Matsura: Portraits from the Borderland” exhibition ... as we might translate that to today’s language.” An immigrant from Japan, Matsura traveled to Seattle before landing in Washington ...

but you are still Japanese. We could not trust you.’ With an American flag as a backdrop, a newly drafted George Hirano (left), 18, posed for a portrait with his mother, Hisa Hirano, and father ...

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new ...

“We’ll defeat the Japanese in the end,” said Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, “but we shouldn’t look at the war with them through rose-colored glasses.” Secretary Stimson has had a ...

TOKYO -- A signature piece by famous Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro titled ... the only known copy of this particular "bijin okubi-e," or portraits of beautiful women, was the one held by ...

These moments enrich the portrait with tactical evidence of an ... decides to host close friends at his home in Japan. Here, the chef’s theories about sushi-making as performance are distilled ...

The new 5,000-yen bill portrays educator Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929), who founded one of the first women’s universities in Japan, while the 1,000-yen bill features a pioneering medical scientist ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – The Anderson Japanese Gardens have announced the return of their Portraits in the Garden, an event designed for guests to take advantage of the scenic views for a ...