More information can be found online at https://www.osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/they-never-asked .

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942-1993

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1943

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Three handwritten notebooks, one printed booklet

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Masaki Kinoshita Poetry Collection, Densho

RIGHTS

4 Objects

WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 2 (ddr-densho-453-1)
doc WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 2 (ddr-densho-453-1)
Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-453-1/
Senryu Poem Collection 1944 (ddr-densho-453-2)
doc Senryu Poem Collection 1944 (ddr-densho-453-2)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-453-2/
WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 1 (ddr-densho-453-3)
doc WCCA Assembly Center 1942 North Portland, Ore. Poetry Journal No. 1 (ddr-densho-453-3)
Handwritten on Holland Linen notebook. Additional title in Japanese
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-453-3/
Booklet (ddr-densho-453-4)
doc Booklet (ddr-densho-453-4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-453-4/
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