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Not long ago I did a Discover Nikkei piece on the artist Bunji Tagawa, who made a career of scienti…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 3, 2021

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Yoshiyasu Fujii traveled to the United States in 1989 and is spreading Japanese calligraphy and spirit in America.

Building on the foundations Fujii Yoshiyasu, who teaches calligraphy and has classes in Seattle, W…

Keiko Fukuda • July 5, 2021

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Hamano Ryuho: A look at the origins

Vocation sometimes comes in the most unique ways. Hamano Ryuho remembers that he was about four ye…

Harumi Nako Fuentes +1 • Aug. 7, 2015

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A Young Traditional Multi-Artist

In Brazil, it is not rare to find a Nikkei practicing one of the Japanese traditional arts. Calligr…

Henrique Minatogawa • April 21, 2015

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Celebrating the Child: Kodomo no Hi in Seattle

My youngest daughter and I are holding a brush together, because she wants me to help her write the…

Tamiko Nimura • June 5, 2014

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Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt

In Japan, flower-arranging, known as ikebana or “living flowers,” is one of the most re…

Meher McArthur • July 8, 2013

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日本文化にかかわり続ける－前野ジョン久仁男さん－

初めてこの人と会ったのは、二世週日本祭に向けての準備の時でした。祭りの最大のイベントの一つに、小東京一帯の道路を閉鎖して繰り広げられるグランド・パレードがありますが、それに登場する音頭の一般参加者を…

Yukikazu Nagashima • April 12, 2010

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Kenji Toda: Groundbreaking Artist and Scholar

Yoshiyasu Fujii traveled to the United States in 1989 and is spreading Japanese calligraphy and spirit in America.

Hamano Ryuho: A look at the origins

A Young Traditional Multi-Artist

Celebrating the Child: Kodomo no Hi in Seattle

Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt

日本文化にかかわり続ける－前野ジョン久仁男さん－

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Kenji Toda: Groundbreaking Artist and Scholar

Yoshiyasu Fujii traveled to the United States in 1989 and is spreading Japanese calligraphy and spirit in America.

Hamano Ryuho: A look at the origins

A Young Traditional Multi-Artist

Celebrating the Child: Kodomo no Hi in Seattle

Floral Fusion: The Ikebana Sculptures of Shizuko Greenblatt

日本文化にかかわり続ける －前野ジョン久仁男さん－

日本文化にかかわり続ける－前野ジョン久仁男さん－