Japanese American National Museum
Establecido en 1985, el Museo Nacional Japonés Americano (Japanese American National Museum - JANM, por sus siglas en inglés) promueve la comprensión y aprecio de la diversidad étnica y cultural de los Estados Unidos al compartir la experiencia japonesa americana. Ubicado en el histórico distrito Little Tokyo del centro de Los Ángeles, el JANM brinda una voz a los japoneses americanos y un foro que permite a todas las personas explorar su propia herencia y cultura. Desde su apertura al público en 1992, el JANM ha presentado más de 70 exposiciones en sus instalaciones, mientras que ha llevado 17 exposiciones a principales museos culturales de Estados Unidos, Japón y América del Sur. Para mayor información, visita janm.org o síguenos en las redes sociales como @jamuseum.
Última actualización en marzo de 2023
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Every Branch Has a Personality of Its Own – A Profile of Chiye Tomihiro
21 de abril de 2014 • Japanese American National Museum
Chiye Tomihiro is used to being interviewed. She testified before the Commission of Citizens (CWRIC) in 1981, her memories are in several oral history collections, and she has appeared on TV and in magazine stories. Her grace reflects both her experience and her nature. Poised and at ease, she offers cold drinks to visitors in her lakefront Chicago apartment. She wastes no time. “I was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1924. The first thing that I mention to people from …
I DON’T COMPLAIN – A Profile of Art Morimitsu
14 de abril de 2014 • Japanese American National Museum
The story of Chicagoan Art Morimitsu’s life is the story of a community—the story of Japanese American immigrants whose sons and daughters triumphed over hardships and discrimination to make their way as exemplary Americans. At age 86, Morimitsu knew that his life’s story was the stuff of legend. In a June, 1998 interview his mischievous grin and twinkling eyes indicate the pleasure that it gives him to recall the events of his long life of hard work and service. Morimitsu’s …
Nurturing a Family Business: The Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery
29 de agosto de 2007 • Japanese American National Museum
It is mid-March in California’s Central Valley, and Richard Yamaguchi is very busy. One thousand black pine trees need to be trimmed and shaped; several must be carefully dug out and moved for landscapers in need of this familiar and iconic variety of Japanese conifer. Only two weeks remain before the trees come out of their seasonal dormancy, after which they cannot be trimmed or moved until next November, when all the remaining trees—some of which have taken 50 years …
Strength in Beauty: Ruth Asawa
24 de mayo de 2007 • Japanese American National Museum
"I can see glimpses of my childhood in my work. The seemingly endless patterns we made in the dust, the shapes of the flowers and the vegetation, the translucence of a dragonfly’s wing when sunlight pours through it—these things have influenced my work.” - Ruth Asawa, 2001 Strength in Beauty For Nisei artist Ruth Asawa, her work reflects the richness of everyday life and the beauty of ordinary things. Her intricately crocheted wire sculptures, lithographs, and drawings, speak of the …
