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Your Link to Seattle’s Japanese Community Since 1902

Michelle Kumata, A Japanese-American Artist with Brazilian Ancestral Roots Interview by Elaine Ikoma Ko, Special to The North American Post Artwork and photos by Michelle Kumata

Seattle native Michelle Kumata’s artistic journey has taken her across the country to New York and across the hemisphere to Brazil, not only to discover her identity and legacy but to express it through her work. By exploring her family’s Japanese-Brazilian (JB) roots, she shares her story of how, through oral histories and visual art, she has established a legacy for future generations of her family. A shy, only child growing up, Michelle has become an accomplished artist whose work has been showcased in The Seattle Times, and in cultural centers, museums, and galleries locally and across the nation. Indeed, she shows that you can express your identity and convey strong messages to impact others through all types of creative endeavors. The North American Post interviewed Kumata by email, as excerpted below.

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How and when did you discover your interest and talents in art? I grew up an only child and I was quiet and introverted but had a vivid imagination. Art was a way to entertain myself, where I could create my own world. I wasn’t a prodigy, but I had a passion for art from an early age.

My father is a talented artist, and introduced me to art. He would draw with me when I was little. I have fond memories of the line drawings he’d create on my paper lunch bags and I was so proud to bring them to school. When continued on page 6 ◀Falling (2020, acrylic on paper, 32” x 12”). This multi-generational family references the Japanese migration to Brazil: falling, blindly jumping into the unknown.

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“Broken Promises,” a traveling exhibit on Japanese Canadians, opens at the Nikkei National Museum, Burnaby (p. 2).

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“Broken Promises – Promesses Brisees,” a new traveling museum exhibit about Japanese Canadians (JC), was launched at the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby, British Columbia, on September 26. The exhibit was produced by the “Landscapes of Injustice” Project, which is a sevenyear program based at the University of Victoria. Its first newsletter dates from spring/summer 2015. “Landscapes” devoted its first four years to researching JC settlement, internment, and “dispossession.” The latter is a term not in the JapaneseAmerican (JA) internment vocabulary. Now entering year 5, Landscapes is entering its product dissemination phase. The first major product is a book of the same title, released in July. The “Broken” museum exhibit is the second major product. It will be on display in Burnaby until April 24, 2021, after which it will move to Toronto, Victoria, and Halifax. A smaller version—for limited-space venues—and an online version are also planned. Later, Landscapes will roll out associated websites, teaching materials for schools, and the like. All of this matters to readers because while many of us know much about JA internment, we know next to nothing about the experiences of JC’s “next door” in British Columbia. We k n o w — g e n e r a l l y — t h a t J C ’ s

Teaching materials on Japanese-Canadian internment: internee letter rewritten by a present-day student. (Image, and that on page 1, is a screen-capture from the “Broken Promises” exhibit opening online, September 26).

went through similar World War II internment camp experiences as JAs. More specifically, history tells us that before WWII, there were 29,000 JC’s living around Vancouver, 80% of whom were Canadian citizens. But did you know that after the JC’s left their homes, the Canadian government confiscated and sold their properties— including farms, houses, fishing boats, cars, bank accounts, and personal belongings (furniture, clothing)? The sales broke promises to protect them. The idea was to deprive JC’s of reasons to return to Vancouver. “No Japs from the Rockies to the Seas,” went the 1944 slogan by Ian Alistair Mackenzie, British Columbia’s senior cabinet minister, and a chief driver of JC internment. Moreover, post-war, restrictions on JC’s were not continued on page 5

New 'Hayashi Street' by N.A.P. Twenty-eighth Ave NE in Lake City between NE 125th and NE 127th has been renamed “Hayashi Street” in honor of the family that had a farm there—“Lake City Farms”—before World War II, but did not return post-war. Shizuo and Yaeko Hayashi are remembered for donating trees and plants to nearby schools. The honorary name-change reflects present understanding of the financial losses caused by JapaneseAmerican internment. City of Seattle Resolution 31967, which made the change official on September 21, was sponsored by Debora Juarez of the Seattle City Council. Hayashi Street runs north-south two blocks west of Lake City Way. The long block on the eastern side of Hayashi Street there is occupied by Bill Pierre Ford and the Bank of America. On the west block, there is the Lake City Community Center, the Lake City Farmer’s Market, the Lake City branch of the Seattle Public

The Hayashi family home, in Lake City. Hayashi Family Collection (Densho).

