{"id":1204,"date":"2009-09-19T16:02:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apanews.si.edu\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2014-12-30T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T22:02:06","slug":"japanese-american-resettlement-through-the-lens-hikaru-iwasaki-and-the-wras-photographic-section-1943-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/japanese-american-resettlement-through-the-lens-hikaru-iwasaki-and-the-wras-photographic-section-1943-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens: Hikaru Iwasaki and the WRA’s Photographic Section, 1943-1945"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Lane Ryo Hirabayashi presents his latest book, Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens, which features a unique collection of photographs by War Relocation Authority photographer Hikaru Carl Iwasaki, the last surviving full-time WRA photographer, who will also be joining us for the afternoon presentation.<\/span>With author Lane Ryo Hirabayashi and photographer Hikaru Carl Iwasaki<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Lane<\/span>Professor Lane Ryo Hirabayashi presents his latest book, Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens, which features a unique collection of photographs by War Relocation Authority photographer Hikaru Carl Iwasaki, the last surviving full-time WRA photographer, who will also be joining us for the afternoon presentation.<\/p>\n

Time:<\/span>
Saturday, September 19, 2 p.m.
\nLocation:<\/span>
Carmichael Auditorium
\nNatural Museum of American History
\n14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
\nMetro:<\/span>
Smithsonian (Blue or Orange lines)
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the wake of Japan\u2019s attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were forced to leave their homes, possessions, and friends behind and report to assembly centers and WRA prison camps. This federal action, authorized by FDR\u2019s Executive Order 9066, signed on February 19, 1942, effectively suspended civil liberties for Japanese Americans. <\/p>\n

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\nMrs. Hiroshi Kawahara and her children, Seichi and Seiko, in their garden at Route 3, Box 389, Petaluma, California. Mr. Kawahara is working for Mr. Polonisky, a grower in the vicinity. The Kawaharas are former residents of Granada. \u2014Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru\u2014Petaluma, California. 8\/8\/45<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The WRA photos, which appeared between 1943 and 1945 in newspapers and magazines, government brochures and posters, books, newsreels, and other sources, show advantageously employed Japanese Americans blending seamlessly into the larger society in cities, towns and farms of the Midwest, the Rockies, the South and the East Coast. Women were often shown engaged in clerical or service work and daily tasks like cooking and child care. Men were photographed working in various industries, enjoying leisure activities or serving in the U.S. Army. <\/p>\n

\"University
\nUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut group (evacuees only). Left to right, Jim Nakano (Topaz, Redwood City, California); Tokuji Furuta (Poston, San Diego, California); Kei Hori (Heart Mountain, San Francisco, California); Edna Sakamoto (Tule and Denson); Yoneo Ono (Poston, Bakersfield, California); Ken Nakuoka (Denson, Torrance, California).\u2014Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru\u2014Storrs, Connecticut, Aug. ’44<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 100-plus WRA photos featured in the book, 80 were taken by Hikaru Carl Iwasaki who will be sharing his personal account. Iwasaki, a native of San Jose, California, who was imprisoned with his family at the WRA’s Heart Mountain prison camp in Wyoming, became the most productive photographer of the resettlement effort, producing more than 1,300 pictures of Japanese Americans attempting to blend back into mainstream American society. <\/p>\n

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our very own Dr. Franklin Odo. The Honorable Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) is also scheduled be in attendance.<\/p>\n

Come join us for what will certainly be an illuminating afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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