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Japanese in Chicago before the war

Chicago Women Missionaries and Japanese Women - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Hishikawa Yasu came to Chicago in 1886, guided by Presbyterian Sarah Cummings…

Takako Day • Feb. 14, 2023

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Japanese in Chicago before the war

Chicago Women Missionaries and Japanese Women - Part 1

As I continue to uncover the Japanese who came to Chicago before the war, what attracts me the mos…

Takako Day • Feb. 13, 2023

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

From Chibi-K to Chicago: Code Switching and Curatorial Practice with Nolan Jimbo

While his life and work can be traced from Los Angeles to Paris then on to contemporary art museums…

Carol Komatsuka • Nov. 24, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 6): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—After World War I

Read Chapter 2 (Part 5) >> Unfortunately, after World War I, the tide began to turn for Ja…

Takako Day • Oct. 30, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 5): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—Kumataro Namba and His Troup

Read Chapter 2 (Part 4) >> By the time the U.S. entered World War I, Namba had moved from …

Takako Day • Oct. 23, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 4): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—Kumataro Namba and Children Acrobats

Read Chapter 2 (Part 3) >> The surname “Namba” appears in the 1910 Chicago censu…

Takako Day • Oct. 16, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 3): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—Growing Up as Acrobats to Be An American

Japanese Acrobats in 1904. (Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound…

Takako Day • Oct. 9, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 2): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—As Residents of Chicago

Read Chapter 2 (Part 1) >> One of the new breed of Japanese entertainers who came to stay wa…

Takako Day • Oct. 2, 2022

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Chapter 2 (Part 1): Japanese Acrobats and Entertainers in Chicago—Introduction

According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, “Chicago’s position as the prime city of the …

Takako Day • Sept. 25, 2022

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Chicago Missionaries and the Japanese - Michitaro Ongawa

Harry Kitano writes in his book Generations and Identity: The Japanese American that "the earl…

Takako Day • Sept. 14, 2022

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