Library, and Albert Davis Park. EnjoyLakeCity.org (Oct. 9) describes Lake City Farms as “across from the library.” This would place it on the block of the Ford dealership and the Bank of America. Densho lists the family home at 12501 30th Ave NE. This is the location of the Bank of America. The LakeCity.org website also credits resident Hayden Bixby as spearheading the name-change. It describes three members of the Hayashi family attending the October 9 ceremony, continued on page 5

$100M for Seattle Minority Equity by N.A.P. Mayor Jenny Durkan has named an invited task force of 29 to guide the City of Seattle in spending $100 million to make it more equitable in the wake of its ongoing civic unrest. Four themes are on the table: Building Opportunity and an Inclusive

Economy; Community Wealth Building and Preserving Cultural Spaces; Community Wellness; and Climate Justice and Green New Deal. The listed individuals include representatives from many organizations including El continued on page 8

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It’s Matsutake Time By Joe Abo

In early fall in October, at home in Oyster Bay after the rains began, we would drive to a patch of woods north of Shelton. My mother called the area “sunayama” or sand hill. We would put on hip boots, if the brush was wet. We would head out into the forest with a plastic bag in one hand and a short stick in the other. After much poking under the salal bushes, around the bases of tall fir trees or under emerald green moss, if we were lucky, we would have a bag full of white “mattake” —as my father called them— or matsutake mushrooms in a few hours. I remember the distinctive, earthy smell that infused the car after loading them for the trip home. Mom would collect dry, brown bracken ferns and carefully put them into another bag, placing it in the car trunk alongside the mushrooms. We w o u l d d r i v e h o m e w i t h o u r treasures. Mom would spread the matsutake on a newspaper on the basement floor near the wood stove along with the ferns she

had picked. She picked out the bestlooking ones, especially those that had not spread out their gills yet and had not turned brown. These were the best tasting and most prized. Some of the remaining matsutake were taken to the kitchen for us to eat for dinner. Sometimes, especially at the beginning of the season, we would eat them right away. Mom would wrap them in tinfoil with a little butter and bake them in the oven. As soon as they were done, the foil packages would be set out on the table and the mushrooms sliced. We w o u l d g a t h e r a r o u n d t h e table with hashi in hand and eat the mushrooms right out of their foil packages. We dipped the slices in shoyu before popping them into our mouths. Dad would declare, “Oishii naa.” After a couple of days, Mom would inspect the remaining mushrooms that were fairly dry to touch from the warmth of the stove. Gathering some cardboard boxes she had been saving, she put the dried ferns in each box.

MONEY TALK Vote for a Solid Investment Strategy By Chiaki Hirate Election Day is little more than a week away. As a citizen, you may feel the results will affect many aspects of life in this country. But as an investor, your situation probably won’t change after the votes are counted. No matter who wins, the financial markets may well show some politically driven volatility, but that often happens around elections, and it typically doesn’t last long. But what about the longer term? How might changes in policy and new legislation affect your investment outlook? To begin, keep in mind that many campaign promises remain just that – promises. And even when some of them are enacted, any ultimate legislation may be quite different from what was

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proposed on the campaign trail. Still, sometime in the future, we could see election-related changes that could affect your investment strategy. For example, over the years, we’ve seen many adjustments in the tax rates of capital gains and stock dividends, and it’s likely these rates will change again one day. When that happens, you may need to look at the equities portion of your portfolio to see if you want to make some adjustments. Many other changes, though, are hard to predict. It’s possible that future legislation could affect specific industries, either positively or negatively. Such moves could also influence the way you look at certain investments, but if you have a diversified portfolio that contains a broad mix of stocks, bonds and other securities, any actions affecting one

Then she carefully laid a few of the choice mushrooms in each box. The boxes were closed with tape, and then some holes were punched in each box. Mom would write addresses on the boxes to places such as Seattle, Sacramento, Fresno, and Los Angeles. I think she really enjoyed doing this, as it was for her, a means of keeping touch in touch with old friends as well as relatives. In return, we would later receive a box of persimmons or some dried figs shipped from California. As a kid, this was my introduction to persimmons and dried figs that I had never seen before. In retrospect, this was a lesson of generosity and reciprocity from my parents—through their actions— and how the recipients repaid that generosity. I think in the Japanese culture, this would be “On” and “Giri,” concepts of generosity and obligation. Joe Abo, of Bremerton, is a retired federal engineer. He grew up on an oyster farm near Olympia and is a graduate of the University of Washington. He and his wife, Mary, are longtime members of the Omoide writing group.

particular industry probably won’t cause you to significantly adjust holdings invested in other sectors. In any case, while it may be a good idea to keep an eye open for things like tax rate changes or how new policies may affect different market segments, your main emphasis, in terms of your investment decisions, should remain on your goals and what you need to do to achieve them. At least once each year, review your portfolio carefully to make sure your investments are aligned with your goals, whether they are short-term (a new car, a long vacation and so on) or long-term (such as college for your children or a comfortable retirement). continued on page 8

Chiaki Hirate AAMS®, CRPC® (425) 883-8698 chiaki.hirate@edwardjones.com Chiaki is financial advisor at Edward Jones. Born and raised in Aichi Prefecture, she lives with her husband, 13-year-old son, and 11-year-old daughter in Bellevue.

