Signs of Home The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita

Name: Signs of Home The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita
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ISBN: 9780295991009

ISBN-10: 0295991003

ISBN-13: 9780295991009

Edition: 2011

Authors: Barbara Johns, Stephen H. Sumida

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This beautiful and poignant biography of Issei artist Kamekichi Tokita uses his paintings and wartime diary to vividly illustrate the experiences, uncertainties, joys, and anxieties of Japanese Americans during the World War II internment and the more optimistic times that preceded it. Tokita emigrated from Japan in the early twentieth century and settled in Seattle's Japanese American immigrant community. By the 1930s, he was established as a prominent member of the Northwest art scene. His art embodied the greatest aspects of American Realism and added a personal inflection that is unique and surprising.On the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed, Tokita started a diary that he vowed to keep…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English