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Exhibition Opening for Cruising J-Town

2025年07月31日

Celebrate Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community with an opening reception hosted by the ArtCenter College of Design!See the exhibition’s five classic cars: George Nakamura’s 1940s “Meteor” hot rod; Brian Omatsu’s custom 1951 Mercury coupe known as the “Purple Reign”; a 1956 Ford F100 pickup truck owned by Kirk Shimazu; Tod Kaneko’s 1973 Datsun 510, one of the models that launched the import car cr...

Ireicho National Tour—Heart Mountain

2025年07月24日 - 2025年07月26日

JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

JANM’s Statement on the 2025 Day of Remembrance

2025年02月19日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) commemorates the Day of Remembrance—a day that marks a historic moment of healing and celebrates the resilience of the Japanese American community. It serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences o...

JANM’s Democracy Center Launches Inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture January 31

2024年12月25日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present the inaugural Irene Hirano Inouye Distinguished Lecture with guest speaker Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, on Friday, January 31, 2025, at JANM’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center). Secretary Bunch will speak in conversation with Lisa Sasaki, Deputy Under Secret...

Two Early-Career Cultural Critics of Color Awarded the Democracy Center’s Second Annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship

2024年06月27日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has awarded the second annual Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship to Nicole Leung and Adam Wassilchalk, two early-career cultural critics of color who are making notable contributions to the theater, dance, and performance art world. A rare funding opportunity ...

‘PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD’ OPENS MARCH 8

2014年02月04日

Los Angeles – The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World from March 8, 2014 to September 14, 2014. Perseverance explores the artistry of traditional Japanese tattoos along with its rich history and influence on modern tattoo practices in this groundbreaking photographic exhibition. As Japanese tattoos have moved into the mainstream, the art...

"Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi" by Jeanne Sakata

2013年05月19日

JABA Educational Foundation Presents: Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi (formerly Dawn's Light) by Jeanne Sakata A Tribute Event for the First Anniversary of the passing of Gordon Hirabayashi During World War II in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi agonizes over U.S. government orders to forcibly remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the W...

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM TO FEATURE ARTWORK OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR ALLEN SAY

2000年06月15日

Allen Say’s Journey: The Art and Words of a Children’s Book Author, the first retrospective exhibition of the art of award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Allen Say, will open on Friday, July 28 at the Japanese American National Museum. This comprehensive survey dedicated to the art of Allen Say will feature fifty-five original watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings, including works from Say’s...

Boyle Heights—Audio Diaries Project

Through the Audio Diaries project, a teen examines the wartime removal of Japanese Americans from her Boyle Heights neighborhood. The following is an edited transcription of an audio program created by a high school senior in a school near East Los Angeles. A total of 25 students from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School participated in the Japanese American National Museum’s Audio Diaries project, produced in co...

Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds—Wakaji Matsumoto

Wakaji Matsumoto was born to Wakamatsu and Haru (née Motoyama) Matsumoto on July 17, 1889, in Jigozen, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 1906, Wakaji was summoned by his father, Wakamatsu, to help with work on his farm in Los Angeles. Wakaji traveled from Japan by ship to Victoria, British Columbia and from there by boat and train to Los Angeles. Wakaji first worked as a houseboy to learn English, and ...