Journal Search
en
ja
es
pt
Gene Oishi—A Memoir of a Friend
Gene Oishi’s passing draws the curtain on a unique Japanese American life. I will leave it to other…
Greg Robinson • Aug. 15, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
Remembering Gene Oishi: The Bard of Guadalupe
On Thursday, August 1, 2024, author and journalist Gene Oishi passed away at 91. Oishi was a crit…
Jonathan van Harmelen • Aug. 8, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
Catching Up with Journalist and Author Gene Oishi about In Search of Hiroshi, a Groundbreaking Memoir in Its Exploration in the Psychological Analysis of Nisei Identity
An outstanding and innovative Nisei writer, Gene Oishi, has movingly portrayed the trauma of the wa…
Jonathan van Harmelen • May 17, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
A (Yonsei) Editor’s Note: Seeing Ourselves Across Generational Lines
In 1988, when Gene Oishi’s memoir was originally published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, the ca…
Ana Iwataki • March 24, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Chapter 18 - Part 2
Read Part 1 >>
One Sansei told me when he went to Japan, he was delighted to see that there were a…
Gene Oishi • March 17, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
Excerpts from In Search of Hiroshi
Preface
It has been more than three decades since In Search of Hiroshi was published by the Charles E. Tutt…
Gene Oishi • March 3, 2024
en
ja
es
pt
A Young Nisei’s Life, Reimagined
I knew of Gene Oishi, the Nisei author of Fox Drum Bebop, well before I actually met him. This was …
Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 25, 2014
Discover Nikkei Updates
SUPPORT THE PROJECT
Discover Nikkei’s 20 for 20 campaign celebrates our first 20 years and jumpstarts our next 20. Learn more and donate!
SHARE YOUR MEMORIES
We are collecting our community’s reflections on the first 20 years of Discover Nikkei. Check out this month’s prompt and send us your response!
PROJECT UPDATES
New Site Design
See exciting new changes to Discover Nikkei. Find out what’s new and what’s coming soon!
See exciting new changes to Discover Nikkei. Find out what’s new and what’s coming soon!