Title:
Untitled
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
c. 1970
Identifier:
92.97.114
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Description:
Unstretched and unframed. Formerly stapled onto 92.97.117. Portraits of four prominent Issei Pioneers: Yaemon Minami, Keisaburo
Koda, George Shima and Kyutaro Abiko. Individual oval portraits are set in separate quadrants on a field of purplish-blue
with white lettering at center identifying men: "Four Pioneers; I Yauemon Minami; II Keisaburo Koda; III George Ushijima;
IV Kyusaburo Abiko." Upper left portrait of Yaemon Minami with caption, "I Lettuce King," shows an elderly man wearing glasses
in a black suit and tie and a medal on a white ribbon. Upper right portrait of Keisaburo Koda with caption, "II Rice King,"
shows a white haired, dark eyebrowed older man in a black suit and bow tie. Lower right portrait of George Shima with caption,
"III Potato King," shows a dark haired, mustached man in a black suit and tie. Lower left corner portrait of Kyutaro Abiko
with caption, "IV Founder of Yamato Colony," shows a greying mustached older man in a black suit and tie.
Subject:
Emigration and immigration
Portraits
Businessmen
Yamato Colony (California)
Lettuce
Rice
Potatoes
Japanese
Minami, Yaemon
Koda, Keisaburo
Shima, George
Abiko, Kyutaro