PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-2-158 (ONLC 4353)

PARENT COLLECTION

Shiuko Sakai Collection

DESCRIPTION

Black and white photographic print of Aya Taketomi sitting outside in chair with house’s sliding glass doors behind her. Donor stated that many people owned summerhouses in Karuizawa, because the climate was cooler than Tokyo. Aya Taketomi, sitting in the chair in front of her family’s summerhouse, was the daughter of the former Japanese ambassador to Turkey. Donor and Aya met when Aya visited the Park Hotel in Tokyo where Donor was staying. Inscribed on back: "NOV 49/KARUIZAWA"

CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American Museum of Oregon

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Shiuko Sakai Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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