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Nikkei Families in Cuzco
The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Peru as contract workers for the coastal plantations. It…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 6, 2022

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Enrique Kawamura families Harumi Suenaga Michika Kawamura Peru photographs photography
Enrique Kawamura families Harumi Suenaga Michika Kawamura Peru photographs photography
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
The Yume. Digital Dreams Art Project: Shifting Paradigms
The Yume. Digital Dreams art project The Yume. Digital Dreams art project launched by Julie Tamiko…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 5, 2022

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artists arts Canada dance drum films Japanese Canadians musicians performances performing arts photographers photography taiko theater Yume. Digital Dreams (project)
artists arts Canada dance drum films Japanese Canadians musicians performances performing arts photographers photography taiko theater Yume. Digital Dreams (project)
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Works of Sansei Artists recalling World War II Imprisonment of Japanese Americans on Display at the Monterey Museum of Art
Sansei (third generation American born) Japanese Americans often have prior family histories that h…

John Sammon • Nov. 24, 2021

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artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
artists California generations Jerry Takigawa Masako Takahashi Monterey Monterey Museum of Art photographers photography Sansei Tom Nakashima trauma United States World War II
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Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Even as Fujihira and Shilin made their documentaries on Native Americans, t…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 28, 2021

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filmmakers photographers photography Toge Fujihira
filmmakers photographers photography Toge Fujihira
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Toge Fujihira: Master Photographer and World Traveler - Part 1
Toge Fujihira (whose family name was sometimes reported as Fujihara) left the West Coast in the yea…

Greg Robinson +1 • Sept. 27, 2021

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filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington
filmmakers generations New York (N.Y.) Nisei photographers photography Seattle Toge Fujihira United States Washington
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Isabel Kamiya, the first technician in electronics, radio and television
When I started this chat interview with Isabel Kamiya, she told me the story of her family. I colle…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Aug. 28, 2020

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Isabel Kamiya Peru photography
Isabel Kamiya Peru photography
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Yuki Okinaga Hayakawa Llewellyn: A Life Beyond the Iconic World War II Photo
Walk into the Manzanar National Historic Site today in California’s Owens Valley and a large …

David Tatsuo Llewellyn • July 27, 2020

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California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp Paul Kitagaki, Jr photographs photography United States World War II World War II camps Yukiko Okinaga Hayakawa Llewellyn
California concentration camps Manzanar concentration camp Paul Kitagaki, Jr photographs photography United States World War II World War II camps Yukiko Okinaga Hayakawa Llewellyn
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Canadian Nikkei Artist
Hayashi Studio of Cumberland, BC: A Documentary by Hayley Gray
“Close to 800 dry glass negatives abandoned by the Matsubuchi studio reappeared in the mid-…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • April 27, 2020

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British Columbia Canada Cumberland documentaries films Hayashi Studio (film) Japanese Canadians photographers photography Vancouver Island
British Columbia Canada Cumberland documentaries films Hayashi Studio (film) Japanese Canadians photographers photography Vancouver Island
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Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> I cannot recall precisely when I first heard of Tamio Wakayama. Although I ow…

Greg Robinson • March 12, 2020

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activism Ed Nakawatase friendship Greg Robinson interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians photographers photography social action Tamio Wakayama
activism Ed Nakawatase friendship Greg Robinson interpersonal relations Japanese Canadians photographers photography social action Tamio Wakayama
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Way Down in Egypt Land: Tamio Wakayama, Civil Rights Photographer - Part 1
In the column I wrote some time ago on the Nisei photographer Yoichi Okamoto, who served as officia…

Greg Robinson • March 11, 2020

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activism Black Freedom movement British Columbia Canada civil rights civil rights demonstrations civil rights movement festivals Freedom Rides Japanese Canadians photographers photography Powell Street Festival social action Tamio Wakayama United States Vancouver (B.C.)
activism Black Freedom movement British Columbia Canada civil rights civil rights demonstrations civil rights movement festivals Freedom Rides Japanese Canadians photographers photography Powell Street Festival social action Tamio Wakayama United States Vancouver (B.C.)
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