• Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos

    Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos

    Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos (Bess Press, 2019) is a trilingual feminist fairy tale set in Hawai‘i and Okinawa that illuminates an ancient tradition and pushes back against white normative standards of beauty. Okinawan Princess is written in Hawai‘i Creole by Lee A. Tonouchi and translated by Dr. Masashi Sakihara into a mix…

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  • Virtual Asian American Art Museum

    Virtual Asian American Art Museum

    The Virtual Asian American Art Museum (VAAAM), a multi-year, inter-institutional digital humanities project, is now live! It is led by the following major partners: the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, NYU Libraries, Getty Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, DePaul University, Bowdoin Art Museum, San Francisco State University, Artl@s/BasART, and Japanese American Service Committee in Chicago. View Laura…

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