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By Benjamin Narkmon, For The North American Post “To bring Japan to our students and community.” For the previous three years, this has been the Bellevue College Japanese Culture Exchange Club’s (JCEC) mission as we worked to plan and carry out Japan Week. Japan Week is Bellevue College’s largest event planned by students. Students write project proposals, and are involved in every aspect, from t-shirt, poster, and website design to video editing and fundraising efforts. It takes over half a year to plan. This year, more than any other recently, it has been difficult to visit Japan. With this and everyone’s safety in mind, we aimed to give the community a familiar, yet new experience. Japan Week went virtual. We gave our beloved Daruma mascot a mask to promote safety and got to work. Unlike previous years, where club members would hold meetings and exchange ideas in-person, the JCEC had to work through Zoom and e-mail. Many club members were in different locations and time zones. A major challenge this year was encouraging

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audience participation, as it was much more difficult online than at an on-campus festival. We considered livestreams, and ultimately, there were two live, online events. Unfortunately, having the entire event streamed live, synchronously, was not logistically feasible. However, like the phrase associated with the Daruma, “Seven times down, eight times up,” we realized that making the event asynchronous would allow visitors to access the event’s many Japan-related topics at their convenience. Not only that, but Japan Week would be accessible from anywhere. And it worked. We received over 3,300 visitors from 46 countries, and contest submissions from other states and around the world, including France, Australia, and Indonesia. At first, we believed that we would only receive submissions from the local community, but we hurriedly prepared non-local prizes in case the contest winners were from overseas. Given the nature of this year’s Japan Week, we had to sacrifice some things, such as the popular Dango Workshop (which was adapted into a video), and the Japan Market and Flea Market, in which community-donated items and Japan Week t-shirts are sold. It goes without saying, the biggest sacrifice was the on-campus festival.

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Michelle Kumata, A Japanese-American Artist with Brazilian Ancestral Roots Interview by Elaine Ikoma Ko

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I visited my grandmother’s house, I noticed several professional looking paintings on her walls. I asked who made them, and she told me my father painted them as a teen when he was at Franklin High School.

My maternal Issei (first-generation) grandparents would watch me in the Keene Apartments, which they managed, across the street from the Wonder Bread factory in the Central Area—I can still smell the baking bread. My grandmother also fueled my artistic interests by letting me paint with leftover beet juice. They were poor but resourceful, and epitomized the “mottainai” spirit, to not waste anything. Even today, there is still something magical about art and the act of creating, especially when you start drawing and you lose sense of time and space, and get lost in your work. What shaped your parents' Japanese American identities? My mother is Nisei (second generation) and her parents immigrated from Kajika, Mie-ken, Japan. My father is Sansei (third generation) as his parents were born in the U.S. and his grandparents were from Hiroshima. Both my parents were born in the Minidoka incarceration camp during World War II, so they don’t have any vivid memories of the camp experience.

My mom said that her parents never discussed the incarceration camps—it was rare for Issei and Nisei to talk about camp, especially in the 1970s and early ‘80s. For many, there was a sense of shame, anger and resentment, and also a desire to put it behind them. My mother’s family returned to Seattle after their incarceration. Her parents managed “flophouse” (cheap hotel/boarding house) hotels in the downtown/Pioneer Square area.

There was a lot of propaganda encouraging Japanese Americans (JAs) to move away from the Pacific coast after the war. My father’s family relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, and they later returned to the Seattle area in the 1960s. My mother grew up in a mainly Japanese-speaking household, but she only spoke a few words and phrases to me. My father grew up being cared for by his Issei grandmother, so Japanese was his first language but as he grew older, English was the main language spoken in his household. It seems that in order to fit in and assimilate, to become more American, the language was lost through their generations. I took Japanese language classes in junior high school but it wasn’t a priority for me at the time, so I do regret that I didn’t take that opportunity to learn the language. Coming from Seattle, how did you end up in New York, as a young person, and what was it like?

Michelle Kumata is a local, Sansei artist best known for her prior work illustrating for the Seattle Times and helping the Wing Luke Museum with its displays. Here, we profile Michelle's more-recent “Japanese-Brazilian Diaspora Project,” which explores her family’s immigration history. To learn more, visit https://www.michellekumata.com/ japanese-brazilian-diaspora-project. To see Michelle’s art firsthand, she will next have work on display in an exhibition, "Not Your Monolith,"honoring Bellevue JapaneseAmerican farmers. The exhibition adds to the voices of Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), who have been underrepresented in the arts.

Not Your Monolith, Nov. 5 – Dec. 19, 2020 (https://cocaseattle.org/not-your-monolith) Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), 114 3rd Ave. S., Seattle

I was fortunate to have a mentor, Miyo Endo, a JapaneseAmerican (JA) artist and family friend, who suggested I look into the illustration program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (NYC). I applied without telling my parents, and to my surprise, I was accepted.

NYC was an education in itself! The intense pace, diverse cultures, museums and galleries, and more. The first day I walked out of the dorm, pedestrians were walking by so fast, it made my head spin. But there was so much to discover and learn there—I was fascinated by the city. Every day was an adventure—you never knew what you would witness or experience!

