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eBay removes a listing to sell art created at California s Manzazar Japanese American concentration camp We don t feel that Japanese American history particularly around the trauma of racist policies that excluded, forcibly removed, and incarcerated 120,000 residents from the West Coast should be sold or used for profit. Posted: Apr 11, 2021 9:32 AM Updated: Apr 11, 2021 10:53 AM Posted By: CNN Each of the 20 black and white sketches artfully depicts a natural landscape. Pine trees and mountains set against a bright orb in the sky. Cartoonish leaves splayed out like tentacles. Unearthly limestone columns towering before an ominous cloud. Their origins, though, are darker: They are believed to have been created by an artist in Manzanar, the concentration camp in California s Owens Valley where thousands of Japanese Americans were incarcerated as a result of the United States government s racism and hysteria during World War II. ....
Vintage Kokeshi Collection Finds Home at JACCC Posted On Kitty Sankey with her mother’s collection of antique kokeshi dolls, now on display at the JACCC. The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center was recently gifted a vintage collection of Japanese kokeshi dolls numbering close to 200 pieces from Kitty Sankey, a long-time community leader, past president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, and an active leader in various civic organizations. Kokeshi-collecting was a lifetime passion of her mother, Anita Mitsuko Sankey, who was born in Los Angeles but spent a considerable number of years living in Japan. Her family was interned during WWII; she met Kitty’s father after the war, although he had been drafted into the U.S. Army prior to Pearl Harbor. Kitty’s father had two tours of duty that brought the family to Okinawa. Both Kitty and her brother were born in Japan during this time. ....
Photographer Gary Miyatake Passes at 69 Posted On By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor Members of Cesar Chavez’s family were among those attending a dedication ceremony for Gary Miyatake’s portrait of Chavez, held at the Japanese American National Museumi in March 2015. From left: Christine Chavez of the Cesar Chavez Foundation; Margaret Salazar-Porzio from the Smithsonian Institution; Paul Chavez of the Cesar Chavez Foundation; Miyatake; and Rep. Maxine Waters. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo) GARDENA Gary Toyo Miyatake, a third-generation photographer of the famed Miyatake family, passed away at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance on Dec. 29 after suffering a stroke. He was 69. ....
Free Watch on the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California site or Facebook New Year s Day in Southern California has long been abloom with beautiful traditions, from a blossom-big parade in Pasadena to a tremendous Little Tokyo festival, one filled with Taiko drums, delicious foods, and a joyful view to the days ahead. The first day of 2021 will look quite different, in terms of every in-person event we ve long enjoyed, as pandemic considerations have changed, well, everything. But our wish to welcome the coming days in ways we remember can still be met, thanks to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California. ....