Traditional Classical Japanese Dancers in Chicago

Early photos of traditional classical Japanese dance in Chicago beginning in the 1970's. Dancers continue to train at the JASC under the guidance of Fujima Shunojo.

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asami kitchin の外観、中、お弁当各種

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Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie FUEGO - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Quemados en foto, de verdad; lo que fueron, lo que son desde las cenizas y de la ausencia del color.

Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie LONAS - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Lonas reutilizadas para dar color y movimiento a muebles neutros. En vez de que terminen en rellenos sanitarios, por un tiempo protegen el tapiz del mueble y luego, sigue su curso de degradación normal (aunque, lamentablemente, dura cientos de años).

Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie VARIOS - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Varios, experimentos, ensayos, etc.

Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie PROTO-LAMPARAS - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Proto-lámparas, ensayos previos de lo que se puede convertir en algo artístico.

Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie COMIDA - Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Galletas en barniz, buscando transparencia para el nuevo ciclo de exposiciones "Luz y Fuego", iniciado en setiembre 2008, Galería Jinnai, Centro Cultural Peruano-Japonés.

Early Sawtelle Stories

West Los Angeles is a relatively new urban area. When the UCLA campus in Westwood opened in 1929, the area boomed. Dirt roads and empty fields became newly-paved roads and one-story bungalows. A small community of Japanese sprang up around Sawtelle and Olympic. They came to plant the grass, flowers and and other greenery needed to garnish the naked new residences. At the boarding house, single men with no experience but only a desire for a job, apprenticed as gardeners. They would get to be known as "brown men" for all the long hours toiling under the hot California sun.

My Collection of Daruma

Daruma are traditional Japanese dolls that are symbols of perseverance, determination, and optimism. Often used as good luck charms to fulfill a special wish or resolution, it’s customary to paint in the right eye when the wish is made, then paint the other eye when the wish is fulfilled. Over the past decade, I've become very interested in daruma. This collection presents my own variations on daruma imagery.

makinatalia1's New Collection

Okinawan Centennial Celebration

Ciclo "Luz y Fuego", Serie LAMPARAS -Victor Nishio Yasuoka - Lima, Perú

Del nuevo ciclo de exposiciones LUZ Y FUEGO, iniciado del 02 al 30 Setiembre 2008, en la Galería Jinnai, Centro Cultural Peruano-Japonés. La mayoría de los materiales son reutilizados... las mismas lámparas, en su momento, serán reutilizadas para crear otras lámparas con distinta apariencia e iluminación del espacio donde se encuentren.

Colônia Celso Ramos

Esta coleção aborda a história da Colônia Celso Ramos, fundada em 1964 próximo a cidade de Curitibanos - Santa Catarina. A comunidade é resultado de um esforço conjunto entre o governo do Estado e o governo Japonês, dessa união nasceu o Núcleo Colonial Celso Ramos que desde a fundação realizou importantes contribuições para a agricultura brasileira e é um dos símbolos da cultura nipo-brasileira.

Five Views of Redress: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary

The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 culminated almost two decades of struggle to win official government acknowledgement of the violation of Japanese American constitutional rights during World War II. The Act called for a formal apology written by the president and the token reparations amount of twenty thousand dollars for each surviving person who had been incarcerated in America’s concentration camps during World War II.

Sakura Square

Sakura Square, Denver, Colorado. Photos taken in July 2008