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Hisako Hibi
Collection
Created by: eishida
Hisako Hibi was born in Fukui, Japan in 1907. When she was 13 years old, she came to the United States with her parents. While attending the California School of ...
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Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden - Timeline
Collection
Created by: eishida
This collection presents the timeline from the Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum from June 17 through October 21, 2007. In addition to ...
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George Hoshida Collection
Collection
Created by: eishida
George Hoshida was born in 1907 in Kumamoto, Japan. He migrated with his family to Hilo, Hawaii when he was four years old, and this is where George spent all ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Topaz flower-sunflower and corn"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of sunflower in pot on table, ears of corn laying to the left.
Inscription
Signed LR: Hisako Hibi / August 1945 ; BACK: Topaz Flower only the sunflower ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 18 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Topaz flower-sunflower and corn"”)
Collected by: eishida
I feel this picture is rightfully placed at the end of this collection, for multiple reasons. First, Hisako was very fond of this flower, the sunflower, because regardless of the ...
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Hisako Hibi - "A letter"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of elderly woman in red dress and dark apron seated reading letter. Pot belly stove to the left, laundry hanging in background, broom and dustpan to ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 14 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "A letter"”)
Collected by: eishida
This painting is rare, for Hisako did not often create art of images and things inside the barracks. This painting includes all that would have been inside of a typical ...
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Hisako Hibi - "To school"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. | Image of girl in red coat standing alone with head lowered as she carries books under her proper left arm in the foreground right at Topaz ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Laundry Room"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Framed, stretched canvas. | Image of women in slacks bathing children in laundry sinks at laundry room of Topaz concentration camp, Topaz, Utah. Two women in yellow shirts stand at ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 13 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Laundry Room"”)
Collected by: eishida
Laundry rooms and latrines were all communal. In addition, they were poorly equipped and maintained. The bathroom only had four bathtubs, so women would wash their young children in a ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Shower, latrine and laundry building"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. Image of barrack with chimney and smoke, portion of another barrack at left, casting shadow on right barrack.
Inscription
Signed LR: Hisako Hibi / Oct. 1944
History
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 12 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Shower, latrine and laundry building"”)
Collected by: eishida
The showers, latrines and laundry facilities were often in the same building, as is suggested here. Often times, people would stay up until very late to take a shower in ...
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Hisako Hibi - "In front of my apt."
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a young man by a barrack with a pail in his hand. There are sunflowers that are planted in front of the barracks. The door ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 11 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "In front of my apt."”)
Collected by: eishida
Again, Hisako included sunflowers in her painting to show how possible it was grow something so beautiful in such a desolate environment. This "home" looks pleasing to the eye. However, ...
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Hisako Hibi - "A cold day"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. | Image of a person shoveling snow or coal in foreground next to piles of black rocks, probably coal, in front of barracks at Topaz concentration camp, ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 10 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "A cold day"”)
Collected by: eishida
The Topaz concentration camp could get very cold in the winter time. This picure highlights the black smoke exiting the chimneys of the barracks. This smoke is from the burning ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Topaz Farm Products"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Framed, stretched canvas. Lush, green still life with orange colored fruit at BC. Framed for exhibition.
Inscription
Signed LR: Hisako Hibi / Sept. 1944 ; Verso: written on canvas "Tribute to Topaz ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 9 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Topaz Farm Products"”)
Collected by: eishida
As mentioned previously, the people at Topaz concentration camp did what they could to beautify their environments. These farm products are a result of the Topaz agricultural department, which was ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Treasure hunting"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of two men walking in a field with a guard tower in the background. Thee are signs on a fence and mountains beyond the field.
Inscription
Signed, LR: ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 16 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Treasure hunting"”)
Collected by: eishida
After some time, the prisoners were allowed to go out on small, monitered excursions outside of the barbed wire boundaries. On these trips, some people found arrowheads belonging to native ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Water tank"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a child walking down a sidewalk with barracks and sunflowers. There is a water tank in the background.
Inscription
Signed, LL: Hisako Hibi / Sept 1944
History
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 8 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Water tank"”)
Collected by: eishida
Sunflowers were one of the only types of flowers that could be grown in the desert climate of Utah. This painting is evidence of the effort made by the prisoners ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Limitation"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. | Image in hues of gray, brown and green of two rabbits in an open field with a guard tower separated by fence from mountain in background ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 7 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Limitation"”)
Collected by: eishida
This painting represents how limited the people in the concentration camps were. They were not allowed beyond or too close to the barbed wire fences shown here. The picture is ...
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Hisako HIbi - "Topaz High Under Construction"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a truck with wood in the lower right corner and a man with a wheelbarrow full of wood. They are building a building and there ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 4 of 18, “Hisako HIbi - "Topaz High Under Construction"”)
Collected by: eishida
When the prisoners first arrived at Topaz concentration camp, many facilities were not yet complete, including Topaz High School.
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Hisako Hibi - "Shopping to Delta"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a compartment full of people with bags. The colors are yellow, black and red.
Inscription
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 17 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Shopping to Delta"”)
Collected by: eishida
The people of Topaz concentration camp were eventually allowed to go to Delta, the nearest town to Topaz, to shop and purchase necessary items. However, only one person per block ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Coal"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a red truck in a field with a fence around it. In the background are barracks and smoke.
Inscription
Signed in caps, LR: Hisako Hibi / Sept ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 6 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Coal"”)
Collected by: eishida
At the concentration camps, families were placed into one bedroom "apartments." These apartments were furnished with a pot belly stove, with which the families were supposed to keep warm during ...
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Hisako Hibi - "White Heat"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. | Image in white, black and grey hues of a utility pole in front of a row of four snow covered barracks at Topaz concentration camp, Topaz, ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 5 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "White Heat"”)
Collected by: eishida
This is a representation of a harsh Utah winter, which was very different from the San Francisco weather that Hisako and her family were accustomed to.
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Hisako HIbi - "Topaz, Utah"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of grey, black, brown barracks, plume of smoke at left, a mountain peak in the background.
Inscription
Signed in caps, LR: Hisako Hibi / Nov. 1942 ; Back: ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 3 of 18, “Hisako HIbi - "Topaz, Utah"”)
Collected by: eishida
This rather desolate and barren looking painting reflects what Topaz concentration camp was like. Families were housed in one room barracks, which had walls that were very thin. These walls ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Tanforan Assembly Center"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed, stretched canvas. | Image of crowded rows of dark barracks in and around dirt racetrack at Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. A blue bird flies overhead, top ...
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 2 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Tanforan Assembly Center"”)
Collected by: eishida
Hisako went to the Tanforan Assembly Center before going to Topaz concentration camp. The assembly center used to be a racetrack. And, as you can see, the buildings in the ...
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