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: "He is actually a distant relative who lives on Kahana Bay on Maui. I took the photograph at Mr. Takahashi's hangout: An overstuffed chair that is permanently outside on the bay." -- Brian Y. Sato