Topaz Art School
date: label: date made
content: 1944
notes: label: Description
content: This picture shows the Topaz Art School after Obata's departure. Obata was hospitalized because of a nightime attack, and eventually released from Topaz due to his injuries. In spite of Obata's untimely exit, the art school at Topaz continued to run and teach hundreds of Japanese American prisoners.
label: Description
content: Obata's good friend Matsusaboro Hibi took over the leading role, and carried on Obata's traditions of education creativity. The picture of some of the remaining members of the art school shows Hibi in the first row. Names of the persons seated in the first row are as follows: Hisako Hibi, Ibuki Hibi, Midori Hanamura, Matsusaburo Hibi, Masako Yamamoto, and two unknown women.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
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content: Executive Order 9066
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Chiura Obata Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0224.03
label: accession number
content: 2016.0224
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0224.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 7 in; 12.7 cm x 17.78 cm