1920s Works of Japanese Artists in the American Society - Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in NY

1920s
Works of Japanese Artists in the American Society

Fig. 42. Takashi Tsuzuki, "Beauty Shop"

Fig. 43. Torajiro Watanabe, "Mob and Persecution"

Fig. 49. Chuzo Tamotzu, "Sacandaga Park Midway"

Fig. 135. Photo of Artists' Party (April 6, 1929)

Fig. 136. Photo of Artist's party (C.1920s)

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Many Japanese artists exhibited their works at the Society of Independent Artists and the Salons of America and depicted aspects of American society in the 1920s. Among them are Eitaro Ishigaki, who depicted a society in which both old and new cultures coexisted and the contradictions that arose. Noboru Foujioka focused on the gloomy side of society. Kiyoshi Shimizu depicted everyday life from the perspective of the masses, and Bumpei Usui painted a detailed picture of the actual image of America during the Jazz Age.