Obon Festival- Dancers
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-436 (ONLC 3260)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Black and white photographic print of six Obon dancers posing for the camera holding small Japanese and American flags. From left to right: Eddie Tamiyasu, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okasaki, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. Negative ONLC 3068 (ddr-one-1-245).
DATE
1948-1954
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
- Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Fiction -- Children and young adult
- Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Dance -- Odori
- Geographic communities -- Oregon -- Portland
- Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays -- Obon
- 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.
