My Son Hurt
name: label: maker
content: Sugimoto, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Oil painting, by artist Henry Sugimoto. "Together with my parents I was interned in the camp. My father with the telegram in his hand told us that my brother Ralph who joined the 442nd [Combat Team] was reported wounded. The telegram read: your son Sakai R. Sugimoto Private 1st Class was slightly wounded in France. You will be advised as reports of condition are received."-Henry Sugimoto
label: Description
content: "According to a traditional Japanese custom, when a soldier went to battle, his mother prepared a sash covered with one thousand stitches, each sewn knot contributed by an individual well-wisher. This good luck charm was believed to keep the soldier free from any harm."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
title: label: Title
content: My Son Hurt
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry Sugimoto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.1118.03
label: catalog number
content: 1984.1118.03
label: accession number
content: 1984.1118
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
label: Other Terms
content: Painting; Art/Graphics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint, oil (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 51 1/2 in x 64 1/4 in; x 130.81 cm x 163.195 cm