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monkey tiger monkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423372638582-36CCV93HHV2LKZ821SYX/kumatafaces.jpg illustration and design - faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423372365235-MXX6APKTT8E8DPN3MVZ8/_idaho+klan.jpg illustration and design - my own private idaho / the seattle times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423372691942-00Q2J54MTNBKKPRCPJ98/_flowers+bus.jpg illustration and design - ride to camp / flowers from mariko, lee & low books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423372706525-MSH8VGIL8XXZSSLYMKV8/_flowers+bonfire.jpg illustration and design - fireside dance / flowers from mariko, lee & low books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423373071387-HP3APZVTAK1E44LSUV1C/musicmatters.jpg illustration and design - music matters / the seattle times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423372823421-S14UCMMECOVGE4BMZMD1/sundaeP.jpg illustration and design - 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year of the rat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423373232110-REUI3RW53A12AHQ091D9/hnypig.w.jpg illustration and design - year of the pig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423373249448-EJTD7A9NXV65BCU1KDKW/newyearhorse.w.jpg illustration and design - year of the horse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423373403533-Z1NLSIZ82FD2JD3AD4I1/Byron+Card+1.w.jpg illustration and design - card for byron 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423373412548-B6UCHPQLXS2DGZKVC0T2/Byron+Card+2.w.jpg illustration and design - card of byron 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423700774179-ID7QRFFPQWUHUFXBW1D8/ROAR+logo.jpg illustration and design - ROAR (Raising Our Asian Representation) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1423540710414-5KOFA90MC9O0BNSRXEUI/lucynewyear.w.jpg illustration and design - lucy celebrates https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/54d6d955e4b0adb8098435c5/5c19ddf3352f533268b8129b/1545199091549/ illustration and design https://www.michellekumata.com/paintings-1 daily 1.0 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1592788658621-MWKY1OX93QV0N6WIV69O/Hope+Transformation+and+Empowerment_Web.jpg Paintings - Hope, Transformation and Empowerment, Acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1592788658621-MWKY1OX93QV0N6WIV69O/Hope+Transformation+and+Empowerment_Web.jpg Paintings - Hope, Transformation and Empowerment, Acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1573235532839-9EWC118MZXP9S5NIIULP/Energia_2019_web.jpg Paintings - Energia, acrylic and watercolor on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1569259464250-QJ8JQLKHZ74UCTHFVNNN/SongforGenerations_4561_web.jpg Paintings - Song for Generations, acrylic on canvas Song for Generations, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 16' x 8' Song for Generations was on display at Bellevue City Hall for Bellwether 2019, at 10-day arts festival. The Bellevue Japanese American story is an almost invisible, but significant local history. Before World War II, there were many Japanese American farms in the downtown Bellevue area, including the site where Bellevue City Hall is currently located. These three hanging panels reference a Japanese scroll that had been sectioned – culture, tradition and identity change and fragment with progressive generations of the Japanese diaspora. The top panel references immigration, labor and survival. Two cranes fly east over the rising sun and waves of the Pacific Ocean. Japanese American farmers clear the land of trees and stumps and make fertile ground to grow produce. The middle panel symbolizes the incarceration experience: the pain, internalization, resilience and endurance of the Japanese American community. During and after WWII, many Nikkei families lost their land and faced rampant racism fed by wartime hysteria. Persons of Japanese ancestry were told to pack only what they could carry when they were forcibly removed from the West coast. Harvested strawberries fall out of an open suitcase. The Blue Star Mother’s flag signifies the Japanese Americans who served in the U.S. military while their families were incarcerated. The burning house represents loss and psychological trauma. The third panel represents the legacy of the incarceration and the future of younger generations. The falling strawberries turn into children. Barbed wire forms the U.S. flag and appears in the open mouths of two Nikkei who have found their voice to speak out against injustice, past and present. A young girl gives flight to a paper crane or tsuru, a symbol of peace and hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1559787191769-IPCXFWV47MGREFIYT1GB/Kawaguchi_Resilience_web.jpg Paintings - Resilience, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555290744071-0HMFKJ1Q1EZGLZ4TWA1D/HoSoonSon_web.jpg Paintings - Ho Soon Son, acrylic on paper and wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289202634-G6ZLWHSPQT6JZXTCPF83/PineLady_web.jpg Paintings - Pine Lady, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289138629-HP61UTIGAQ4869GXIE3V/Tender_web.jpg Paintings - Tender, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289313599-4N0EIL5SE6AL4QK6YCYM/GibsonGirl_web.jpg Paintings - Gibson Girl, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289280566-8NZ2LDP35QCRFHHT5LDP/GirlsDayBoysDay_web.jpg Paintings - Girls Day, Boys Day, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289255179-7063YHW7JEFWQ1VM7AHM/Passport_web.jpg Paintings - Passport, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289172754-7YSJRTXAFK4U3KBXDYNX/Siblings_web.jpg Paintings - Siblings, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289227581-LWD8TVDA55JSZJ6I0JE3/PastelSisters_web.jpg Paintings - Pastel Sisters, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555288844049-SCFIG5BO5AQKAAA29QLL/HopefortheFuture_web.jpg Paintings - Hope for the