The Densho Encyclopedia exists today because of federal funding that is now at risk. The reality is that less than 1% of people who use Densho’s resources support us financially. Make a gift to Densho to support free, open access resources that keep Japanese American history alive!
Densho Encyclopedia

« Back to article Bon dance / ondo

Primary Source — en-ddr-densho-37-516-1

Bon dance at Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, August 14, 1943. The original WRA caption estimates 1,000 dancers took part in the event held on a baseball diamond.

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Ctrl.#: NWDNS-210-G-B894; NARA ARC#: 537368; WRA; Photographer Joe McClelland

Densho ID: ddr-densho-37-516

Cite this primary source

« Back to article Bon dance / ondo

Creative Commons License

© Densho 2025. This primary source is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. More information »