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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #15th C. Prose: "Weapons are Bad for Me..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • March 4, 2023

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cartoonists cartoons fantasy fiction humor weapons
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1000 + Years of War: "Serious Ordnance..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Aug. 7, 2021

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cartoonists cartoons history humor legends mothers mythology weapons
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The Summer of the Gun
Many decades ago (more than I care to count), I and my parents were watching evening television in …

Terry Watada • Oct. 7, 2019

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Canada firearms governments gun control guns Ontario Toronto United States weapons
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More “Made in Camp” Samurai Swords Discovered
The Samurai Spirit In my 2015 Discover Nikkei essay, “Samurai Spirit in WWII Camps,” I…

Gary T. Ono • Feb. 16, 2018

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swords weapons World War II World War II camps
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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values
Isaburo Tasaka’s 100-year old Charcoal Kiln Found on Salt Spring Island
What is the old saying? “What is old is now new again.” For thousands of years, the Wak…

Chuck Tasaka • Oct. 13, 2015

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British Columbia Canada charcoal charcoal kiln Discover Nikkei families fuel generations grandfathers grandparents immigrants immigration Issei Japan kilns Kimiko Murakami migration Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Family (series) parents prewar Steveston swords Wakayama (city) Wakayama Prefecture weapons
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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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Artistry in Armor: An Interview with Darin S. Furukawa, Artist, Educator, and Samurai Arts Specialist
Darin S. Furukawa and Mike Yamasaki are co-curators Japanese American National Museum’s new e…

Esther Newman • Aug. 14, 2015

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armor arts California culture exhibitions festivals Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Jidai (exhibition) Los Angeles Nisei Week (event) swords traditions United States weapons
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Paying Culture Forward: Passing on the Traditions of Japanese Art Swords
What separates a Japanese art sword from any manufactured metal-bladed weapon? An extraordinary lev…

Esther Newman • July 31, 2015

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arts California communities concentration camps culture exhibitions generations imprisonment incarceration Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Jidai (exhibition) Kyuhan Kageyama Manzanar concentration camp Mike Yamasaki Sansei swords traditions United States weapons World War II World War II camps
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Sansei Japanese Sword Appraiser Mike Yamasaki – Part 2: It’s the Treasures of the Past That Make for a Bright Future
>> Part 1Having repaired his grandmother’s swords since he was a boy, sansei Mike Yamas…

Keiko Fukuda • May 29, 2009

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appraisers California concentration camps generations Manzanar concentration camp Sansei swords United States weapons World War II World War II camps
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Sansei Japanese Sword Appraiser Mike Yamasaki – Part 1: Turning a Manzanar Dagger Into a Family Heirloom
I met with Mike one day around 10:00 am at a Japanese café in Little Tokyo. He had an appoin…

Keiko Fukuda • May 22, 2009

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appraisers generations Sansei swords weapons
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