The Heart Mountain Bungei is a Japanese-language magazine that was published by the Japanese Americans confined at the Heart Mountain camp during WWII. Bungei (pronounced boon-gay; 文藝 or 文芸 in Japanese) roughly translates to “arts and literature.” The magazine featured poetry, zuihitsu (short essays), and short stories.

Source: Heart Mountain Bungei　https://exhibits.heartmountain.org/bungei/

This valuable booklet was donated by Keiko Nakanishi, daughter of Yasuko Nakanishi, author of “Longing for the Motherland,” a book of oral histories of Japanese Americans living in New York. Keiko Nakanishi has been a longtime volunteer for Keirokai for the Japanese American Association of  New York.