Future, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289493099-1X9FDC6R8QB9C97LCBBS/BlueLady_web.jpg Paintings - Blue Lady, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289106801-VC5S69ZNMB87JEIMMKGW/Youandmeboth_web.jpg Paintings - You and Me Both, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555289691887-AL58IXXQ5H9RVT1VACMK/BambooMan_web.jpg Paintings - Bamboo Man, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555288769088-TDZ0YYL6EG77LVGZRTCA/Stars_Stripes_web.jpg Paintings - Stars and Stripes, acrylic on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1576712600724-OX0X0PEIAXA9YUV1DADW/Kaki_web.jpg Paintings - Kaki, acrylic on wood 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1555290697171-IV4BFJJH3PQ0CEJMRXOI/wakamekimchi_web.jpg Paintings - Wakame fields and kimchi skies, acrylic on wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1545191569990-EHS2OD4N2FIS8KL19MZK/UrashimaTaro_12x18_2018_WEB.jpg Paintings - Urashima Taro, acrylic on paper, 12 x 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1545191595095-XDA5KU6N7CUXWMOB8SLQ/Tanabata_12x18_2018_WEB.jpg Paintings - Tanabata (Evening of the Seventh), acrylic on paper, 18 x 12 The Sky King sets up his lonely daughter, the weaver princess, with a cow herder. Love blooms. The princess stops weaving. The herder lets his cows roam free all over Heaven. The Sky King is angered by the couple’s neglect and separates them across the Milky Way, only allowing them to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month. Magpies hear the princess crying, spread their wings and form a bridge across the Milky Way for the two to reunite. During the Tanabata Festival, wishes are written on paper strips and hung from bamboo branches to celebrate the annual reunion of star-crossed lovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1546570054513-WV8IJ90C6S9F9N8L5EI0/FoxWedding_Web.jpg Paintings - Kitsune no Yomeiri (Fox Wedding), acrylic on paper, 12 x 18 Japanese folklore tells of Kitsune no Yomeiri, or the fox wedding, which happens when rain falls in broad daylight. These sun showers are thought to be a cover for the fox wedding. Kitsune-bi (foxfire) is witnessed at night as strings of lanterns or torches winding in a procession through the mountains – these lights are also thought to be phosphorescent fungus or oxidation of chemical phosphine from decaying plant matter. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469776795732-LPHPLXUHPD6Z11YJDISL/cerise2_w.jpg Soft sculpture Cerise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469776632730-62CSPNI4JHWTHD02XO4S/bianca3_w.jpg Soft sculpture Bianca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469776601984-OMCDNM3TVCH60BFQALI2/bianca_w.jpg Soft sculpture Bianca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469778301191-YTBZM69QJQ0LVNTE2Z2Z/image-asset.jpeg Soft sculpture Shrimp detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469778280777-TA2H3WR2IW5NY5OMGFDA/image-asset.jpeg Soft sculpture Shrimp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469776705206-QYRSKDAMRL6SSE6RKD9A/cerise_w.jpg Soft sculpture Cerise https://www.michellekumata.com/mixed-media daily 0.75 2019-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469777194583-M2WROPUL592XCTI4BSLC/gmakawa38.w.jpg Mixed media Grandma Kinue Kawaguchi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469777202405-SFTU4PQBHNBGAHR3NSP5/gpakawa33.w.jpg Mixed media Grandpa Kametaro Kawaguchi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469777216618-QT7KI84E2TC37F7FW4KK/tazuko1983.w.jpg Mixed media Grandma Tazuko Kumata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469777228030-RXT1UH374PA0TQ2L7RLT/SAM1962.w.jpg Mixed media Grandpa Isamu Kumata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1469777259120-BTMW5SXMRTP040WN670R/aliengirl.jpg Mixed media Alien Girl https://www.michellekumata.com/japanese-brazilian-diaspora-project daily 0.75 2020-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1595271772162-5J9DSABMTMTDX0G76CTK/Brazil_Falling_042220_WEB.jpg 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Japanese Brazilians faced curfews, were restricted from travel and gathering, and could not speak the Japanese language in public. Those living on the coast were forcibly relocated with only 24 hours notice. Japanese schools and newspapers were shut down. Japanese Brazilians were arrested, tortured, jailed and deported for no reason, other than being Japanese. These parents are silenced and suppressed, and to protect their own children, they cover their mouths, contributing to the cycle of racism, oppression and shame. This happened in Brazil and it happened in the U.S. The effects continue to affect the psyche of later generations. Cultural erasure, racism and oppression has a long history, and continues to affect Black, Indigenous and People of Color around the world. Fique quieto Acrílico e lápis sobre papel 14” x 11” Em 1942, o Brasil declarou guerra ao Japão. Brasileiros japoneses enfrentavam toques de recolher, eram impedidos de viajar e se reunir e não podiam falar a língua japonesa em público. Os que viviam na costa foram relocados à força com apenas 24 horas de antecedência. Escolas e jornais japoneses foram fechados. Brasileiros japoneses foram presos, torturados, encarcerados e deportados sem motivo, a não ser serem japoneses. Esses pais são silenciados e reprimidos e, para proteger os próprios filhos, cobrem a boca, contribuindo para o ciclo de racismo, opressão e vergonha. Isso aconteceu no Brasil e aconteceu nos EUA. Os efeitos continuam afetando a psique das gerações posteriores. O apagamento cultural, o racismo e a opressão têm uma longa história e continuam afetando negros, indígenas e pessoas de cor em todo o mundo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1596476572273-49ANZGTVTN695L0RQXHA/Shizuo_Takatsu_Portrait_web.jpg Japanese Brazilian Diaspora Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d5adb7e4b003b008858d81/1595271544150-PQYKBWE3P49H883BF2TF/Diaspora_2019_WEB.jpg Japanese Brazilian Diaspora Project