Japanese American girls with a koto during Japanese Girls Day at Robert Hill School in Monterey Park, Calif., 1964

Title: Japanese American girls with a koto during Japanese Girls Day at Robert Hill School in Monterey Park, Calif., 1964
Date Created: March 4, 1964
Date: 1964-03-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Caption: 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.

Genre: news photographs
Names: Robert Hill Lane Elementary School (Monterey Park, Calif.)
Location: Monterey Park (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Japanese American children--California--Los Angeles County
Youth
Education
Culture
Koto
Japanese American women--Social life and customs

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b523_223242
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002s272
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