When I was younger, I could tolerate smaller living quarters and make do with the bare minimum. The truth is that artists are survivors—they are creative, resourceful, resilient, and adaptable, and can make something amazing from nothing. As an artist, I feel that I’m carrying on the spirit of my immigrant ancestors. How did you find your way to the local Asian Pacific American (APA) and JA community?

Michelle's great grandmother, Saki Takatsu (left), and grandmother, Kinue Takatsu Kawaguchi (right), Kajika, Japan, circa 1918. Kawaguchi Family Collection

After attending Seattle Public Schools for ten years, I attended a small private school. I experienced culture shock, and I was trying to find ways to connect to the APA community. My mom, a Seattle Public School teacher, told me to visit her school to see a local Nikkei (Japanese descendants) drumming group, “Seattle Taiko.” I saw them perform and that was it for me! Taiko is loud and unapologetic and breaks Nikkei stereotypes. You feel taiko in your heart—it’s physical and emotional. And it became so empowering for me to play, especially as a young, unsure woman.

Getting involved in taiko helped me connect with the Nikkei community and build my identity and pride. Jeff Hanada and Ken Mochizuki, fellow taiko players, suggested I contact Ron Chew, then editor of the “International Examiner” (IE), about doing illustrations for the newspaper. I spent a month of my senior high school year working at the IE, where I learned about APA history and issues. Some time after returning to Seattle from New York, Ron Chew recruited me to help with the local Wing Luke Museum’s (“The Wing”) Executive Order 9066 exhibit, which focused on the JA incarceration. This was a pivotal moment for me, as I had not heard firsthand stories about the incarceration experience.

Diáspora (2019, acrylic, watercolor, pencil and paper on canvas, 24.5” x 35.25”). In 1927, Saki Takatsu, and several of her children and grandchildren, made the journey from their home in Kajika, Japan, to Brazil on the ship, Santos Maru.

local Nikkei during the 1930s, a pre-WWII time when Seattle’s Nihonmachi (Japantown) was active and vibrant. I also had the opportunity to make a large mural inspired by Bellevue Nikkei farmers and the effects of the incarceration on later generations. Two years ago, I left my full-time job to focus on art. I wasn’t sure where I was going, but I wanted to continue to explore my identity and find my voice. More recently, what drew you to explore your maternal Japanese-Brazilian roots?

In recent years, I have reconnected with my heritage I had visited my ancestral family in Brazil a couple through my art. I started painting traditional Japanese times before, but never really explored our family’s fairytales, then created portraits based on photos of history. In 2018, I attended a local workshop for

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Michelle's great grandparents and their children. (Courtesy of Ricardo Haragutchi)

One of many gatherings of the Takatsu family in Sao Paulo, October 2019.

artists interested in working abroad. At the end of the workshop, the facilitator asked attendees to mark a world map with places they would like to visit to do an art project, then asked them to explain why. I chose Brazil because I had a lot of family members there, more than in Japan, and I was curious how they ended up in South America.

encouraged emigration, mainly to the U.S. Then in 1924, the U.S. Immigration Exclusion Act halted Japanese and other Asian immigration. From 1908 to 1941, 185,473 Japanese immigrated to Brazil. Today, the country has the highest population of Japanese outside of Japan with 1.5 million in 2018.

Where did you start with the JB project?

Kinue’s mother, Saki Takatsu, and six other siblings originally planned to emigrate to the U.S., but were not able to because of the 1924 Exclusion Act. They ended up going to Brazil in the late 1920s, and they started working as farm laborers. In contrast with the U.S., which recruited single men, Brazil recruited whole families, as they wanted them to settle in the country.

I applied for and received a local 4Culture Art Project grant to travel to Brazil, collect stories, and create art. I mainly set out to find out more about our JB family— how my great grandmother and six of her children ended up in Brazil while my grandmother ended up in Seattle. I had a lot of experience with oral history collection and project management at The Wing, so I felt confident I could take on this project. I reached out to Ricardo Haragutchi, a JB relative living in Florida and family historian who keeps track of our family tree. Ricardo has been gathering family information for decades, so he was very helpful in getting me started and coordinating interviews and homestays for my visit.

A couple months before my trip, I started listening to a Portuguese language CD in my car. With a digital recorder, laptop, Portuguese phrase book, omiyage gifts (smoked salmon, tea, and prints of my artwork), I went off to my new adventure in Brazil. What did you learn about your JB family? I was very warmly received by my Brazilian family during my visit, and felt at home from the beginning of my trip. The first night I slept in a bunk bed that my grandmother, Kinue, had slept in when she visited 50 years earlier.

Before I traveled to Sao Paulo, I learned that a historical series of labor shortages in Brazil and a down economy in Japan had led to the Japanese immigration to Brazil. From the early 16th century to 1866, Brazil received an estimated 4.9 million African slaves, more than any other country in the world. Slavery was abolished in Brazil in the late 19th century. Brazil then recruited European laborers, who later left because of poor working conditions. Then Brazil looked to Asia to fill the labor gap. In the early 20th century, Japan’s rural areas were impoverished and the Japanese government

SINCE 1902

Our family left their poor fishing village in Japan to go to the U.S. and Brazil. My maternal grandmother, Kinue Takatsu, married my grandfather, Kametaro Kawaguchi, and emigrated from Kajika, Japan, to Seattle in 1918, when she was 18 years old. She was the only one of the Takatsu family that came to the U.S.

