Gomonshu and Lady Ohtani's Visit to Portland

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-711 (ONLC 4940)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Black and what photographic negative of Gomonshu Koshi Ohtani and Lady Yoshiko Ohtani sitting in leather chairs at the train station. Gomonshu Koshi Ohtani was the leader of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwaniji-ha Buddhist sect, and was visiting Portland for the first time since the end of World War II with his wife Lady Yoshiko Ohtani.

1/17/1952-1/19/1956

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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