ddr-janm-15 — Toshiki Hamaoka Collection — Objects

img Bonodori (ddr-janm-15-1)

1 watercolor painting of ten women dressed in kimono and geta, performing Japanese folk dance, bon odori, on the basketball court in Tule Lake. Signed in the BLC: D.T.H., 1945.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-1/

img Boy's Festival in May (ddr-janm-15-2)

1 watercolor painting of the celebration of boy's day with boys in the streets and flying carp banners hanging from poles between barracks. Painting is unsigned.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-2/

img Offering Condolences (ddr-janm-15-3)

1 watercolor painting of three men and a woman offering condolences to a grieving man in front of a barrack. Dated 1945 and signed D.T.H on the bottom left corner.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-3/

img Scene with Radishes Drying, Clothes Drying, Kids Playing Basket (ddr-janm-15-4)

1 watercolor painting, in foreground, radishes are drying with clothes drying behind it. There is also a pair of geta beneath the clothesline post while three boys play basket to the right.\n\nOn lower right corner on the painting is a signature, "Dick T. Hamaoka / 1945". On matte reads, "Scene with radishes drying, clothes drying, kids …

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img Kids Playing in Dirt in Irrigation Ditch (ddr-janm-15-5)

1 watercolor painting of four children playing in the dirt with pails in the foreground. A 4x4 post fence behind them with a young man riding a bicycle and two women walking in opposite directions on the street.\n\nOn lower left corner on painting is a signature, "D.T. Hamaoka / 1945." On matte reads, "Kids playing in …

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img Tulean Characters (ddr-janm-15-6)

1 watercolor painting of six figures: a Kibei boy with eye glasses and book in hand; a Nisei boy in a navy blue coat and red cap; Hoshidan kid in white shirt; Nisei in a dark blue zoot suit; Issei woman with knitting handbag; an Issei artist carrying his brushes in his left hand and canvas …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-6/

img Koi-Nobori (May) (ddr-janm-15-7)

1 ink drawing on paper: A celebration of Boys' day with carp fish banners on tall poles. The drawing also shows the mother holding a baby in the foreground while two young children look at the carp fish banners flying in the midground, rows of barracks in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-7/

img Showing Pass at Gate (ddr-janm-15-8)

1 watercolor painting on paper: Hues of green, purple, gray, pink, red, yellow, orange, blue and brown. There are 10 individuals in the painting, eight (8) men and three (3) women, with eight (8) individuals being Japanese Americans with passes in their hands. In the foreground is one young man walking towards the camp gate while …

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img Canteen #1 (ddr-janm-15-9)

1 ink drawing on paper: Eleven (11) inmates shopping in the canteen with nine (9) sales clerks. Aisle in the middle for customers to look around, counters hold some goods and cash registers with most items being on the shelves behind the counters. Wooden signs hanging from ceilings read from left to right, "Grocery," illegible sign, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-9/

img Untitled (ddr-janm-15-10)

1 graphite pencil drawing on paper: Construction of foot bridges across a canal; four (4) men in the ditch, six (6) men altogether on the sides of the ditches. Construction zone on bottom left corner, truck on top right corner, across the canal are three hills of dirt or other organic material on left; in background …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-10/

img Untitled (ddr-janm-15-11)

1 ink drawing on paper: Mess hall scene showing various families at meal time with three children looking towards the viewer. The style of drawing is reminiscent of woodblock prints.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-11/

img C.A. Art School (ddr-janm-15-12)

1 ink drawing on paper: The drawing depicts an art studio. The walls, ceilings, and floor are drawn and shaded with various short straight lines. The man painting on an easel in foreground is painting the barracks and Castle Rock, Castle Rock can also be seen in the background through the window. In midground are painting …

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img Dust (ddr-janm-15-13)

1 ink drawing on paper: Two women in the center foreground look towards the dust devil in the center of frame, the back of their skirts picked up by the wind. A man on a bike and a man on foot run opposite ways away from the dust devil while the dust storm rips sweeps through …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-13/

img High School Library (ddr-janm-15-14)

1 ink drawing on paper: Eight (7) students in the library with three (3) of the students exiting through the door in background. Students seated at tables reading or writing, or at shelving looking at books. One (1) woman looks stands behind a curved desk, looking towards the students.\n\n" - D.T. Hamaoka - 1945" written in …

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img Japanese Movie (ddr-janm-15-15)

1 ink drawing on paper: A line of people wait to enter a large building hosting a screening of a movie with a sign on front that is written in Japanese, an electricity pole in midground in front of the line In the foreground on right is a man in a suit and hat standing by …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-15/

img Untitled (ddr-janm-15-16)

1 ink drawing on paper: In the foreground on right, eight (8) men working on the roof of a barracks, installing tar paper, with a single sunflower and clothesline to the lower right of them. In foreground and midground are five (5) individuals, two (2) who are loading logs onto a truck. Two (2) birds fly …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-16/

img Going to Shower on Geta (ddr-janm-15-17)

1 watercolor painting on paper: Hues of brown, grey, blue, yellow, pink, red. Women and young girls going to and leaving the women's community bathroom at Tule Lake. On the left is the entrance to the bathroom. Above the doorway is a sign that reads: Women. There is a woman and young girl in the doorway. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-15-17/

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