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  • Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World - Artists

    Horitaka (Takahiro Kitamura) Exhibition Curator Horitaka is a tattoo artist as well as the author and publisher of numerous books on tattoo art and culture. His books include Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo (Schiffer Publishing, 2001), Tattooing From Japan to the West (Schiffer Publishing, 2004), and Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in Japanese Tattoo (KIT Publishers, 2003). Horitaka is ...

  • Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World - Videos

    Interview with Artists & Clients Short films directed by John Agcaoili with additional footage by Jon Ugto, Roger Barrera, and Chris Brand. Assisted by Nicole Szeto and Jayne Chen. Kip Fulbeck Exhibition photographer and designer Chris Horishiki Brand Jiro LA Horitaka Jakoh Henrik Strehmel Drew Flores Espi ...

  • Traveling Exhibitions

    The Japanese American National Museum offers many of the exhibitions it has hosted to other museums and cultural facilities. These exhibitions range in size and subject matter, offering engaging experiences for visitors of all ages and with varied interests. Please refer to the contact information for each exhibition for availability information, loan fees, and other details.

  • Year of the Labbit Custom Show - Artist Interpretations

    In conjunction with the exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo (July 9 – October 30, 2011), a gathering of artists (new and old friends of the Museum) worked their creative magic on Frank Kozik’s Happy Labbit toy. Check out the photos below to view the various artists’ interpretations. Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai Pasadena, CA Stan Sakai is best known as the artist creator of U...

  • Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 - Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 - Extras

    Exhibition Videos Watch videos about photographers Toyo Miyatake, J.T. Sata, T.K. Shindo, Ichiro “Eddie” Itani, and Shigemi Uyeda produced by JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center for the exhibition. Guide by Cell FREE AUDIO TOUR Enhance your experience of Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 with the FREE audio cell phone tour (no cost except your cell phone minutes). Hang up and ...

  • Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920–1940 - Photographers

    Akira Furukawa • K. Furukawa • Tomishia Furuya • Harry Hayashida • Ichiro Itani • Riso Itano • Shinsaku Izumi • Shigemi Izuo • Morinosuke Kamikihara • Taizo Kato • Seizo K. Katsu • Hisao E. Kimura • Hiromu Kira • Dr. Kyo Koike • Kichiji Kojimoto • Asahachi Kono • F.A. Kunishige • Kusutora Matsuki • Toraji Mayeda • Toyo Miyatake • Yukio Morinaga • Riichi Morita • Takuji Mukai • S. Nakagawa • Kentaro Nakamura • T. Nohi...

  • Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II - Store

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  • Kaiju vs Heroes - Mark Nagata

    Growing up in California, Mark Nagata was a fan of Disneyland, comic books, and classic Japanese television shows, movies, and toys. These influences inspired his creativity and spurred his initial interest in drawing and art. Fast-forward to today and not much has changed for this toy designer, painter, illustrator, and collector. After attending the Academy of Art College in San Francisco during the late 1980s, ...

  • Kaiju vs Heroes - Kaiju-Con

    Saturday, June 15, 2019 11 a.m.–5 p.m. In conjunction with Kaiju vs Heroes, JANM is hosting a day-long Kaiju-Con that will include a vendor hall, workshops, panel discussions, and demonstrations all related to kaiju and Japanese toys. The day will culminate in a special free outdoor screening at 8:30 p.m., on JANM’s plaza of Mothra vs. Godzilla from 1964. Videos from three of the Kaiju-Con sessions are v...