by Sumiko Kobayashi In October 2008, as part of the celebration of Tak Moriuchi’s life, Sumiko “Sumi” Kobayashi prepared a display in the Medford Leas Gallery called “Imprisoned Without Trial.” Every photograph and illustration on this page is from the exhibit. This version adds depth by providing more information about the images and links to relevant Internet resources. photo by

by Sumiko Kobayashi Takashi “Tak” Moriuchi grew up in a Japanese farming community called Yamato near Livingston, California. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and graduated with a degree in business management in 1941. When World War II began, he and his parents were incarcerated first in Merced Assembly Center and then in Amache, Colorado. (Note – “Imprisoned