Research Catalog

Title

The hope of another spring : Takuichi Fujii, artist and wartime witness / Barbara Johns ; foreword by Roger Daniels ; introduction to the diary by Sandy Kita.

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Johns, Barbara, 1942-
• Daniels, Roger
• Kita, Sandy, 1950-
• Fujii, Takuichi, 1891-1964.

Description

xi, 334 pages; 26 cm

Summary

Takuichi Fujii (1891-1964) left Japan in 1906 to make his home in Seattle, where he established a business, started a family, and began his artistic practice. When war broke out between the United States and Japan, he and his family were incarcerated along with the more than 100,000 ethnic Japanese located on the West Coast. Sent to detention camps at Puyallup, Washington, and then Minidoka in Idaho, Fujii documented his daily experiences in words and art. "The Hope of Another Spring" reveals the rare find of a large and heretofore unknown collection of art produced during World War II. The centerpiece of the collection is Fujiis illustrated diary that historian Roger Daniels has called the most remarkable document created by a Japanese American prisoner during the wartime incarceration. Barbara Johns presents Takuichi Fujiis life story and his artistic achievements within the social and political context of the time. Sandy Kita, the artists grandson, provides translations and an introduction to the diary. This is a significant contribution to Asian American studies, American and regional history, and art history.

Series Statement

The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies

Uniform Title

Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies.

Alternative Title

Takuichi Fujii, artist and wartime witness

Subjects

• World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States
• Japanese Americans > Washington (State) > History > 20th century
• Japanese American painters > Diaries
• Puyallup Assembly Center (Puyallup, Wash.)
• Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
• Japanese American painters > Biography
• Fujii, Takuichi, 1891-1964 > Criticism and interpretation
• World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese American

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Roger Daniels -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. -- 1. Another spring : biography -- 2. Painting and recognition in the 1930s -- 3. An Issei diary of World War II -- 4. Public and private : expanding upon the diary -- 5. Abstract expressions. -- MinidokaXX : the art diary of Takuichi Fujii: Introduction to the diary : the nature of the work and of its translation / by Sandy Kita -- Art diary / by Takuichi Fujii ; transcription by Honda Shōjō ; translation by Sandy Kita with Honda Shōjō. -- Appendix 1. Artist statement -- Appendix 2. Exhibition history -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

JQF 17-909

ISBN

• 9780295999999
• 0295999993

LCCN

2016036743

OCLC

957056972

Title

The hope of another spring : Takuichi Fujii, artist and wartime witness / Barbara Johns ; foreword by Roger Daniels ; introduction to the diary by Sandy Kita.

Publisher

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies

Scott and Laurie Oki series in Asian American studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328) and index.

Added Author

Johns, Barbara, 1942- author.

Daniels, Roger, writer of foreword.

Kita, Sandy, 1950-

Fujii, Takuichi, 1891-1964. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-909