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[Tōyō Miyatake portraits of a Japanese American family]Creator/Contributor:
Miyatake, Tōyō, creator, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
Higaki, G., photographer.Abstract:
Professional studio portraits pertaining to a Japanese American family, unidentified except for son "Eddy". 1: Group portrait
of family (mother, father, son); 2: portrait of son in U.S. Army uniform (4 copies, 1 inscribed "For Ich, Buddy, Ed"); 3:
portrait of mother (2 copies); 4: wedding portrait of couple (inscribed "To Eddy, Love, Shig & Nancy Komatsubara"); 5. group
portrait at Japanese American funeral taken before Ivy Chapel at Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, depicting mourners posing
with wreaths and coffin draped in American flag; Japanese caption printed in negative. It is unclear how the funeral portrait
relates to the other portrait subjects.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJapanese Americans -- California -- Portraits
Japanese American families -- California -- Photographs
Japanese American soldiers -- California -- Portraits
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Portraits
Familles américaines d'origine japonaise -- Californie -- Photographies
Funérailles -- Rites et cérémonies -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Photographies
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Japanese American families
Japanese American soldiers
Japanese Americans
California
California -- Los Angeles
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's name printed on mounts and blind-stamped on prints: Toyo Miyatake.
Also includes 1 portrait (:4) by the studio of G. Higaki, Sacramento.
Purchase ; from McBride Rare Books ; 2021.
Tōyō Miyatake was born in Japan in 1895; came to Los Angeles in 1909; studied with Harry K. Shigeta and Edward Weston; established
a successful photography business in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo district; during World War II internment of Japanese Americans,
documented daily life at the Manzanar concentration camp and other relocation areas; continued professional career after the
war until retirement in 1960; died 1979. The Little Tokyo street Toyo Miyatake Way was named after him.
Tōyō Miyatake portraits of a Japanese American family, BANC PIC 2021.040, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPortrait.
portraits.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Group portraits.
Portraits.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photoprint
9 photographs in 1 folder and 1 oversize folder : gelatin silver prints, matted and mounted to paper portfolios ; prints various
sizes, mounts 31 x 34 cm or smaller
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