Skip to content

Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York

Exhibits
Events
Collections
Archive
About
Donate

Exhibits
Events
Collections
Archive
About
Donate

EN
JP

EN
JP

Volunteer Content Management

Add New Artifact

Matsui Haru, Restless Wave.
Modern Age Books, New York, 1940.
Ayako Ishigaki adopted the pseudonym Haru Matsui to protect her family in Japan from possible retaliation for her left-wing activism. Restless Wave is a semi-autobiographical memoir detailing Ishigaki’s coming of age in a privileged Japanese family, her rebellion against strict codes of women’s behaviour, her political awakening, and her immigration to the United States; her critiques of Japanese society and militarism brought negative attention from the Japanese government, while the book was widely praised in the US.

Ayako Ishigaki (1903–1996)

Pencil drawing of Kimi Gengo by Bunji Tagawa for the frontispiece of To One Who Mourns at the Death of the Emperor, published in 1933

Kimi Gengo Tagawa (1903–1987)

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, Untitled (Atomic Bomb Dome and Kannon), 2001, mixed media on paper, image and sheet: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.32.3

Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (1920–2012)

Kinichi Iwamoto. Photo by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue.

Kinichi Iwamoto (1895–1994)

Gensuke Yoshida. Photo by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue.

Gensuke Yoshida (1897–1984)

Haru Kishi. Photo by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue.

Haru Kishi (1904–2002)

A black and white portrait photo of an older Japanese man. He is wearing a plaid collared shirt under a cardigan. He has white hair. He is looking directly at the camera and smiling faintly.

Ippei Shimizu (1899–1985)

Tatsuji Shiotani (1897–1995)

Tatsuji Shiotani (1897–1995)

Kyoko Takeda.
Photo by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue.

Kyoko Takeda (1898-?)

Kukue Tanaka.
Photo by Hiroyuki “Tora” Inoue.

Kikue Tanaka (1900–1987)

Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York

|

© 2026 Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in NY

© 2026 Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in NY