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Obon Matsuri Taiko Group and Dancers
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Matsuri Taiko Group and Dancers with small child dancers at the Mitsuwa Obon annually held during the summer in the parking lot.
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Part of these collections:
Chicago Obon and Japanese Folk Dance
(Item 14 of 32, “Obon at the Mitsuwa”)
Collected by: intrepidmouse
The Obon Festival, which is celebrated each year at the Mitsuwa grocery store.
Courtesy of Ikuko Nichols
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Tule Lake becomes a segregation facility (Palmerlee_24)
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Uploaded by: HNRC
Color silent amateur footage of life in the World War II Japanese American detention facility in Tule Lake, California, made 1942-1945 by teacher Charles Palmerlee.
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Part of these collections:
Charles Palmerlee Collection (96.47.8)
(Item 24 of 25, “Charles Palmerlee Collection (96.47.8) [24 of 25]”)
Collected by: HNRC
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Family posing on a lawn (Kiyama_17)
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Black and white silent amateur footage, ca. 1930's, primarily of Japanese American business and family life in Los Angeles, California.
This very brief segment shows a family posing on the lawn ...
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Part of these collections:
Soshiro Kiyama Collection (2004.7.1)
(Item 17 of 19, “Soshiro Kiyama Collection (2004.7.1) [17 of 19]”)
Collected by: HNRC
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南加宮城県人会の歌
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南加宮城県人会の歌
作詞： 大江設計（株）大江勝雄
作曲・歌： 宮城教育大学講師・榊原光裕
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桜吹雪の彼方には
蔵王1、栗駒2 田植えを告げる
籠にはワラビ蕗のトウ
お父さんが教えてくれた
宮城の山よ
故郷しのべば目に浮かぶ
カリフォルニアに春が来た
We shall be friends
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笹にゆれてる吹流し
夢にまで見た 七夕飾り
星に幸せ祈ります
お母さんが話してくれた
宮城の街よ
故郷しのんで笑い顔
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Caitlin competing in the solo highland dancing competition
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Uploaded by: celticdragon04
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Part of these collections:
Japanese-Americans in the Scottish Arts
(Item 4 of 19, “Caitlin competing solo at the San Diego Highland Games”)
Collected by: celticdragon04
To perform her highland dancing, Caitlin comes with the band to various highland games to compete in highland dancing solo competitions.
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Samba de enredo em homenagem ao Centenário da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil
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Samba enredo da Escola de Samba Unidos da Vila Maria que tem como tema o Centenário da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil. Na letra observa-se elementos relacionados com a comunidade nikkei ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #11: Importance ...
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This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 12 of 12, “Art and the Complexity of Ethnic Identity”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Karin Higa, Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum
Transcription
In many ways, Ruth Asawa is a typical Japanese American Nisei, the child of immigrants who came to the United ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #10: Electro-Plated ...
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This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 11 of 12, “Plating”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's daughter
Transcription
Ruth would take her sculptures to be cleaned, or have them dipped in these tanks to change the color of the wire, to plate them… ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #9: Tamarind ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 10 of 12, “Lithography”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Daniell Cornell, Curator and Director of Contemporary Arts Projects, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Transcription
In 1965, through the support and recommendation of Joseph Albers, Ruth was able to attend ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #8: Black ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 9 of 12, “Black Mountain College”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Daniell Cornell, Curator and Director of Contemporary Arts Projects, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Transcription
At the end of her third year at Milwaukee State Teacher’s college in 1946, Ruth ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #7: Friendship ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 8 of 12, “Imogen and Ruth”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's daughter
Transcription
Imogen Cunningham and Ruth Asawa had a friendship that lasted many years. Ruth drew Imogen, Imogen photographed Ruth over the years, and photographed Ruth’s family. ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #6: Types ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 7 of 12, “Achieving Transparencies”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's daughter
Transcription
Ruth used a variety of wires, including iron, brass, copper, bronze, stainless steel, galvanized steel, aluminum, monel and even gold-filled wire. Each wire had its ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #5: Using ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 6 of 12, “Types of Wire”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Karin Higa, Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum
Transcription
Ruth Asawa used different types of wire in her sculpture, in part because each metal had a slightly different characteristic ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #4: Tied ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 5 of 12, “Tied Wire Sculptures”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's daughter
Transcription
The tied wire sculptures are called tied wire because they’re tied in bunches with a smaller piece of wire. The bunches are divided, and then ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #3: Looped ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 4 of 12, “Drawing vs. Wire Art”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrators: Karin Higa, Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum. Aiko Cuneo, Ruth Asawa's daughter
Transcription
The immediacy of drawing was central to Ruth Asawa’s practice as an artist, for ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #2: Ruth ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 3 of 12, “Ruth Asawa - At a Glance”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Karin Higa, Senior Curator of Art, Japanese American National Museum
Transcription
So, I wanted to tell you a little bit about Ruth Asawa. She was born to Japanese immigrants on a ...
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The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour Clip #1: Welcome ...
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Uploaded by: eishida
This is an audio clip from a cell phone tour by Guide by Cell to accompany the exhibition The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air at ...
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Part of these collections:
The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air - Audio Tour
(Item 2 of 12, “Welcome to "The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air"”)
Collected by: eishida
Narrator: Sabrina Motley, Japanese American National Museum
Transcription
Welcome to The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa: Contours in the Air, originally organized by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, now on display ...
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2007 Orange County Buddhist Church Obon - Dancing 3
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Uploaded by: eishida
Many people came out to dance at the Orange County Buddhist Church obon on Sunday, July 15, 2007. It seemed like the highlight of the night, for the dance area ...
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Part of these collections:
2007 Orange County Buddhist Church Obon
(Item 38 of 39, “Dancing 3”)
Collected by: eishida
The dancing seemed like the highlight of the night, for so many people participated. I don't know where all the people came from!
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Mew - Shiroi Kuchibiruno Izanai (White Lips Kissed) (Japanese Version)
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Uploaded by: dotdotdot
The song, “Shiroi Kuchibiruno Izanai” by Mew, a Danish indie rock band, quite clearly epitomizes Japanophilia. While clear motives behind the band’s decision to write and sing a song in ...
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Part of these collections:
Japanophilia
(Item 32 of 60)
Collected by: mpitelka
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