I marvel at my great-grandmother Saki’s courage. She was in her mid-50s and a widow, leaving her home to go to a new country, not knowing the language or culture, and not knowing that they would never return home.

Grandma Kinue later traveled to Brazil several times, bringing all of her children including my mother, so they would know her extended family.

Because of this project, I discovered a fuller and richer picture of my grandmother and great grandmother. I have pride in the risks they took to immigrate to new countries. They cultivated and maintained international family connections. That was their gift and legacy of tying us together. What are the main discoveries for you as you embarked on this groundbreaking project studying your JB family? JBs are different from JAs in many ways, such as with language, culture, and food. Were there similarities you found that surprised you?

Japanese have a large presence and have a long history in Brazil. They have assimilated into Brazilian culture over the past century. Most JBs are multilingual—young people speak Portuguese, often English, sometimes Japanese and other languages. This is more prominent with JBs than JAs, as it is common to have multiple generations living together in Brazil. There were a few other differences I noticed

Be quiet / Fique quieto (2020, acrylic and pencil on paper, 14” x 11”). During WWII, Japanese Brazilians faced curfews, restrictions, and could not speak the Japanese language in public. These parents are silenced and suppressed, and to protect their own children, they cover their mouths, contributing to the cycle of racism, oppression, and shame.

between JBs and JAs, but I didn’t know that there would be such strong parallels between the JB and JA WWII experiences.

JBs were not incarcerated like JAs during WWII. However, they were forcibly removed from the Brazilian coast in Santos, a city near the metropolis of Sao Paulo, and they faced discrimination and racism during the war. They had curfews, were not allowed to gather in groups, nor speak Japanese. Many JBs were arrested and jailed for no reason.

My painting, “Be Quiet” honors the JBs who lived through the 1940s and addresses the racism and oppression they faced. The parents’ mouths are covered and muted. The parents cover the mouths of their children, to protect them, in turn, continuing the cycle of racism, oppression, and shame. A similar phenomenon also happened in the U.S. as JAs who survived the incarceration wanted their children to distance themselves from Japanese culture and continued on page 9

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assimilate into American life.

Many of the younger JB descendants werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware of our family history. When I began sharing these stories and artwork with them, it piqued their interest and gave them pride in their ancestry. Today, we have a large, extended family in Brazil. During my visit, I met

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with nearly 50 relatives, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the tip of the iceberg. My great-grandmother Saki had eight children, who had 39 children, and so on. Intermarriage among Nikkei is common in Brazil, as it is in the U.S., especially among younger generations (fourth-generation Yonsei and fifth-generation Gosei). Do you have any messages to share with people wanting to make social impacts through their artistic work?

I learned the value and power of personal stories through my work at The Wing. After spending 12 memorable years helping communities tell their stories, I wanted to explore my own familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories.

These are not only Nikkei stories and experiences. Racism, cultural erasure, and oppression continue to affect Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) around the world. Though my artwork

centers on Nikkei stories, there are universal themes that can connect with a broader audience. If we are not able to address these issues, we will continue to repeat history. My advice? Follow your heart and your passion. Do what you love to do, what has meaning for you. Meet people, ask questions, listen, be humble, and be open to continue to learn.

