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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

artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers

Photos Preserve World War II Tragedy of Marysville Japanese Americans

You look at these pictures and they haunt you. Who were these people? What were they thinking and …

John Sammon • July 19, 2023

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Yuba, a Nikkei school of life

Peculiar and interesting is the Yuba Community, in the city of Mirandópolis, in São Paulo. There ar…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Oct. 18, 2016

Brazil São Paulo Yuba Community

Brazil’s Unique, Self-Sustaining Yuba Community

EDITOR’S NOTES: In the 1930s, a group of Japanese immigrants settled in an area of Brazil cal…

Tatiana Maebuchi • July 4, 2016

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 3

Read part 2 >> In 1990 I made my first trip to Community Yuba pregnant with hope. The …

Janet Ikeda • May 13, 2011

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 2

Read part 1 >> At Yama, where farming, daily reverence, and art converge, the ide…

Janet Ikeda • May 6, 2011

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YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil - Part 1

Read the introduction to the Yama Project > YAMA: Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of …

Janet Ikeda • April 29, 2011

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The Yama Project

Introduction to the Yama ProjectThis project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts commun…

Janet Ikeda • April 22, 2011

agriculture arts Brazil farming haiku literature photography poetry São Paulo Scott Smith Yama Project Yuba Community Yuba Farm

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