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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
– 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
Unforgotten New York Stories: Japanese and Japanese Americans in the 1940s
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
Lecture on Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Life and Work in New York by Prof. Shun Ito, Okayama University
This event was hosted at the Nippon Club on February 10th, 2025. Watch the recording of this event here (English w/ English subtitles) or here
Japanese Painters in New York City by Dr. Mai Sato
Dr. Mai Sato, a part-time lecturer at Nihonbashi Junior High School, gave a special presentation on the digital exhibit ”Japanese Artists in New York City:
Panel Discussion on the Japanese Eyes on America: 150 Years Since the Iwakura Mission to the U.S.
This public event, presented by the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York, coincided with the launch of its first ever special
Rutgers Meets Japan: A Trans-Pacific Network of the Late Nineteenth Century
This website was created for the Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar “Rutgers Meets Japan,” taught by Professor Haruko Wakabayashi at the Rutgers University, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures in Spring 2020, which explored this crucial moment of early U.S.-Japan cultural exchange as we revisited Rutgers’ historical encounters with Japan. Students took part in building this website as they posted their works over the course of the semester.