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No. 45 Interview with Maeda Ippei, translator of Anshuu (Darkness) — Part 1
Juliet Kono's novel "Darkness" depicts a Hawaii-born second-generation Japanese-Ameri…

Ryusuke Kawai • Feb. 23, 2024

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Anshu (book) atomic bomb survivors Buddhism hibakusha Juliet S. Kono literature religions translations
Anshu (book) atomic bomb survivors Buddhism hibakusha Juliet S. Kono literature religions translations
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Unlocking Family Mysteries
Ever since I could remember, a large, colorful tapestry of the Great Torii of Miyajima was displaye…

Alden M. Hayashi • Nov. 22, 2023

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families Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan
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Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage
To Be Nikkei
My obaachan was only seven years old when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. T…

Kayla Kamei • Aug. 11, 2023

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culture Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture identity Japan Japanese culture World War II
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Takeshi Furumoto: Challenges, Achievements, Helping Others
Takeshi Furumoto is an activist in Japanese American organizations and communities, a Vietnam War v…

Karen Kawaguchi • July 5, 2023

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armed forces California concentration camps Furumoto Realty generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Japanese Americans Kibei New York (state) Nisei retired military personnel Takeshi Furumoto Tule Lake concentration camp United States veterans Vietnam War, 1961-1975 World War II camps
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Dear Sosobo
Dear Sosobo, Let me begin with an apology. I didn’t know what to call you; I had to look it …

Amanda Mei Kim • Dec. 14, 2022

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families great-grandparents Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan parents United States
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Katherine Birkinshaw writes about her mother's experiences as a survivor of the atomic bombing
Daughter's illness and mother's confession There is a novel called "Last Cherry Bloss…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 28, 2022

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atomic bomb survivors families fiction hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kathleen Burkinshaw The Last Cherry Blossom (book)
atomic bomb survivors families fiction hibakusha Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture Japan Kathleen Burkinshaw The Last Cherry Blossom (book)
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Part 3—Wakaji's Legacy
Read Part 2 >>  Reportage or Art? Wakaji produced countless individual portraits, docu…

Dennis Reed • Oct. 3, 2022

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1920s 1930s agriculture arts atomic bomb California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar United States Wakaji Matsumoto World War II
1920s 1930s agriculture arts atomic bomb California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar United States Wakaji Matsumoto World War II
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Part 2—Wakaji’s Photography
Read Part 1 >> While Tei managed the farm, Wakaji pursued his gifts. He first studied phot…

Dennis Reed • Sept. 26, 2022

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1920s agriculture artists arts California communities farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds
My grandfather, Wakaji Matsumoto, traveled across the Pacific Ocean to help his father in a forei…

Karen Matsumoto • Sept. 20, 2022

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agriculture atomic bomb brides California families family histories farming genealogy generations Hawaii Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture household employees immigrants immigration Issei Japan Little Tokyo Los Angeles migration photographers photography picture brides postwar prewar Southern California Toyo Miyatake United States Wakaji Matsumoto wives World War II
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Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto
Part 1—Wakaji’s Beginnings
Wakaji Matsumoto was like many of the young men, mostly teenagers, who came by transport ships fr…

Dennis Reed • Sept. 19, 2022

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agriculture California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Los Angeles migration photographers photographs photography prewar Southern California United States Wakaji Matsumoto yobiyose
agriculture California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Los Angeles migration photographers photographs photography prewar Southern California United States Wakaji Matsumoto yobiyose
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