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Hope and Connection in the Giorgiko Artistic Universe
Artistic duo Giorgiko is creating a universe. Giorgiko (pronounced JOR-jee-koh) is a collaborative …

Amelia Ino • May 10, 2024

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arts California Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) Giorgiko graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Little Tokyo Los Angeles painting United States visual arts
arts California Giant Robot Giant Robot Biennale 5 (exhibition) Giorgiko graphic arts Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Little Tokyo Los Angeles painting United States visual arts
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
The Art Gallery of Ontario Honours Japanese Canadian Artist, Kaz Nakamura—Part 1
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto is featuring an exhibition of the works of Japanese Can…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 5, 2024

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abstract paintings Art Gallery of Ontario artists arts Blue Dimension (exhibition) graphic arts Japanese Canadian art Japanese Canadians Kazuo Nakamura modern paintings Painters Eleven (group) painting
abstract paintings Art Gallery of Ontario artists arts Blue Dimension (exhibition) graphic arts Japanese Canadian art Japanese Canadians Kazuo Nakamura modern paintings Painters Eleven (group) painting
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Artist and Documentarian: The Life of Kango Takamura
What images come to mind when we think of the wartime experience of Japanese Americans? For many, t…

Jonathan van Harmelen +1 • Aug. 28, 2023

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artists arts California concentration camps graphic arts Kango Takamura Manzanar concentration camp New Mexico painting Santa Fe Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II camps
artists arts California concentration camps graphic arts Kango Takamura Manzanar concentration camp New Mexico painting Santa Fe Tujunga Tuna Canyon Detention Station United States World War II camps
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Toshio Aoki: The Wandering Meiji Artist and Father of Tsuru Aoki
A month ago, I visited the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento during a weekend trip to the city. In …

Jonathan van Harmelen • July 26, 2023

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artists arts California Japanese paintings Pasadena Toshio Aoki Tsuru Aoki United States
artists arts California Japanese paintings Pasadena Toshio Aoki Tsuru Aoki United States
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Lesson 3450: "Sharpen Your Pencils!"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Feb. 4, 2023

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art arts cartoonists cartoons drawing graphic arts humor
art arts cartoonists cartoons drawing graphic arts humor
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Miye Sugino—Art as Advocacy: “To me, art is a reclamation of identity”
As one of JANM’s 30 Changemakers Under 30, Miye Sugino had amassed an impressive body of wo…

Esther Newman • Jan. 2, 2023

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artists arts California Discover Nikkei identity Inspire Forward (series) Japanese Americans Los Angeles Miye Sugino United States
artists arts California Discover Nikkei identity Inspire Forward (series) Japanese Americans Los Angeles Miye Sugino United States
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Tokita Tales
The Tokita World War II Diary
One of the most interesting aspects of the book, Signs of Home, which elaborates on my father Kam…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 9, 2022

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arts Barbara Johns diaries Kamekichi Tokita painters Signs of Home (book) World War II
arts Barbara Johns diaries Kamekichi Tokita painters Signs of Home (book) World War II
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Yukuo Uyehara – An Issei Academic in Wartime - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> The bombing of Pearl Harbor turned Professor Yukuo Uyehara’s life aro…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 27, 2022

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academics (persons) armed forces arts generations Hawaii Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan kabuki migration military Oahu performing arts theater translations United States universities University of Hawaii at Mānoa World War II Yukuo Uyehara
academics (persons) armed forces arts generations Hawaii Honolulu immigrants immigration Issei Japan kabuki migration military Oahu performing arts theater translations United States universities University of Hawaii at Mānoa World War II Yukuo Uyehara
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Part 3—Wakaji's Legacy
Read Part 2 >>  Reportage or Art? Wakaji produced countless individual portraits, docu…

Dennis Reed • Oct. 3, 2022

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1920s 1930s agriculture arts atomic bomb California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar United States Wakaji Matsumoto World War II
1920s 1930s agriculture arts atomic bomb California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar United States Wakaji Matsumoto World War II
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Part 2—Wakaji’s Photography
Read Part 1 >> While Tei managed the farm, Wakaji pursued his gifts. He first studied phot…

Dennis Reed • Sept. 26, 2022

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1920s agriculture artists arts California communities farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto
1920s agriculture artists arts California communities farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto
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