The inspiration for this exhibit came from the discovery of five exquisite watercolors by Kakunen Tsuruoka during a routine inventory of collections. Removed from their deteriorating frames, the fine quality of the artwork was readily apparent. None of the works are titled. One is painted on a fragment of curtain, the others are on paper. They had been presented as a gift to Wade Head, Poston camp Administrator upon his resignation in 1944. Once the watercolors were framed to museum standards, the hunt for the artist and his family was launched. This became an odyssey over many months, leading from one coast to the other. It involved querying national databases, acclaimed experts in Japanese-American camp art, and dead ends too numerous to mention. Finally, contact was made in New York with Ted Tsuruoka, the artist’s grandson, who graciously provided us with biographical information and photographs.