Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York

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Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century

Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century is an online exhibit curated by Dr. Haruko Wakabayashi and presented by the American Buddhist Study Center, in collaboration with the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York. Supported by the New Jersey Historical Commission, the exhibit explores the early connections between Rutgers, Japan, and the New York Buddhist Church through the stories of Kusakabe Tarō, William Elliot Griffis, and the communities that preserved this shared history. LEARN MORE

– Coming Soon – Portraits of ISSEI

ISSEI: Portraits of Japanese Immigrants in New York is a participatory online exhibition based on portrait photographs taken by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue around 1980, with interviews conducted by Teruho Saito. The project brings together the faces and life stories of first-generation Japanese immigrants who lived through major historical changes while building their lives in New York. Through this exhibit, we invite the community to help identify individuals, share memories, and preserve the legacy of Issei New Yorkers for future generations.

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.

Lecture on Exhibiting Japan in Mid-Century New York by Dr. Angus Lockyer, Rhode Island School of Design

In this lecture, historian Angus Lockyer examines Japan’s participation in the 1939–40 and 1964–65 New York World’s Fairs. He explores how Japan’s pavilions and exhibitions combined traditional culture with modern achievement while responding to the very different diplomatic circumstances of the prewar and postwar periods. Placing the Japanese exhibits within the broader history of international expositions, Flushing Meadows, and New York City, Lockyer shows how government officials, exhibitors, and the Japanese community used the fairs to present Japan to Western audiences and navigate a turbulent century. Angus Lockyer is a historian of Japan, East Asia, and global history. He is the author of Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development […]