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A hollow, natural growth of wood, or kobu, is decorated with a restrained warbler at Rohwer, Arkansas. From Eaton’s “Beauty Behind Barbed Wire,” 1952, 107.
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Yamasaki panel
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photo: David Izu 6/2018
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Panel section photo credits: Fujita carving, David Izu 2018; Ando carving, Tarim Kemp, 2108; Takano carving, David Izu 2018; San Jose carving, Nancy Ukai 2017; Oregon Nikkei carving, Lucy Capehart, 2017; unfinished Morita panel and “no-bird” Morita carving, David Izu 2018, panels 8 and 9 tbd
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Back cover detail, Red Cross commemorative booklet Rohwer, McGehee, Arkansas, 1945. Artist Ogura, possibly Ryozo. Courtesy Paul Saito.
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Woodblock by Koitsu Tsuchiya, 1940.
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Plum and bush warbler rendered in cloth with embroidery at Gila River, Arizona, by Matsuye Makishima, 1942-1945. Courtesy Dennis Makishima.