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From Wakayama to California and Back Again: Exploring Transpacific Connections through Art and Education
Nikkei history is not well-known in Japan today, says Kanae Aoki, curator of the Museum of Modern A…

Marjorie Hunt • April 16, 2025

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archives artists arts generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) libraries migration museums painters research Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
archives artists arts generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum (organization) Kansai Region (Japan) Kinki Region (Japan) libraries migration museums painters research Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture
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Raymi Kamishibai, the first Kamishibai school and library in Peru
There are initiatives that start with a name, with a man. Raymi Kamishibai is the first school and …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Oct. 18, 2023

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Chorrillos district kamishibai libraries Lima Pepe Cabana Kojachi Peru street theater
Chorrillos district kamishibai libraries Lima Pepe Cabana Kojachi Peru street theater
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Ten Little Known Stories About Topaz Concentration Camp - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> HOSTILE RECEPTION FOR OUTSIDE FARM WORKERS As at many camps, inmates were encourag…

Brian Niiya +1 • Oct. 31, 2019

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Antelope Spring Recreation Camp (Topaz) concentration camps gambling games imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans libraries loyalty questionnaire racism Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
Antelope Spring Recreation Camp (Topaz) concentration camps gambling games imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans libraries loyalty questionnaire racism Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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What Happens When Everyone who Experienced an Event is Gone?
How do we mark an event in time? The Etruscans used the concept of saeculum, the period of time fro…

Wendy Hanamura • Oct. 24, 2019

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books Densho digital libraries imprisonment incarceration Internet Archive (firm) Japanese Americans libraries library materials No-No Boy (book) publications Tom Ikeda World War II World War II camps
books Densho digital libraries imprisonment incarceration Internet Archive (firm) Japanese Americans libraries library materials No-No Boy (book) publications Tom Ikeda World War II World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #Since 1985: "Taboo Tomes...
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 14, 2018

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books cartoonists cartoons humor libraries library materials publications
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Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps
Chapter 4: Concentration Camps in the Wilderness: 1942-1946 — Part 2 (1)
Read Chapter 3 (6) >> The other day, after the school lesson was over, I headed to a bakery I'd nev…

Yuri Brockett • May 25, 2015

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children concentration camps Idaho libraries Minidoka concentration camp Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
children concentration camps Idaho libraries Minidoka concentration camp Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps
Chapter 3: Concentration Camps in the Wilderness: 1942-1946 — Part 5
Read Chapter 3 (4) >> 2. 1943 Children's daily life—Winter For the past month, the adults at Heart …

Yuri Brockett • May 11, 2015

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Arizona British Columbia Burnaby Canada children concentration camps entertainment Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Idaho libraries Minidoka concentration camp Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre United States volunteerism World War II World War II camps Wyoming
Arizona British Columbia Burnaby Canada children concentration camps entertainment Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp Idaho libraries Minidoka concentration camp Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre United States volunteerism World War II World War II camps Wyoming
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Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps
Chapter 3: Concentration Camps in the Wilderness: 1942-1946 — Part 1 (4)
Read Chapter 3 (3) >> Helping with the harvest — late autumn It is also a fruitful autumn. It is ha…

Yuri Brockett • May 4, 2015

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California children concentration camps Idaho libraries Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp riots United States World War II World War II camps
California children concentration camps Idaho libraries Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp riots United States World War II World War II camps
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Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps
Chapter 3: Concentration Camps in the Wilderness: 1942-1946 — Part 3
Read Chapter 3 (2) >> September without school - Autumn The American school year ends in June, and …

Yuri Brockett • April 27, 2015

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California children Clara E. Breed concentration camps librarians libraries Manzanar concentration camp San Diego public library schools Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
California children Clara E. Breed concentration camps librarians libraries Manzanar concentration camp San Diego public library schools Topaz concentration camp United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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Grandmother's Letter: Children and Books in Japanese American Internment Camps
Chapter 3: Concentration Camps in the Wilderness: 1942-1946 — Part 2
Read Chapter 3 (1) >> Community libraries as seen through camp newspapers Initially, each camp publ…

Yuri Brockett • April 20, 2015

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Arizona California children concentration camps Idaho libraries Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp Poston concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
Arizona California children concentration camps Idaho libraries Manzanar concentration camp Minidoka concentration camp Poston concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps
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