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Who Taught the Word skebe to Americans?: Skebe in Chicago's Japanese American Community - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Japanese “skebe” on Chicago's Armour Avenue According to a &ldqu…

Takako Day • Oct. 24, 2021

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brothels Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese lewd migration prostitutes sex workers sukebe (slang) United States women
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Who Taught the Word skebe to Americans?: Skebe in Chicago's Japanese American Community - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> “Skebe” and the Columbian Exposition of 1893 In 1892, more Jap…

Takako Day • Oct. 17, 2021

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brothels Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese lewd migration prostitutes sex workers sukebe (slang) United States women
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Who Taught the Word skebe to Americans?: Skebe in Chicago's Japanese American Community - Part 1
Hiroichiro Maedako, a proletarian writer who came to Chicago in 1907, once wrote in one of his arti…

Takako Day • Oct. 10, 2021

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brothels Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese lewd migration prostitutes sex workers sukebe (slang) United States women
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 4: Misaki Shimazu and The JYMCI at 747 E. 36th Street
In 1917, Shimazu visited the New York Japanese community to secure funding to purchase the property…

Takako Day • Aug. 8, 2021

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Chicago Illinois Japanese Christians Misaki Shimazu United States
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Kenji Toda: Groundbreaking Artist and Scholar
Not long ago I did a Discover Nikkei piece on the artist Bunji Tagawa, who made a career of scienti…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 3, 2021

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artists calligraphy Chicago generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Kenji Toda migration penmanship United States University of Chicago writing zoology
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 3: Misaki Shimazu and the JYMCI
The Japanese YMCA that Shimazu had taken over in 1908 had yet to realize its mission, which was to …

Takako Day • Aug. 1, 2021

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Chicago Illinois Japanese Christians Misaki Shimazu United States
Chicago Illinois Japanese Christians Misaki Shimazu United States
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 2: Misaki Shimazu — Birth of the Japanese Christian Community in Chicago
According to Misaki Shimazu, there were four stages of activity among the Japanese Christians in Ch…

Takako Day • July 25, 2021

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Chicago Christianity Christians Illinois Misaki Shimazu United States
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Japanese Christians in Chicago
Chapter 1: Introduction
It is well known that prewar Chicago had no “Japan town.” Was it simply because the Jap…

Takako Day • July 18, 2021

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Buddhism Chicago Christianity Christians generations Illinois immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese migration religion religions United States
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Toyokichi Iyenaga: Japanese Publicist in Chicago - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> With a new sense of confidence, Iyenaga became more aggressive in negotiating…

Takako Day • March 1, 2021

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Chicago Illinois publicity United States
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Toyokichi Iyenaga: Japanese Publicist in Chicago - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> In early 1901, Toyokichi Iyenaga received a letter from Edmond J. James, Prof…

Takako Day • Feb. 22, 2021

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Chicago Illinois publicity United States
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