令和 2 年 10 月 23 日毎月第 2・第 4 金曜日発行第 75 巻 20 号

日本外務省が国外に３カ月以上在留し日本国籍

着実に数を伸ばすオーストラリアは５・３％増で

を減らしていた６位英国

が９・２％増。８位韓国は

・９％と大幅在留届を基礎資料とする

在のものとなる。統計は

ばしていたシアトルは

都市圏ごとに見ると、これまで順調に人数を伸

増だった。

前年から

にアートを寄稿してい高速道路の街路をもっ人の生命の活力を願う

が、日系企業、日本人会、

１万１３５５人で前年か

アメリカ人アーティスせている。

定められており、公園、

めに確保されることが

年から約１％増だっ

万８８８３人で、前

の大幅減だった。都

位か

位になった。ロ

市別順位では

ら

サンゼルスが１位

で６万８５９５人、

ニューヨークが４位

で４万４９６人。近

隣ではカナダのバン

クーバーは８位で

位で

２万７９６２人、ポー

トランドが

５７４３人だった。

米国都市圏ではサンフランシスコ、サンノゼ、ダ

ラスが人口を伸ばしてい

る。一方でシアトルに加

え、ロサンゼルス、ニュー

ヨーク、シカゴ、サンディ

エゴ、ヒューストン、アト

ランタ、ポートランドは人

数を減らした。

新型コロナウイルスの影響を元にした数字は

２０２１年度の統計に出

てくると思われる。また

人数を大きく落としたシ

アトルの推移も興味深い。

（佐々木志峰）

Japanese

リクトン・スプリング・グリーンウェイのパブリックアート森澤直子さん、エリン・シガキさんなどの作品が展示シアトル市のパブリ

作品が、今年月からが主体となり、市が管」は、オーロラ・れている。絵馬を結 work 月までの期間で理する公共設備に地元ハイウェイに置かれるぶ赤いロープは、第

を持つ人口推計をまとめ

近く中国を上回る可能性

来年

ェクトの一環として、設置されている。パブアーティストの作品を交通ボックスを飾るカ４４２連隊戦闘団で戦

もある。３年連続で人数

ック・アート・プロジリック・アートは、シ飾るもので、アートをラフルなアートとしてう日系兵士のために強

た「海外在留邦人数調査

万人を突破しており、

北シアトルにあるリク

統計」を発表している。で、２０２０年度の統計

月１日現在の推計

アトル市芸術文化局通じて近隣コミュニテ採用されている。森澤制収容所に残された女

名のアーティスアートを見た人が元気り、パンデミックや人

ル市交通局（ＳＤＯＴ）的としている。選出さウェブサイトに「このモチーフにもしておれた

る日本人アーティストと明るく楽しくしたかものだという。

大学、研究機関、各種学

月１日現

シアトル市は、全

校などにも調査協力を得

は２０１９年

米の他都市に先駆けて

たとある。

名は、本紙になること、オーロラ種差別の最中で全ての

１９７３年に、市の予算

図書館、公民館、道路、

た。

賀広告の申し込み

エリン・シガキさん

橋などの公共の場にア

地域別では北米が約％にあた

受付を開始しまし

万８７５５人。

トも採用された。

ートを設置することで、

る

た。詳しくは、英語欄５ページをご覧くだ

海外邦人数

の森澤直子さん。日系った」とコメントを寄

の一定割合を芸術に充

推計人口は１４１万３５６人。

市民の日常生活を豊か

１９８５年から最多を維べると約０・３％減だっ

・９％てる条例を採用してお

前年から約２万人増

One Time, Oneトのプログラムも

森澤直子さんの作品ので、一期一会の意 Target - handmade味の「

多となった。永住権

年賀広告受付開始

にし、地元アーティス

持しているが、前年と比

を持つ「永住者」は

令和年（２０２１年）新年特別号年

トの活動を市としてサ

さい。お問い合わせ：

ポートしている。

た。アジアは１万あまり％にあ万４３８０人と

増え、全体の約たる

なった。

％を占める。それで

万４０６３人で全体の

国別となると、米国が約

も、毎年少しずつ人数を増やしていた近年と異なり、前年比は０・６％減だった。２位の中国は３％万人を切った。

減。近年の減少傾向は変わらず、

ら約２千人、

ン・シガキさんのアーの作品は、神社の絵馬

トとして活躍するエリ

がモチーフになったも

り、パブリック・アー

「

％をアート設置のた

and uneven 2D mosaic Meeting: Communityの長い歴史を持つ。市」の文字が刻まの公共インフラ投資の Shrine

１９６８年以降で最

え、統計が開始された

トのうち

年

newyears@

（谷川晴菜）

名のアーティストの

トン・スプリング・グ

各年

交通ボックスを飾る森澤さんのアート（写真＝森澤健）

Ｅメール

、 ☎ （２０６） napost.com ５１９５ - ４６９。

絵馬をモチーフにしたエリン・シガキさんのアート作品（"One Time One Meeting: A Community Shine" by Erin Shigaki. Photo: ARTS）

NAOKO MORISAWA naokomorisawa.com Wave III- Forest Waterfall, 30x24 inch, Wood Mosaic 2015 Brukenthal National Museum Exhibition, Sibu, Romania

