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The Japanese American National Museum Launches Online Exhibition on Issei Artist Wakaji Matsumoto

2022年09月19日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) launched the online exhibition, Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima, 1917–1944, at janm.org/wakaji-matsumoto. This exhibition highlights rarely seen early photographs of Los Angeles prior to World War II and of Hiroshima before the US dropped the atomic bomb through the single lens of photographer Wakaji Matsumoto. “We a...

松本若次

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「松本若次：二つの世界を生きた芸術家　ロサンゼルスと広島、1917年〜1944年」では、写真家、松本若次のレンズを通して撮影された、第二次世界大戦前のロサンゼルスの日系アメリカ人コミュニティーと、1945年の原爆投下前の広島の都市の生活を記録した貴重な写真の数々をご紹介します。このオンライン展示会では、若次の孫娘にあたるカレン松本と本展のキュレーターであるデニス・リードによるエッセイをはじめ、年表、フォトギャラリー、受賞歴もあるJANMのワタセ・メディアアーツ・センターによる短編ドキュメンタリー映像、また教育アクティビティーなども紹介しています。松本若次は、1889年7月17日、日本の広島県廿日市（はつかいち）市の地御前（じごぜん）に、松本若松とハル（旧姓元山）のもとに生まれました。若次は父の農園を手伝うため、カナダを経由してアメリカに渡りました。農園では畑作業をしたり収穫した作物をロサンゼルスまで車で運んだりしていましたが、...

Wakaji Matsumoto

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Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima, 1917–1944 highlights an artist’s rare photographs of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles prior to World War II and of urban life in Hiroshima prior to the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. This online exhibition also features essays by Karen Matsumoto, Wakaji’s granddaughter, and Dennis Reed, the curator of the exhibition, a timeline, phot...

Smithsonian Museum Day

2022年09月17日

We’re pleased to announce the return of Museum Day on September 17! Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. JANM is offering FREE admission all day as part of the annual Museum Day event.

LGBTQ+ Allyship Symposium

2022年09月17日

$20 for General $20 for Students, Seniors (60+), and nonprofit workers Okaeri’s 2022 Allyship Symposium, set for September 17th, 2022, is a one-day virtual symposium covering the topic of LGBTQ+ allyship in six areas: family (Japanese speaking), family (English speaking), work, school, faith (Christian), and faith (Buddhist). Each category will host a panel that covers key allyship questions including: Why is i...

Nikkei Uncovered III: a poetry reading

2022年09月15日

FREE Join us for our third annual virtual poetry reading with a powerful lineup of poets previously featured in Discover Nikkei’s Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column, hosted by traci kato-kiriyama (author of Navigating With(out) Instruments). This year, the poets were chosen to reflect on the theme of gathering. What does it mean to gather in a time of physical and social separation? How can poetry bring us...

The Japanese American National Museum Invites the Public to Sign Sacred Book of Names

2022年09月16日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) invites the public to view and sign the Ireichō, a sacred book that records—for the first time ever—the names of over 125,000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were unjustly imprisoned in US Army, Department of Justice, and War Relocation Authority camps during World War II, on Sunday, September 25, 2022, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Visitors will be invited to ...

Author Conversation—A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii

2022年09月03日

FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Celebrate the release of the award-winning biography of civil rights leader, Sei Fujii, with a special 10th anniversary screening of the short film Lil Tokyo Reporter and a discussion around the biography. The conversation will include filmmaker and publisher Jeffrey Gee Chin and Academy Award-winner Chris Tashima, and actress Keiko Agena. This program is prese...

Tea n’ Zines

2022年09月01日

FREE Gather with us to share tea and conversation and explore creative expression. Interactive creative exercises will be led by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine artist. Make yourself a warm (or iced!) cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online! All ages are welcome to participate. This program was launched in 2019 through the +LAB Artist Resi...

Wakaji Matsumoto

The Wakaji Matsumoto—An Artist in Two Worlds: Los Angeles and Hiroshima,1917–1944 online exhibition highlights the rare photographs of an Issei farmer turned photographer who captured the Japanese American community in Los Angeles and urban life in Hiroshima prior to the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. The Watase Media Arts Center produced these short videos narrated by exhibition curator Dennis Reed about Wakaji Ma...