Mandolins / Violins / Guitars / Bands / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relcoation camps
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-E827


Photographer :Parker, Tom
Personal Name :Yutaka Motasuda / Seichi One / Joe Iwasaki / Johnn Yamashita
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. A self organized string quartet, or more accurately, a harikuri band, in a paractice session at the Jerome Center. The band, made up of all experienced musicians, provide much entertainment for center residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry. Guitar, Joe Iwasaki; first mandolin, Johnn Yamashita; violin, Seichi One; second mandolin, Yutaka Motasuda.

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