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Virtual Book Launch: In Search of Hiroshi with Gene Oishi

2024年06月06日

Join author Gene Oishi, his daughter Eve Oishi, and scholar Koji Lau-Ozawa to celebrate Oishi’s newly revised 1988 work, In Search of Hiroshi—a powerful memoir about his lifelong struggle to claim both his Japanese and American identities in the aftermath of World War II. About the Book“Can one wreak vengeance against oneself?”This anguished question hangs over Gene Oishi’s powerful memoir about his lifelong struggl...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Raymond S. Uno

2024年03月11日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of the Honorable Raymond S. Uno. A nationally recognized civil rights and peace activist and retired Third District Court judge, Uno was the first person of color to ever serve as a judge in Utah. Born in Ogden, Utah, he and his family moved to El Monte, California, where he went to a segregated school. During World War II he and hi...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Alan Nishio

2024年01月03日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Alan Nishio. A lifelong educator and community activist, Nishio was a prominent voice in efforts to ensure that the Japanese American experience is never forgotten, and a founding leader, board member, and trusted advisor to numerous Little Tokyo organizations. Born in Manzanar concentration camp in 1945, Nishio began his politica...

Transpacific Borderlands

2017年09月17日 - 2018年02月25日

Español | 日本語 | Português Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo will examine the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either Latin America or predominantly Latin American neighborhoods of Southern California. The exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty-led initiative exploring Latin American...

JANM PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO BENEATH THE SURFACE OF "PERSEVERANCE"

2014年05月28日

The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has scheduled two gallery talks, a film-related lecture, and an artist Q-and-A in conjunction with its current exhibition, Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World. A groundbreaking show exploring the often under-appreciated history of Japanese tattoo art and its influence on contemporary Western and Japanese tattoo culture, Perseverance welcomed hundred...

Fighting For Democracy at Levine Museum of the New South (Charlotte, NC)

2013年01月19日 - 2013年07月14日

TRAVELING EXHIBITION Levine Museum of the New South Charlotte, North Carolina About the Exhibition Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democra...

PROF. GREG ROBINSON TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'A TRAGEDY OF DEMOCRACY', ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

2009年10月03日

Respected historian and author Greg Robinson will read excerpts from his latest book, A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America, and will discuss what newly discovered materials he found and how it affects his view of history at a public program set for Saturday, October 24, starting at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. While the story of the unconstitutional mass...

GOKUROSAMA EXHIBITION FEATURING PORTRAITS OF SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICANS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14 OPENING

2009年01月29日

The Japanese American National Museum will open the traveling exhibition, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i, a collection of recent images of Japanese Americans who were born before World War II, on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in its Pavilion in Little Tokyo, and running through May 24, 2009. This exhibition is on loan from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Beginning in 2002...

Kaiju vs. Heroes

Two short films produced for the Kaiju vs Heroes: Mark Nagata’s Journey through the World of Japanese Toys exhibition. In the Clutches of Kaiju A portrait of the artist/toy collector Mark Nagata. Directed by Akira Boch and Evan Kodani 2018 7 minutes Nagata 360: A Collecting Mind We invite you to a virtual reality view of artist Mark Nagata’s studio. Get a glimpse into the habitual details of a...

Boyle Heights: The Power of Place—Community

The Boyle Heights Project represents an expansion of the Japanese American National Museum's partnership initiatives and manifests our commitment to exploring the multicultural experiences of the United States. This section highlights some of the strategies and methods used to engage in community-based documentation and interpretation.