Adult education / Art education / Bouquets / Storytelling / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps / Women
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-E782


Photographer :Parker, Tom
Personal Name :Massao Hatano
Topical Name :Jerome Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :03/12/1943

State :AR
Country :USA



Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Former California residents of Japanese ancestry, who now reside at the Jerome Center, show great interest in adult education classes, particularly in the decorative arts. Here, Massao Hatano, instructor in Ikebana, (plant arrangement), conducts an afternoon class. The art of Ikebana, or plant arrangements, combines story telling and decoration. The arrangement of the plants involves family history and standing with artistic arrangement.

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