Photograph by Brian Sato. Included in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i which opened at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i and is on display at the Japanese American National Museum from February 14 through May 24, 2009. For more information, visit janm.org/exhibits/gokurosama.

Caption: "Mr. Seino, a retired carpenter for Pioneer Mill, had a little home "office" under his mango tree in his yard, which is where this photo was taken. He is very well-read and very philosophical in his outlook. He liked to talk about current events and related it to the past. He was also an inventor and created a clever contraption on his mailbox that would drop an orange golf ball to let him know he had mail." -- Brian Sato