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Tokita Tales
Papa Was a Samurai Warrior!
What’s this about your papa being a samurai warrior? Your dad was a samurai? Whatever gave yo…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • Nov. 7, 2023

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archery combat families Japanese archery martial arts samurai shooting
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
In Conversation with Japanese-Australian artist Elysha Rei
Brisbane-based artist Elysha Rei’s bold paintings and intricate paper cuttings draw upon her …

Elysha Rei​ • Sept. 26, 2021

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Australia brides Brisbane heritage identity Japan New Zealand Queensland samurai Thailand war brides wives
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A Case Study of Heart Mountain’s Draft Resisters and Military Service
This is Mike Mackey’s fifth and, apparently, final book centered on the World War II experi…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • May 11, 2018

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book reviews draft resisters Frank Inouye Heart Mountain Heart Mountain concentration camp kiyoshi okamoto Mike Mackey resisters reviews United States World War II camps Wyoming Wyoming Samurai (book)
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Nikkei and the Way of the Warrior: Samurai Heritage from Issei to Yonsei
During my college days I once wrote an essay on the three ideals that I thought best epitomized the…

Tim Asamen • Nov. 11, 2016

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California heritage samurai United States
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Samurai Armor in the Imperial Valley Pioneers Museum
Were there samurai in the Imperial Valley? The answer is yes, but that’s not why a suit of sa…

Tim Asamen • Oct. 12, 2016

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California generations immigrants immigration Imperial Valley Issei Japan migration samurai Southern California United States
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Girls’ U.S. Sojourn A ‘Historical Tragedy’
Over the years I have been honored to be privy to the transnational stories both of Japanese wome…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • March 22, 2016

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book reviews Daughters of the Samurai (book) education Japan Japanese reviews United States women
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Samurai Spirit In WWII Camps
As a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), recent developments there revealed …

Gary T. Ono • Aug. 20, 2015

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Amache concentration camp California Colorado concentration camps exhibitions imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum Jidai (exhibition) Manzanar concentration camp samurai swords United States weapons World War II World War II camps
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"Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki, On Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life" by Diane C. Fujino
Best known for his dedication to the Black Panther Party, his leadership in the Asian American Move…

Maya Kochiyama • Dec. 17, 2012

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activism Asian American movement Asian American Political Alliance Black Panther Party civil rights Richard Aoki Samurai Among Panthers (book) social action
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Samurai Missionary
I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a singl…

Rio Imamura • Nov. 21, 2012

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Christianity Christians Ehime Prefecture generations Hawaii Imabari immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenjiro Tokutomi migration Samurai Missionary (book) Shikoku Shiro Sokabe United States
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Shig Murao: A Samurai Family (1920)
Shigekata Murao is pacing around his room in the most expensive inn in Chiran, the town where he gr…

Richard Reynolds • Nov. 10, 2011

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bookstores California Canada Chicago City Lights Bookstore Illinois samurai San Francisco Seattle United States Washington World War II
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