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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
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Much Mahalos
“A Pebble on the Ground”: How It Helped Kirk Kurokawa Become Hawai‘i’s Premiere Portrait Artist
In fall 2023 da portrait of da late Senator Daniel Inouye wuz unveiled in Washington D.C. And who…

Lee A. Tonouchi • Dec. 9, 2024

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artists Daniel K. Inouye graphic arts Hawai'i interviews Lee Tonouchi Maui painters painting portraits United States U.S. Senate
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Miki Hayakawa: A Life and Legacy of Art and Resilience — Part 2
Read Part 1  Challenges of Anti-Japanese Sentiment: Navigating a Hostile Landscape As Hayakawa’…

Masako Hashigami Shinn • Nov. 21, 2024

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artists generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Miki Hayakawa New Mexico painters Pictures of Belonging (exhibition) Santa Fe Smithsonian Institution Topaz United States Utah World War II
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Miki Hayakawa: A Life and Legacy of Art and Resilience — Part 1
The life and art of Miki Hayakawa (1899-1953) were shaped by her immigrant experience, cultural c…

Masako Hashigami Shinn • Nov. 20, 2024

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Alameda artists California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Miki Hayakawa painters Pictures of Belonging (exhibition) San Francisco United States
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“LA Rising” in Little Tokyo with Robert Vargas
On March 27, 2024, Robert Vargas’ newest mural, “LA Rising,” was unveiled in the heart of Los Angel…

Kristopher Kato • April 16, 2024

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artists baseball baseball fields Boyle Heights California communities Hispanic LA Rising (mural) Little Tokyo Los Angeles Los Angeles Dodgers Miyako Hotel Los Angeles muralists painters Robert Vargas Shohei Ohtani United States
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Tokita Tales
The Tokita World War II Diary
One of the most interesting aspects of the book, Signs of Home, which elaborates on my father Kam…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Dec. 9, 2022

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arts Barbara Johns diaries Kamekichi Tokita painters Signs of Home (book) World War II
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Rediscovering the Life and Art of Bumpei Usui
On my refrigerator is a magnet with a reproduction of a painting called 14th Street, a colorful, an…

Greg Robinson • Dec. 17, 2021

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artists Bumpei Usui generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration New York (state) painters United States
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São Paulo hosts the exhibition “Wakabayashi, Master of Japanese-Brazilian Painting"
The renowned Japanese painter Kazuo Wakabayashi turned ninety years old last May, and to celebrate …

Luci Júdice Yizima • Oct. 14, 2021

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abstract paintings artists Brazil Kazuo Wakabayashi modern paintings painters
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A Family of Artists - Part 2: The Goodenow Brothers Make Their Own Marks
Read Part 1 >> Although their father Kyohei Inukai achieved the greatest renown as an artist, th…

Greg Robinson • July 8, 2021

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artists arts hapa intermarriage interracial marriages Kyohei Inukai marriages painters racially mixed people
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A Family of Artists - Part 1: Kyohei Inukai, Society Portraitist
One remarkable clan of artists is that of the Inukai-Goodenow family. It was formed by Kyōhei Inuka…

Greg Robinson • July 7, 2021

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artists arts intermarriage interracial marriages Kyohei Inukai marriages painters
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