Search Results For

JANM to Present J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist on March 15, 2024

2024年02月01日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist from March 15–September 1, 2024. Curated by Dennis Reed, the exhibition comprises sixty photographs by Sata, along with family artifacts from his time in America’s concentration camps and reproductions of his paintings and drawings. Sata was a charter member of the Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California, a...

Go For Broke National Education Center Homecoming Celebration and Debut of the "Defining Courage" Exhibition

2016年05月28日

Join us for an all-day homecoming celebration at Go For Broke’s new headquarters in JANM’s Historic Building, located across the plaza from the Pavilion. Featured will be the debut of their groundbreaking new interactive exhibition, The Defining Courage Experience, which uses the experiences of Japanese American soldiers of World War II as a catalyst to discuss contemporary issues affecting Americans today. The exhib...

"Lt. Watada: A Matter of Conscience". Directed by Oscar Winner Freida Lee Mock

2011年03月26日

He’s called a hero, a coward; a patriot, a traitor. How does an Army officer full of promise, praised by his commanders as exemplary with unlimited potential, come to face a felony conviction, a prison term and a dishonorable discharge? “Lt. Watada” tells the story of the first commissioned military officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq and to speak out about his belief that the war is illegal and a violation of his...

East West Players presents a reading of IXNAY by Paul Kikuchi

2008年10月30日

Raymond Kobayashi is in the prime of his sansei life when he’s pulled up to Heaven. But when he finds out he’s been scheduled to return as a Japanese American again, Raymond flat out refuses. A comedy about an underachieving Asian who causes major havoc at the Reincarnation Station when he ixnays his Next Life.

The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps by Delphine Hirasuna

2006年04月09日

Delphine Hirasuna presents a varied collection of artifacts photographed by Terry Hefferman in a tribute to the 120,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Hirasuna will speak on the art of gaman, "the art of enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity"; and on how crafts were produced in camp out of found materials. Objects presented in this colorful anthology are examples of what ma...

Judgments Judged, Wrongs Remembered: Examining the Japanese American Civil Liberties Cases of World War II

2004年11月05日

On December 18, 1944, the United States Supreme Court decided the landmark cases of Korematsu v. United States, which allowed the forced eviction of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes, and Ex parte Endo, which forbade the continued incarceration of loyal American citizens. To mark the 60th anniversary of these cases, this conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on the meaning, legacy, ...

"The Legend of Fire Horse Woman", by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

2004年04月25日

In Japan, no Fire Horse Woman could ever dream of marrying. It was a tragic sign, a ruinous birth date that occurred once every sixty years. Though always beautiful, Fire Horse Women were destined to remain untamed by men - and were to be avoided as wives at all cost. An orphan as well, Sayo had two strikes against her. But her loving mentor kept her secrets and made a match for her with the second son of a wealthy f...

The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A Japanese American’s Journey—Kilauea Military Camp

1942 Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 policemen and soldiers began rounding up “suspects” in Hawai‘i and interning them at Kilauea Military Camp, located near Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawai‘i. The government feared that people of Japanese ancestry would sabotage the war effort, even though investigators found only one case of disloyalty among islanders. At Ki...

Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps—Resources

Don’t Fence Me In: Coming of Age in America’s Concentration Camps explores the experiences of Japanese American youth who asserted their place as young Americans confronting the injustice of being imprisoned in World War II concentration camps. Check out our resources including: A video about conserving a Boy Scout drum An activity guide created by JANM’s Education Unit to accompany the exhibition ...

A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami - Stanley Hayami

Stanley Hayami was an ordinary American teenager from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, Calif. who enjoyed writing and sketching in his diary. Born on December 23, 1925, he was the son of Frank Naoichi and Asano Hayami. Stanley was the second youngest of four children, and in 1941, he was living the life of an average teenager in San Gabriel, Calif. The December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack by Japan forever alte...