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Mitsu was the daughter of a shipbuilding company executive. She attended Kobe College, and later enrolled at Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo. In the 1930s, she joined a Marxist study group, where she met her future husband, artist Taro Yashima.
11 set 2018 · Published Sept. 11, 2018. One remarkable Japanese American story is that of the epic and tragic partnership of Taro and Mitsu Yashima, an extraordinary couple of artists and freedom fighters. Together they survived years of hardship—imprisonment, exile, poverty, and illness—and made a name for themselves as authors and illustrators.
16 giu 2020 · Mitsu Yashima (1908-88) was an illustrator and watercolor and oil painter, best known for her collaborative work with husband Taro Yashima on the popular children's books, Plenty to Watch (1954) and Momo's Kitten (1961).
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Mitsu Yashima (born Tomoe Sasako) was born on October 11, 1908 in Innoshima, Japan. From an early age, Mitsu had a passion for art and pleaded with her father to allow her to pursue studies in art until he finally relented. Mitsu first enrolled in Kobe College in Nishinomiya, Japan before going on to study at the Bunka Gakuin in Tokyo in 1926, wher...
Mitsu and Taro were scraping by as poor art students in Manhattan on December 7, 1941, the infamous day of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States soon declared war on the Empire of Japan, leaving the couple torn between love of their homeland and desire to serve their new country. Mitsu would later recall, “I felt conflicted abo...
The U.S. granted Mitsu and Taro permanent resident status after the war ended because of their service to the country. They were also able to bring their son, Mako, to the States to join Momo, his baby sister. Mitsu and Taro then worked together on a number of creative projects, including some top-selling children’s books. A few revolved around the...
Mitsu's death in 1988 preceded her husband's by six years. Yashima's works are held in Japan primarily at the Iwasaki Chichiro Art Museum, which has two sites — in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, and in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture; and at the Kagoshima City Museum of Art.
One such example is the husband and wife team of Taro and Mitsu Yashima. Artist and OSS veteran, Taro Yashima. Born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1908, Taro and his wife Mitsu moved to the US to study art and, in Taro’s case, to avoid being conscripted into the Japanese army.
11 set 2018 · One remarkable Japanese American story is that of the epic and tragic partnership of Taro and Mitsu Yashima, an extraordinary couple of artists and freedom fighters. Together they survived years of hardship—imprisonment, exile, poverty, and illness—and made a name for themselves as authors and illustrators.