リーンウェイに沿って（ＡＲＴＳ）とシアトィーをつなぐことを目さんは、シアトル市の性らが縫った千人針を

YOUR LINK TO SEATTLE’S JAPANESE COMMUNITY SINCE 1902

日米関係日本国外務省プレスリリースより

日米外相会談と菅総理大臣表敬

「瀬取り」など違法海上活動に対する

カナダによる警戒監視活動

の諸懸案の解決に向け

国連安保理決議によ視のためのカナダによ

茂木敏充外務大臣はて、今後も日米間で一り禁止されている北朝る航空機及び艦船の派ことで一致した。

を含む違法な海上活動表明があったことを受

層緊密に連携していく鮮籍船舶の「瀬取り」遣を２年延長するとの

月６日、訪日中のマ

イク・ポンペオ米国国務長官と外相会談を行

日本側も、北朝鮮の

サイバー・セキュリに対して、カナダ海軍けて行われるもの。ティに関して、ポンペフリゲート「ウィニペ

い、菅新政権の下でも、地域や国際社会の平和オ長官は米国の取組にグ」がついて説明。茂木大臣ナ海を含む日本周辺海かつ、不可逆的な方法

月上旬、東シ完全な、検証可能な、

と安定の礎である日米同盟を一層強化していは、日本は同分野での域において、カナダ海での全ての大量破壊兵いきたいと考えており、年以降４度目の警戒監

弾道ミサイルの廃棄の実現に向け、国際社会が一致団結して、国連安保理決議の実効性確保に取り組んでいく観点から、こうした取組日本の海上保安庁・海

を歓迎している。上自衛隊としても、国連安保理決議違反が疑われる船舶の情報収集をしており、関係国と緊密に協力を行っていく。

シアトル・ストーム優勝

米国との協力を深めて軍艦艇として２０１８器及びあらゆる射程の

豪印外相会合での議論外交施設間の通信の安視活動を開始した。カ

新型コロナのワクチ

月上旬から

も踏まえつつ、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋」全に関する５Ｇクリーナダは、

ン開発と公平なアクセ

ンパスの趣旨にも賛同

有志国で連携していくスに関しては、同志国

していると述べた。

ことが重要である旨でと連携しながら、協力

の実現に向けて、引き

確認。東シナ海、南シ

続き日米を始めとする

ナ海及び北朝鮮情勢に

またポンペオ長官は、警戒監視活動は、昨年

で破り優勝した。

も膝のけがにより前年度は同様に欠場となっ

勝を果たした

合で

ていたが、今年度の試ムが優勝したのは

人目の

度のＷＮＢＡ優２００４年、２０１０

シアトル・ストー

対

ベガス・エースズを

月上旬の間、国連軍アメリカの女子プロ度目となる。地位協定に基づき、在バスケットボールリーブレアナ・スチュアー日米軍嘉手納飛行場をグＷＮＢＡ（ Womenト選手は昨年に右足ア使用して、２０１８年 N a t i o n a l B a s k e t b a l lキレス腱を断裂し欠場。以降５度目となる航空）のシアトまた、今月で歳を迎 Association 機による警戒監視活動ル・ストームが、ラスえたスー・バード選手

ついても意見を交換し、を強化していくことでを行う予定だ。

同日に菅総理大臣を表４月の日加首脳会談に

今回のカナダによる

て、茂木大臣が拉致問

一致した。

題は政権の最重要課題

敬訪問し、総理大臣就おいて、トルドー首相

選手となった。

月

日から

日より同会館の

クの数々が、オンラインで出品される。出品アイテムは、

ウェブサイトで公開されている（ www.

