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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Creating works that reflect the Brazilian soil When Akiko landed at the port…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 20, 2023

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artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers
artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers
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The Aftertaste of Taisho Democracy Remains in Brazil: The Stories of Three Japanese-Brazilian Women Artists - Part 1
Alianza, where 1,000 Japanese families flocked during the Taisho Democracy period "When my father …

Masayuki Fukasawa • Sept. 19, 2023

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artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers
artists authors Brazil ceramics Fashion fashion Fernanda Yamamoto Katsue Yuba São Paulo São Paulo Fashion Week Shoko Suzuki Taisho Democracy Taishō period, Japan, 1912-1926 writers
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Maia Harima – Distinctive Fashion Designer
Maia Harima is third-generation (Sansei), with family origins in Akita, Ibaraki, and Shiga prefec…

Ricardo G. Hokama • Feb. 28, 2023

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Argentina Buenos Aires fashion generations Japan La Plata Sansei The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad The Nikkei Scholarship The Nippon Foundation
Argentina Buenos Aires fashion generations Japan La Plata Sansei The Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad The Nikkei Scholarship The Nippon Foundation
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Renaissance Artist and “Mad Man” – The Life of Shugo Seno
The world of Japanese American visual artists is diverse. Most art historians focus on the notable …

Jonathan van Harmelen • April 12, 2022

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artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
artists design New York (N.Y.) Shugo Seno singing
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The Story Behind the Garden at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
TORONTO — When the construction concludes on a landscape project, the work only just begins. …

Kelly Fleck • Jan. 4, 2022

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agriculture Canada gardening gardens Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre landscape architecture landscape gardening Ontario Scott Fujita Toronto
agriculture Canada gardening gardens Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre landscape architecture landscape gardening Ontario Scott Fujita Toronto
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Nikkei designers: between art and profession
Art can be understood in many ways. A form of expression, a view of the world, a spiritual inspirat…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 21, 2018

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artists arts Brandlab design Peru Plan B (firm)
artists arts Brandlab design Peru Plan B (firm)
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Jamie Dihiansan and Chicago Graffiti
The first time you hit a real wall, not a practice spot, you get this rush. Like, “I should…

Erik Matsunaga • Jan. 23, 2018

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artists arts Chicago graffiti graphic design identity Illinois Jamie Dihiansan racially mixed people United States
artists arts Chicago graffiti graphic design identity Illinois Jamie Dihiansan racially mixed people United States
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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Textile artist Kay Sekimachi and her mother and sister were taken by bus to T…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 11, 2017

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artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> As the introductory text to “Self-Interned, 1942: Noguchi in Poston W…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 10, 2017

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artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
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The Forgotten History of Japanese American designers' World War II internment - Revisiting the link between detention and design history, 75 years after FDR's executive order - Part 1
On January 18, 1963, architect Minoru Yamasaki appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, his disembod…

Alexandra Lange • Aug. 9, 2017

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artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
artists arts design George Nakashima Gyo Obata Hideo Sasaki Isamu Noguchi Kay Sekimachi Larry Shinoda Minoru Yamasaki Ray Komai Ruth Asawa S. Neil Fujita Tomoko Miho Willie Ito World War II
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