忘れ得ぬニューヨーク物語： 1940 年代の日本人と日系アメリカ人
Reflecting on the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II, his digital exhibit tells the lesser-known stories of Issei and Nisei artists, journalists, writers, activists, social workers, and educators who lived and worked in New York during the war. Explore the exhibit and learn about a facet of history that has been relatively unknown up until this point.
Exhibiting JAPAN: The Japan Pavilions at the New York World's Fairs in 1939-1940 and 1964-1965
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Dr. Eugenie Clark, A leading Marine Biologist and the Author of "The Lady and the Sharks"
Toyohiko Takami, the first Japanese Medical Doctor in the U.S. and the Founder of the Japanese Mutual Aid Association
Dr. Toyohiko Campbell Takami was a medical expert and the first Japanese to obtain a medical license in the U.S. Born in Kumamoto, Takami moved to New York at the age of 16 and learned English under the guidance and support of Ms. Nancy E. Campbell. He graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and then Cornell University School of Medicine in 1906.
He established the Japanese Mutual Aid Association (now Japanese American Association of New York) in 1907.
Jokichi Takamine: Highly regarded scientist and founder of the Nippon Club
Jokichi Takamine was born in Takaoka, Toyama. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1879, and did postgraduate work at University of Glasgow and Anderson College in Scotland. He returned to Japan in 1883 and joined the chemistry division at the newly established Department of Agriculture and Commerce. In 1890, Takamine was invited to come to the U.S. to develop a practical application of Taka-diastase (a starch-digesting enzyme named after Takamine) for the distilling industry.
In 1905 Takamine established the Nippon Club, a social club for Japanese and Japanese Americans in New York.
村山 萬幾雄
Welcome Procession for the Japanese Delegation in New York, 1860
Itochu Offices on Broadway
Establishment of Tokio Marine’s New York Branch
NYK Line Vessels
