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Description
JAPANESE GIRLS DAY-From left Sherri Mishikawa, 4, Janet Hirata, 5, and Elizabeth Dobashi, 7, listen to Aileen Tanimoto, 10, play koto, a traditional Japanese instrument during celebration of Japanese Girls Day at Robert Hill School, 5240 Brooklyn Ave. It was the school's first observance of Japanese Girls Day patterned after Japan's traditional festival of the Doll. The idea of the holiday was projected by the principal, Mrs. Isabelle Ames, who spent three years in Japan as a child.
Type
image
Format
b&w negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b523_223242 ark:/21198/zz0002s272
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Japanese American children--California--Los Angeles County Youth Education Culture Koto Japanese American women--Social life and customs Robert Hill Lane Elementary School (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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