Miné Okubo
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Miné Okubo was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book Citizen 13660, a collection of 198 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internme
Okubo in 1945
Hisako Hibi
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Hisako Shimizu Hibi was a Japanese-born American Issei painter and printmaker. Hibi attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, where she garnered experience and recognit
Miné Okubo
…California. In February of 2024, a traveling exhibition produced by the Japanese American National Museum called Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo featured Okubo's work in a broader American context through the lens of her Japanese American identity. The exhibit was shown at the…
Hisako Shimizu in 1942
Hisako Hibi awaits evacuation with her son, Satoshi, and daughter, Ibuki, in Hayward, California on 8 May 1942, by Dorothea Lange for the WRA