Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-417 (ONLC 3235)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Black and white photographic negative of guests at the Northwest Buddhist Convention banquet dinner in the basement of the Seattle Buddhist Church. A flag with the Wheel of Dharma is visible behind the head table. Sitting at table in foreground on left hand side from left to right: Harry Toshi, unidentified, Irene (Fujii) Mano, unidentified and George Osaki. Setting at a parallel table in back on the right side of the table from left to right: Hisa Matsubara Kato and Bob Kurimoto. Sitting at the head table from left to right: Reverend Zenkai Okayama (from Portland's Oregon Buddhist Church), Reverand Tatsuyo Ichikawa (from Seattle, Washington) and Reverend Eiyu Terao (from Spokane, Washington).
DATE
1948-1954
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.
