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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Creating works that reflect the Brazilian soil When Akiko landed at the port…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 20, 2023

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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy Remains in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 1

Alianza, where 1,000 Japanese families flocked during the Taisho Democracy period "When my father …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 19, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Maia Harima – Distinctive Fashion Designer

Maia Harima is third-generation (Sansei), with family origins in Akita, Ibaraki, and Shiga prefec…

Ricardo G. Hokama • Feb. 28, 2023

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Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno

The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

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The Story Behind the Garden at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

TORONTO — When the construction concludes on a landscape project, the work only just begins. …

Kelly Fleck • Jan. 4, 2022

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Nikkei designers: between art and profession

Art can be understood in many ways. A form of expression, a view of the world, a spiritual inspirat…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 21, 2018

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Jamie Dihiansan and Chicago Graffiti

The first time you hit a real wall, not a practice spot, you get this rush. Like, “I should…

Erik Matsunaga • Jan. 23, 2018

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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Textile artist Kay Sekimachi and her mother and sister were taken by bus to T…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 11, 2017

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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> As the introductory text to “Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston W…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 10, 2017

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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 1

On January 18, 1963, architect Minoru Yamasaki appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, his disembod…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 9, 2017

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