Street Nihonga—The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani Manjiro Morikami was drawn by promises

Morikami  was drawn by promises from his compatriot Jo Sakai

George Takei is beloved by millions

Zenshin Taiko

Dorothea was hired by the US government to record the conditions of the camps

Kiyo and her family returned to their farm  in Sacramento to rebuild their home and their lives

Street Nihonga—The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani Manjiro Morikami was drawn by promisesEdited by Maki Kaneko and Kris Ercums. This book is the most comprehensive publication to date of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani (19202012), a Japanese American artist raised in Hiroshima, Japan. From Nihonga (Japanese style) paintings to intricate collage works crafted on the streets of New York, Mirikitanis art narrates a life shaped by war, displacement, survival, and collaboration. Drawing from the formal traditions of Japanese painting and the raw