Mine Okubo: An American Experience
Sun, Shirley and Mine Okubo
San Francisco: [East Wind Printers, RARE Catalog of the exhibition held at the Oakland Museum July 18-Aug. 20, 1972.1972. Paperbound wraps ; 56 pages with 7 color, 22 bw plates. Includes bibliographical information; Introduction by John Haley and other essays. A Japanese American artist who was interned during WWII. She later wrote and illustrated a book of her experiences. SCARCE RARE !
"Miné Okubo ( June 27, 1912 – February 10, 2001) was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book Citizen 13660, a collection of 198 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Okubo and her brother Benji were interned to the Tanforan Assembly Center and then the Topaz War Relocation Center from 1942 to 1944. There she made over 2,000 drawings and sketches of daily life in the camps, many of which were included in her book. After her release Okubo relocated to New York to continue her career as an artist, earning numerous awards and recognitions."