Art in Incarceration: Artistry in the Japanese American Internment Camps

Title

Wood Placard

Creator

Ikeda and Ryozo Ogura

Owner

Loaned by Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center Archives

Creation Date

1944

Description

Piece of wood (24-1⁄4 x 4-1⁄2”) that has been painted and shellacked; illustration of wave and Buddhist saying “One Heaven, Four Seas” is present in Japanese. A label on back reads “1944 Relic from Camp Rohwer in Arkansas; Throw away piece of tree cut and sanded and had an artist paint the waves and rock [and] another artist do the calligraphy; Kobayashi Family; Apt. 12 12 C”. Mr. Ikeda is identified as the carpenter, Ryozo Ogura painted the wave, and the calligrapher is unknown.

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