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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds
My grandfather, Wakaji Matsumoto, traveled across the Pacific Ocean to help his father in a forei…
Karen Matsumoto • Sept. 20, 2022
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 3): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Torajiro and Kiku Hamano and Julius Rosenwald in Chicago
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Possibly the luckiest and most successful Japanese domestic worker in…
Takako Day • June 19, 2022
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 2): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Popularity and Criticism of Japanese Servants
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Looking at the overall picture of the service industry in those days, w…
Takako Day • June 12, 2022
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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes
Chapter 1 (Part 1): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Introduction
The first Japanese domestic servant to be recorded in the 1880 Illinois census was J. Yanada, a …
Takako Day • June 5, 2022
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
Grandpa Tanaka's Pilgrim Stuffing
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, but, as a young Sansei, I didn’t believe there…
Jeri Okamoto Tanaka • Nov. 22, 2012
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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 14
Read Part 13 >>MASUO YASUI AND THE YASUI BROTHERS STOREMasuo Yasui was one of these student-laborer…
Akemi Kikumura Yano • April 4, 2011
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Issei Pioneers - Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924 - Part 13
Read Part 12 >> MAINLAND TRADES AND SMALL BUSINESS By 1910, vigorous Japanese communities were…
Akemi Kikumura Yano • March 28, 2011
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