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OUR SUPPORTERS Your generous support ensures that future generations will have access to these histories, exhibits, and cultural resources. We gratefully recognize our supporters through the following tiers of acknowledgment. 2026 CORPORATE SPONSORS Meiji Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. Mizuho Americas Taisho Daiwa Capital Market Ito En (North America) Inc. Tokio Marine Management Sumitomo Corp. of America ORIX Corp Deloitte MUFG UNION BANK Showa KPMG Suntory America Heisei DNP America LLC KDDI AMERICA INC. NYK Group America Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA) Nippon Life Americas   COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS The Nippon Club & J.C.C. Fund The Japanese American Association of New York INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS GRANT SUPPORTERS The Japan Foundation, […]

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MAKE A GIFT Support the Digital MuseumSince its launch in 2021, the Digital Museum has shared underrepresented stories of Japanese and Japanese Americans who have contributed to New York’s rich history and culture. Your support helps us preserve these histories, expand access to our digital exhibits and archives, and pass these stories on to future generations.   If you would like to donate  by check, please make a check payable to: THE DIGITAL MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE Mail your check to: c/o The Japanese American Association of New York, Inc.  49 West 45th Street, 5th FloorNew York, New York 10036 THANK YOU.  

Board Members

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VISIT EXHIBITION 1936-1940

VISIT Exhibition 1936-1940 June 1936 The First Competitive Exhibition organized by the American Artists’ Congress SEE EXHIBIT (1/7) > September 1937 Exhibition of Asian Artists Excluded from the WPA SEE EXHIBIT (2/7) > December 1937 Exhibition of In Defense of World Democracy: Dedicated to the People of Spain SEE EXHIBIT (3/7) > June 1938 New York Municipal Art Association Exhibition SEE EXHIBIT (4/7) > 1937, 1938 First and Second Annual Exhibition of the American Artists’ Congress SEE EXHIBIT (5/7) > 1939 The Third Annual Exhibition of the American Artists’ Congress SEE EXHIBIT (6/7) > April 1940 American Artists’ Congress 4th Annual Exhibition SEE EXHIBIT (7/7) >

Motoichi Roy Kadowaki (1885-?)

Born in Tottori Japan, Kadowaki Motoichi moved to Seattle in 1909. Details of his life after arriving in the U.S. are relatively unknown but he had paintings exhibited in various salons and exhibitions from 1934-1938.

He was a member of the Japanese Catholic Church  of New York, and in 1927 invented an electric light fixture called the “Lighting Apparatus,” which was patented by the Philadelphia Patent Office.

After WWII began, Kadowaki signed a statement of allegiance to the U.S. issued by the Committee of the Japanese Artists Resident in New York City.

Tomizo Thomas Nagai (1886-1966)

Born in Gunma, Japan, Nagaai Tomizo studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League in New York City from 1924 to 1927.