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Mitsu Yashima (八島 光, Yashima Mitsu, born Tomoe Sasako (笹子 智江, Sasako Tomoe); October 11, 1908 – December 7, 1988) was an artist, children's book author, and civic activist.
- December 7, 1988 (aged 80)
- Makoto Iwamatsu, Momo Yashima
- Tomoe Sasako, October 11, 1908, Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan
- Taro Yashima
- A Young Artist and Imperial Japan Dissident
- Settling in America and Joining The Oss
- The Post-War Years: A Return to Art
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...
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). She was born Tomoe Sasako on October 11, 1908, in Innoshima, Japan, as one of eight children.
6 lug 2020 · Mitsu Yashima (1908–1988) was a political dissident and artist in two countries. In prewar Japan, she became a proletarian rights activist; during World War ii she continued to oppose Japanese militarism by working for the United States government.
13 feb 2020 · Mitsu Yashima (1908–1988) was a political dissident and artist in two countries: In prewar Japan, she became a proletarian rights activist; during World War II, she continued to oppose Japanese militarism by working for the U.S. government, and in her later years, she opposed U.S. militarism during the Vietnam War.
5 nov 2009 · Taro and Mitsu Yashima are the pseudonyms for Jun and Tomoe Iwamatsu, an activist artist couple who arrived as political refugees in 1939. They took new names to protect the safety of the young son they were forced to leave behind in Japan, the child who survived imprisonment in his mother’s womb.
