Shedding new light on racial dynamics of Japonisme in America
This project was initially inspired by Kaneji Domoto’s work in both the 1939 New York World’s Fair and 1939 International Exposition in San Francisco. These fairs came right before Japanese incarceration and WWII, so I decided to look at 1939 in depth instead of Japanese …
Japanese-American architect Iwahiko Tsumanuma recorded his impressions of life in New York City in a diary. Collected below are a few places he visited and routes he charted, along with the kinds of everyday images he may have seen.
What is History? It is not just a collection of tedious dates. History is all around you all the time. You just have to pay attention…
Iwahiko Tsumanuma and Agnes Asbury Rockrise. Two equally remarkable people sharing a unique story throughout the early 20th century. While, to paraphrase an entry in Iwahiko’s journal, “Clouds might sweep across their heaven, their love withstood tumultuous times.” Two people, very much in love, who …
