元全米日系人博物館学芸員。現在はNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County（ロサンゼルス郡自然史博物館）に勤務。
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In Memoriam: Karin Higa (1966–2013)
2014年6月9日 • ソージン・キム
Karin Higa, JANM Senior Curator of Art from 1992 to 2006 and consultant on later projects, died October 29, 2013, following a battle with cancer. She was a native of Los Angeles who spent most of her career in Southern California, with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in New York and a master’s degree in art history from UCLA. At the time of her death, she was pursuing a Ph.D. in art history at USC. She was 47 years …
PJ & Roy Hirabayashi, 2011 National Heritage Fellows
2011年9月29日 • ソージン・キム
This September 2011, PJ and Roy Hirabayshi, who led San Jose Taiko for over 35 years, were formally recognized in Washington D.C. as National Heritage Fellows, an award presented annually by the National Endowment for the Arts and the most prestigious honor for artists working in folk and traditional arts. This is the second time that taiko artists have received this distinction, and it reflects how the form, in its diverse styles and philosophies, has become an intrinsic part of …
PAUL HOWARD TAKEMOTO and ALICE TAKEMOTO: On Resettlement, Revisiting the Past, and Reconnection - Part 2 of 2
2011年5月28日 • ソージン・キム
Read part 1 >>REVISITING THE PASTIt took a visit to a cemetery in his father’s hometown in Hawaii—where he learned that his middle name commemorated a childhood friend who had been killed in combat during the war—and the dedication of the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C. in 2000 to pique Paul’s curiosity and begin his engagement with his family’s history. 700 minutes of oral history interviews later, his book Nisei Memories: My Parents Talk about the War Years was …
PAUL HOWARD TAKEMOTO and ALICE TAKEMOTO: On Resettlement, Revisiting the Past, and Reconnection - Part 1 of 2
2011年5月22日 • ソージン・キム
Little Tokyo one of my favorite places feels like I’ve come home when my mom was young my grandfather took her thereto eat Chinese food we went back last year took a tour of the museum* she was so grateful I hope to return dreams of living in LA lots of musubi REFLECTION Paul Howard Takemoto recently composed this haiku. He is a seasoned writer—a published author with 16 years of journalism experience and a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration. He sends these haiku …
ホレホレ節ガール： アリソン・アラカワ
2010年6月29日 • ソージン・キム
はじめに2010年2月27日より、全米日系人博物館は、｢織りなる様々な人生：ハワイのプランテーションでの日本人移民の服装｣（Textured Lives）と題して、バーバラ・カワカミ氏のリサーチをもとにした特別展を開催しています。この展示のオープニングイベントでは、歌手アリソン・アラカワ氏が、ハワイの一世女性によるプランテーション体験から生み出された日系アメリカ人民謡ともいえる｢ホレホレ節｣を披露してくれました。 「ホレホレ節」は、日本語の「節」という言葉と、刈り取ら…
From Our Collection: Sumo and the “Threads” of Community
2009年10月7日 • ソージン・キム
On February 9, 1885, the first official Japanese migrants arrived in Hawai’i. Before an audience that included King David Kalakaua, they reportedly celebrated their arrival with a sumo match. Rooted in two thousand years of agrarian, Shinto tradition, sumo was transported to America by the Issei, who organized inter-island tournaments in Hawai’i as early as 1896, and major competitions between Hawai’i and mainland sumotori1 by the 1920s. Originally a harvest ritual, sumo was enjoyed as sport and entertainment among the …
From Obon to Kumi Daiko: Big Drum in Hawai`i
2007年7月28日 • ソージン・キム
The steady beat of a taiko has long provided the accompaniment for Bon-odori celebrations in Hawai`i. The taiko tradition has been passed along from generation to generation and from one family member to another. Third-generation taiko player Kay (Watanabe) Fukumoto, who learned Obon taiko from her grandfather Tomio and her father, Albert Watanabe—former Keahua plantation musician—recalls: “Ever since I can remember, my mom would take me to my dad’s taiko practices during Obon season. My sister and I would just …
