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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Sheets, Tony,     Honda, Janet,     Milerson, Mark,     Ethnic -- Japanese     Figure group -- Family     Architecture -- Boat     Dress -- Ethnic     History -- United States     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles     Relief     Sculpture

Issei No Yume, (sculpture). Artist:  Sheets, Tony, 1942- , sculptor. Honda, Janet, assistant. Milerson, Mark, fabricator. Title:  Issei No Yume, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Issei Dream, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: slate, tile. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 18 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. Inscription:  SHEETS (On one side of sculpture is a poem written in Japanese) signed Description:  Bronze column in the shape of a ship's smokestack. Around the column are full-length relief figures of Japanese immigrant families. The immigrants are dressed in traditional Japanese dress and Western dress. They are leaning against a ship's railing. On the front of part of the railing is a large number "3". Behind it stand a man holding an infant. The sculpture stands on a slate and tile base. Subject:  Ethnic -- Japanese Figure group -- Family Architecture -- Boat -- Detail Dress -- Ethnic -- Japanese Dress History -- United States -- Immigration Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Relief Sculpture Owner:  Tokyo Villas, 222 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012 Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by Bob Honda, developer of Little Tokyo Villas as a memorial and expression of thanks to the Issei (Japanese immigrants). The portrait of the family standing behind the "3" is based on photographs of Honda's family. Other portraits are also included in the sculpture. The English translation of the Japanese poem on the sculpture is: "Our Forefathers, the Issei, Leaving their mother land to America, Full of hope in their future." IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Michael Several's "Little Tokyo, The Public Art of Los Angeles Part 2", pg. 21-23. IAS files contain copy of related Tokyo Villa fact sheet. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA001338   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001338 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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