アイク・ハチモンジ
(Ike Hatchimonji)
アイク・ハッチモンジは、ベトナム、ニカラグア、ザイールの米国大使館、およびワシントン DC の国際開発庁で勤務した元米国外交官です。彼は 16 年間、日系アメリカ人博物館のボランティア ガイドを務めています。妻のルースと 3 人の子供と 6 人の孫がいます。
2008年2月更新
この執筆者によるストーリー
Recollections of the Hatchimonji Family
2014年2月11日 • アイク・ハチモンジ
My father and mother, Kumezo and Nobue (Komuro) Hatchimonji (originally spelled Hachimonji) were, like so many other immigrants from Japan, two Issei individuals who came to America to start a new life, a new family, and to seek new opportunities. Like their fellow Issei, theirs was not an easy life but with characteristic patience and hope, they succeeded with a legacy of achievement and pride. To describe some of the cultural traits that the Issei generation possessed, certain generalizations can …
Japan’s Imperial Rescript on Education: How important was it in the Japanese American Experience?
2008年2月13日 • アイク・ハチモンジ
Despite its value in teaching the cultural virtues of Japan to the Nisei in pre-WW II America, the Rescript could have been used against them. An important aspect of the upbringing of the Nisei generation in most Nikkei communities before World War II was their training in the Japanese language. Being able to speak and write in the language of their Issei parents and thereby enabling them to communicate with them was necessary. But it was also a part of …
