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Happy Birthday, Shigeyoshi and Shizuko

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from the February 5, 1934 Seattle Post-Intelligence, "School Claims Twin Record with 11 Pairs" Shig and Shiz are at the very botto...
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day of infamy

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My 84 and a half year old friend (and former JA internee), Kiku, called last night to talk to me about my use of the word "internment c...
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Shig! lecture at the San Francisco Main Public Library

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 "No, I'm not a Chinese-American. I'm an American Eskimo." Hastily departed matron from Duluth: "How interesting!...
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the 2009 calendars are here!

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At long long last, I have crawled out from under my annual private letterpress hibernation and emerged with the 2009 "Edges of Bounty...
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2009 Edges of Bounty calendar

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Living at the Center for the Book letterpress printing the 2009 Edges of Bounty calendar. Here are some previews of my studio time.
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edges of bounty 2008 calendar

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A very quick posting today, as I just arrived home from a transformative artists' hangout at Mono Lake last night (more on that soon) an...
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evolve

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Little Lino (12" x 12") just in time for the Roadworks Steamroller prints this Saturday, September 20th, 2008 at the San Francisco...
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mimi, miyeko, bachan, mom

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I made this book in 1997, in honor of my maternal grandmother, Miyeko Okamura Kebo, who celebrated her 80th birthday that year (she is still...
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portraits of Quincy

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I received a blog request for color photos of Quince!  Some quick backstory though, since you asked. Quincy came about via a high school bio...
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