Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

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

Takako Day

According to The Encyclopedia of Chicago, “Chicago’s position as the prime city of the Midwest has made it both a necessary stopover on the itinerary of any touring production and a home for a thriving resident theater community.”1 This explains exactly what Chicago represented for Japanese entertainers and why they …

Japanese in Chicago before the war

Chicago Missionaries and the Japanese - Michitaro Ongawa

Takako Day

Harry Kitano writes in his book Generations and Identity: The Japanese American that "the early Christian missionaries in Japan were unsuccessful in their mission work, and the Japanese immigrants who came to America were a good target for them to evangelize." However, Kitano's analysis does not really apply to the …

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

Takako Day

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 7): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Japanese Gardener, Susumu Kobayashi, and Cook Junji George Matsumoto at Riverbank

Takako Day

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 6): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Taro Otsuka from Chicago to New York City

Takako Day

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 5): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Taro Otsuka, Japanese Garden Designer

Takako Day

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 4): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—“Honorary Japanese Consul” George Fabyan in Geneva, IL

Takako Day

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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

Takako Day

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Illinois Japanese Unknown Heroes

Chapter 1 (Part 1): Japanese Garden Designers, Domestic Workers, and their “Japanophile” Employers—Introduction

Takako Day