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MFA’s kimono controversy should spark deeper conversation
I work at a Japanese-American community newspaper where, every Halloween, we have the same conversa…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • July 16, 2015

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts identity Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts identity Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting
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Monet’s La Japonaise Kimono Wednesdays at the MFA - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Why I don’t think it’s cultural appropriation Kimono try on is a…

Keiko K. • July 15, 2015

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts impersonation Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting stereotypes yellowface
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts impersonation Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting stereotypes yellowface
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Monet’s La Japonaise Kimono Wednesdays at the MFA - Part 1
Update 7/7/15 4:37pm: I emailed and left voicemail for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (MF…

Keiko K. • July 14, 2015

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts impersonation Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting stereotypes yellowface
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet clothing graphic arts impersonation Japanese clothing kimonos La Japonaise (painting) museums painting stereotypes yellowface
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