George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

Item Overview

Title

George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

Date Created

July 31, 1935

Date

1935-07-31

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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).

Caption

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

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Nisei Week (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Morey, George
Minami, Sam
Tani, Saburo

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Arts
Samurai--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Festivals--California--Los Angeles
Culture