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Works of Sansei Artists recalling World War II Imprisonment of Japanese Americans on Display at the Monterey Museum of Art
Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that h…

John Sammon • Nov. 24, 2021

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artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
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Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Even as Fujihira and Shilin made their documentaries on Native Americans, t…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 28, 2021

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filmmakers photographers photography Toge Fujihira
filmmakers photographers photography Toge Fujihira
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Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 1
Toge Fujihira (whose family name was sometimes reported as Fujihara) left the West Coast in the yea…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 27, 2021

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filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington
filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Hayashi Studio of Cumberland, BC: A Documentary by Hayley Gray
“Close to 800 dry glass negatives abandoned by the Matsubuchi studio reappeared in the mid-…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 27, 2020

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British Columbia Canada Cumberland documentaries films Hayashi Studio (film) Japanese Canadians photographers photography Vancouver Island
British Columbia Canada Cumberland documentaries films Hayashi Studio (film) Japanese Canadians photographers photography Vancouver Island
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Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> I cannot recall precisely when I first heard of Tamio Wakayama. Although I ow…

Greg Robinson • March 12, 2020

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activism Ed Nakawatase friendship Greg Robinson interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians photographers photography social action Tamio Wakayama
activism Ed Nakawatase friendship Greg Robinson interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians photographers photography social action Tamio Wakayama
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Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 1
In the column I wrote some time ago on the Nisei photographer Yoichi Okamoto, who served as officia…

Greg Robinson • March 11, 2020

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activism Black Freedom movement British Columbia Canada civil rights civil rights demonstrations civil rights movement festivals Freedom Rides Japanese Canadians photographers photography Powell Street Festival social action Tamio Wakayama United States Vancouver (B.C.)
activism Black Freedom movement British Columbia Canada civil rights civil rights demonstrations civil rights movement festivals Freedom Rides Japanese Canadians photographers photography Powell Street Festival social action Tamio Wakayama United States Vancouver (B.C.)
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Little Changes in Family Celebrations
We know that many Japanese came to Brazil over 100 years ago. They brought their culture with them,…

Henrique Minatogawa • Aug. 16, 2019

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Brazil celebrations culture entertaining events parties photographers photography traditions
Brazil celebrations culture entertaining events parties photographers photography traditions
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Faces of Civil Rights, Then and Now: Paul Kitagaki Jr.'s Gambatte! Project
“The faces from the photographs staring up at me as I searched for my family in the National …

Darryl Mori • Jan. 24, 2019

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civil rights exhibitions gambatte (phrase) imprisonment incarceration Paul Kitagaki, Jr photographers photography World War II World War II camps
civil rights exhibitions gambatte (phrase) imprisonment incarceration Paul Kitagaki, Jr photographers photography World War II World War II camps
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The Artist’s Memory: Soichi Sunami and Japanese American Photography
I have the museum mostly to myself today. At the Cascadia Art Museum’s exhibit Invocati…

Tamiko Nimura • Dec. 11, 2018

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arts Cascadia Art Museum Edmonds exhibitions Japanese Americans modernism (aesthetics) museums photographers photography Soichi Sunami United States Washington
arts Cascadia Art Museum Edmonds exhibitions Japanese Americans modernism (aesthetics) museums photographers photography Soichi Sunami United States Washington
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Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage
Pictures and Poetry: Deepening the Connection to my Japanese Roots
Growing up Sansei in my part of California’s San Gabriel Valley meant you didn’t have t…

Nancy Matsumoto • Oct. 26, 2018

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