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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 29, 2023

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Sadakichi Hartmann and Nisei Writers: An Early Mentor and Inspiration

Floyd Cheung, my brilliant friend and sometime collaborator, is a devoted scholar of Asian Americ…

Greg Robinson • July 27, 2023

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Toshio Aoki: The Wandering Meiji Artist and Father of Tsuru Aoki

A month ago, I visited the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento during a weekend trip to the city. In …

Jonathan van Harmelen • July 26, 2023

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Canadian Nikkei Artist

Takeuchi's Shapes In Between Retrospective: 60 Years and Counting - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Prior to 1995, Norman admits that he had little contact with the JC comm…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 24, 2023

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German Chinen Murata: The secret artist

The story of German Chinen Murata (Lima, 1967) can be told as if it were a comic strip. The synopsi…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 24, 2023

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Canadian Nikkei Artist

Takeuchi's Shapes In Between Retrospective: 60 Years and Counting - Part 1

“Trying to figure out what it means to be Japanese Canadian is messy work. To sum it up: to…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • July 23, 2023

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Journal Entry #3 Minutes of Crooning: "..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 22, 2023

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Photos Preserve World War II Tragedy of Marysville Japanese Americans

You look at these pictures and they haunt you. Who were these people? What were they thinking and …

John Sammon • July 19, 2023

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Journal Entry #Between 50 and 80mm: "Digital Shots..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 15, 2023

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Journal Entry #4 with Mu Shu Pork: "Tasty Augurs..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • July 8, 2023

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Journal Entry #1 + 1= 2: "Basic Arithmancy..."

Sadakichi Hartmann and Nisei Writers: An Early Mentor and Inspiration

Toshio Aoki: The Wandering Meiji Artist and Father of Tsuru Aoki

Takeuchi's Shapes In Between Retrospective: 60 Years and Counting - Part 2

German Chinen Murata: The secret artist

Takeuchi's Shapes In Between Retrospective: 60 Years and Counting - Part 1

Journal Entry #3 Minutes of Crooning: "..."

Photos Preserve World War II Tragedy of Marysville Japanese Americans

Journal Entry #Between 50 and 80mm: "Digital Shots..."

Journal Entry #4 with Mu Shu Pork: "Tasty Augurs..."