Photograph by Brian Sato. Included in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i which opened at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i and is on display at the Japanese American National Museum from February 14 through May 24, 2009. For more information, visit janm.org/exhibits/gokurosama.

Caption: "Mrs. Tsutsui, who speaks mostly in Japanese, has been photographed many times in front of Waikane Store, which her family has run on the Windward side of O‘ahu since 1929. I looked for an interesting location on the property to photograph her in, and was attracted to a corrugated iron wall in back of the garage. When she smiled, I thought she looked childlike. It’s only when you look at her hands that you can tell she has been through a lot over the years." -- Brian Sato