Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing on a stage in traditional Japanese costumes at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival (later, Nisei Week). One wears a silk brocade robe and holds 2 swords (left), one is dressed in a silk brocade shirt and pants and holdis a bow and sword (center), and one is dressed as a samurai in armor and holds a dagger (right). The first year of the Nisei festival was 1934. The term Nisei was used to signify the second generation, or American-born Japanese who were American citizens. The festival is now [2012] known as Nisei Week. In 1935 the second annual Nisei festival included a banquet, fashion shows, an ondo (folk dance), kendo contests, a pageant tracing Japanese history, flower and tea ceremonies and a parade. According to a newspaper araticle, Sam Miname was an assistant to the manager of the Nisei Festival (Los Angeles Times "It's The Nisei Festival, Now," 8/11/1935). Text from negative sleeve: Geo. Morey, Sam Minami, Saburo Tani, Chinese Festival, 7/31/35, 1739, [stamped:] AUG 22 1935 Handwritten on negative: Geo. Morey, Sam Minami, Saburo Tani, 7/31/35
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uclamss_1429_10109 ark:/21198/zz002ddw1h
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People Arts Samurai--California--Los Angeles Entertainment Festivals--California--Los Angeles Culture Nisei Week (Los Angeles, Calif.) Morey, George Minami, Sam Tani, Saburo
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