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Title
Handmade abacus
Creator
Sakazaki, Shoya
Date Created and/or Issued
1941/1945
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
2004
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
This abacus (soroban) was made by Shoya Sakazaki out of scrap wood in Tule Lake Relocation Center when he was sixteen years old.
Format
17 x 4 in.
color slide
1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 7.0
None
2800
RGB
24 Bit
4200 x 1964
23.6
Tiff
Identifier
jc25c-03
ark:/13030/kt6779q4mp
1504.JPG
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/1488
Subject
Abacus
Tule Lake Relocation Center
Concentration camps--California
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Woodwork
Sakazaki, Shoya
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MSS 94/01. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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