Issei artist Kamekichi 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 and allied with the region's
progressive artists. On the day Pearl Harbor was bombed Tokita
started a diary that he vowed to keep until the war ended. In it he
recorded with expressiveness and insight the events, fears, rumors,
and restrictions-and his own emotional turmoil-before and during
his detention at Minidoka. This beautiful and poignant biography of
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. It contextualizes Tokita's
paintings and diary within the art community and Japanese America
and introduces readers to an amazing man who embraced life despite
living through challenging and disheartening times.
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