Tienda en línea del Museo Nacional Japonés Americano
La galardonada tienda del Museo Nacional Japonés Americano presenta productos asiáticos americanos distintivos para todas las ocasiones y generaciones. Su línea de productos única representa la esencia de la experiencia japonés-estadounidense y al mismo tiempo promueve la apreciación de la diversidad étnica y cultural de Estados Unidos. Todos los ingresos de la Tienda del Museo apoyan los programas y exposiciones del Museo.
Los artículos de esta serie se escribieron originalmente para la tienda en línea del Museo Nacional Japonés Americano [janmstore.com] para brindar una comprensión más profunda de los autores, artistas y tradiciones que aparecen en la tienda.
Historias de Esta Serie
Dave Iwataki: Jazzing It Up
13 de octubre de 2009 • Darryl Mori
“Music is emotion,” says Dave Iwataki.“My strongest, early influence was Herbie Hancock,” the veteran arranger/composer/keyboardist notes. “I aspired to play, write and evolve like him. I felt he had the gift for putting true emotion into music.” For Iwataki, who has collaborated with major artists such as Peabo Bryson, Barry Manilow, Kenny G, The Pointer Sisters, Tom Scott, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Olivia Newton-John, Paul Anka, and The Fifth Dimension, music is also culture.As an early member of the …
The Rhythms of Life: Shasta Taiko
25 de septiembre de 2009 • Darryl Mori
“This woman came up to me and said, ‘I don’t know why, but I just burst out crying when you were playing taiko,’” Jeanne Aiko Mercer says. “That happens a lot,” the pioneering taiko artist explains. “I think taiko is very healing. It’s a release, and I think people need that in their lives.” For Mercer and her husband Russel Baba, who founded the renowned Shasta Taiko group in 1985, the thundering rhythms of the taiko drum are more than …
Songs and Searching: The Music of Kiyoshi Graves
17 de agosto de 2009 • Darryl Mori
Beside the blue waters of a Los Angeles reservoir, Kiyoshi Graves found a long-hidden path.It may be years before he learns where it leads. But following it has changed his life. “After having been away for about 10 years, I moved back to Los Angeles in 2002 from Northern California and it was a mixed bag of emotions,” Graves says. “This was after swearing, as a confused high-school dropout in my teens, that I’d never come back. I was also …
October Moments: Celebrating the History of Nisei Baseball
3 de abril de 2008 • Susan Osa
With spring season in bloom, the timeless beauty and classic traditions of another baseball season takes center stage on fields across America. As a young boy growing up in Los Angeles, Peter Chen idolized Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and was inspired by the beauty of the sport. As a successful artist, he has woven his love of baseball with his creative talents to celebrate baseball history. As a second-generation Asian American, Peter Chen always enjoyed drawing, painting, …
Stories from Little Tokyo: The Woman in the Picture
4 de enero de 2008 • Darryl Mori
A chance encounter in the Japanese American National Museum’s store led to a surprising discovery. Penny Akemi Sakoda was visiting the Museum with relatives and friends, when her daughter noticed a picture on the cover of a music CD, Festival Time in Japan. Astonished, Sakoda’s daughter turned to her and said, “Mom, this is you!” The image was a photograph, taken 47 years earlier, when Sakoda was crowned as Los Angeles’ 1960 Nisei Week Queen. Festival Time in Japan, an …
Oshogatsu Traditions in the United States
21 de noviembre de 2007 • Susan Chen , Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda
In the Western world, New Year’s Eve is a big day for parties to celebrate the end of a year and the fresh start of a new one. In Japan, the beginning of the New Year, or Oshogatsu, is when friends and family gather together for what is considered to be the most important holiday of the year. It is celebrated throughout the country and by Nikkei around the world with symbolic food, decorations, activities, and other traditions to wish …
