Buddhist Convention
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-333 (ONLC 3151)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Black and white photographic negative of large crowd of Buddhists gathered outside Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington for a Buddhist convention. Reverends seated in front row from left to right: Reverend Seiji Kobara from Seattle, Reverend Shoko Masunaga, Reverend Akira Jotetsu Ono, Reverend Tatsuya Ichikawa, Reverend Bishop Kenryu Tsuji, Reverend Eiyu Terao from Spokane, Reverend Zenkai Okayama from Portland, unidentified, and Reverend Sunya Pratt from Tacoma. Crowd: far left first row: Mr. Kimura, far left third row: Nobi Yamasaki, and Ted Taniguchi, far left fifth row second in: Terumitsu Kanno, front row right side from right to left: unidentified, Mrs. Kazuya Toyoji, Yasashi Ichikawa, Yasuko Ota, and Yasashi Ichikawa; second row right side second from the right: Yasuko Ota, Joyce (Toshi) Nakamura, and Jack Matsui.
DATE
02/29/1952-03/02/1952
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
- Geographic communities -- Oregon -- Portland
- Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle
- Community activities -- Conventions and conferences
- Identity and values -- Japanese American identity
- Religion and churches -- Buddhism
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- "Resettlement"
- World War II -- Leaving camp -- Returning home
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Hirahara, Frank (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