時まで。

時から

日（日）日

時か

時まで。日（木）午後

日（日）午後

ロットが、月

日（木）の午後

）。 jcccw.org/online-auction オークションの日時は、ロットが

月

の午後

時から

日（日）午後時まで。問い合わせは、

ロットが、月

（木）午後

特に北朝鮮情勢に関し

であると述べ、北朝鮮

年、２０１８年に続き

ンライン・オークションを

開催する。日本でも入手困難なアンティー

Ｗ）が、運営資金の援助を募るためのオ

ワシントン州日本文化会館（ＪＣＣＣ

ワシントン州日本文化会館オンライン・オークション開催

から、「瀬取り」警戒監

10 19 22 2

6 11

はＥメール：

電話（２０６）５６８７１１４、もしく。 admin@jcccw.org

ら

同日開催された日米

くことで一致した。

Japanese

SINCE 1902

任への祝意を示した。

レニア吟社写真俳句

の拉致、核、ミサイル

俳句：根岸幸子写真：茂木ひさを

日系アメリカ人の歴史に学ぶ

アメリカの人種問題と市民運動

レベルの活動をする非

たりとアドボカシー活少ないですが、草の根動を行う。

くことは、現在の世界り、ひとつの岸に集まっ

市の職員が共同で運営オア・トリートを実施

キング郡とシアトルを作るなど、トリック・

キング郡がコロナ禍でハロウィンに注意喚起

情勢からも大事なことて、同じ方向の波を作

する公衆衛生に関するするための工夫を紹介

多様化していくアジリティー（連帯）を表

ブリック・ヘルス・イムを着る場合、プラス

ウェブサイト「ザ・パしている。コスチュー

ミュニティーと連帯し、

公式サイトでは社会ンのイベント会場は人

着用が必要。ハロウィ

の課題を訴え続けるこ＊シリーズ最終回次回

的距離を保つ対策としが密になりやすいこと

それぞれの歴史、現在

とで、行政をより公正は、アジアン・カウン

て、お菓子は事前に個から感染リスクが高く、

は、「いろいろなルー

Ｅメール短歌会

http://madoitanka.blogspot.co 連絡先：

渡すための簡易滑り台れる。

～社会詠～

chiyoko@wavecable.com

ヒューストン

＊コロナ禍で眠れぬ夜々を独り生き

北海道＊北里かおる

シアトル白樺ようこ

ポート・オーチャード宇津木千代

のフォームにサイン終へそっとペンを置く End of Life Care ＊韓国の夫のプライドと吾の正論しのぎ合ひてのち残滓は悲哀

命とふ字に哀しみの縁取りの顕はれにけり晩夏のある日

＊新しき慣ひとなりしソーシャルディスタンスに過密の街にまばらな人影

スーパーに居並ぶ麦酒の冷たさに自宅待機の真夏を癒さむ

キラキラと輝よふ太陽呑み込みし東京湾を飛機より眺む

＊生徒らと離れて立ちて虹を見る校舎の屋上マスク外して

＊コロナ禍に政治ますますピンとこず物申す日々老犬相手に

自分への小さき褒美はブームなる高級食パン並んで買いぬ

＊深沢しの

受け取りしテキストの文字に双子持つ母親の悲鳴聴く助“けてと ” の時計凝視し続ける iPhone

暇つぶしテキスト送れば画面には只今ズームで会議中と

詳細：

月の題詠

と、トシコさんは語る。ファーラル・サービス包装して玄関先に置き、感染予防対策を徹底しＣＡＰＡＡのロゴについて取り上げます。接触を避けてお菓子をながらの実施が求めら

にしていくことが大切」セリング・アンド・リ

意を呼びかけている。

ティーを代表し、今後越えて、新たな社会をンサイダー」では、今チックに空気穴があるも地域行政へ声を届け切り開いていく力強さ年のハロウィンに向け、マスクだと飛沫の飛散ていくＣＡＰＡＡ。「コを感じさせる。新型コロナウイルス感を防ぐことができない（神谷友里杏）染拡大を防ぐための注ため、適切なマスクの

ア太平洋系コミュニしている。歴史を乗り

です」

る」イメージがソリダ

で寛容に受け入れていツを持つ移民が海を渡

マイノリティー移民の問題は社会全体の問題

け入れによる経済効果に触れる。一方で、人道的な側面からも、難民の受け入れは必要だと訴える。「自国に身を置くことができない難

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（＊印のついた作者は、新かなで歌を詠んでいます）

今月の歌として北里かおるさんの歌を選びました。コロナ禍、コロナ禍とうんざりするような社会現象が生まれていますが、そんな中で人々は鬱積する気持ちを吐き出す手段も見い出せず、鬱々と過ごす日々が多いと思います。教師として働いている北里さんは、きっと生徒が「先生虹だ、虹だよ」と窓に集まり騒いでいる生徒を制し、「それじゃ屋上に上がって観ようか」と、生徒を誘い出して、共に屋上に上がっていったのでしょうか。解放感を味わうためにマスクをとっても、密は避けて、夢の広がる虹を眺めて晴れ晴れとしている生徒と先生の姿がよく描かれています。

「アジア系のコミュニ営利団体と州政府との現在も、多くのマイティー団体はさまざま橋渡し役を担っていまノリティー移民や難民「ブラック・ライブズ・マター（ＢＬＭ）」のムーブメントが全米で広がる中、ありますが、ＣＡＰＡす」。アジア系を代表すを受け入れているワシアメリカ社会にある制度的人種差別の撤廃を求める声が高まっている。日本Ａの強みは、州営の組るＣＡＰＡＡのほかにントン州。トシコさん人にとってはなじみの薄い人種差別の問題を長年にわたって経験し、そして織という点です」と、も、知事アドバイザリーは移民問題についてど乗り越えてきたのが日系アメリカ人コミュニティーだ。アメリカ社会ならでトシコさん。知事や郡委員会には黒人、ヒスのような考えを持ってはの人種や移民の問題について、日系アメリカ人の歴史と現在に続く活動か議会の政策決定に直接パニック、ネイティブ・いるのだろうか。ら考える。に働きかけることがでアメリカンなど他マイ「ダイバーシティーきるのは、ＣＡＰＡＡノリティー・グループ第回ワシントン州アジア太平洋問題委員会（多様化）が進むことで、ならではかもしれない。向けのものがあり、協驚くほどたくさんの成行政へコミュニティーの声を届けるアドボカシー組織「コミュニティーを直力して活動することも長と革新の機会につなワシントン州が運営するアジア太平洋問題委員会（ＣＡＰＡＡ）は、アジ接サポートすることはあると言う。がり、州経済に多大なア太平洋系州民の地位向上を目的とする州知事アドバイザリー組織。インズ影響を及ぼします。企リー知事の任命で２０１８年から事務局長を務めるトシコ・グレース・ハセ多様なアジア太平洋系民族グループ業の商品やサービスはガワさんに、同委員会の役割や歴史背景などを聞いた。１９７０年代前半のシティーの人たちの中にもちろん、科学や医薬キ・マツダイラ氏が務アトルでは戦前からのはスモール・ビジネス・品開発の分野などでも、公民権運動から誕生した州営組織めた。１９９５年から移民だった日系、中華オーナーも多いのです多様な地域から移住し現在の名称となり、ワ系、フィリピン系がアが、言語的な壁もあってきた人々が貢献しています」と、移民の受

平洋系の民族グループでは、そうした情報をがあり、その居住地域マイノリティー経営者

州の別組織であるマ

は州内全郡にまたがへ多言語で届けるようります」と、トシコさん。にしています」地理的にも民族的にも

広がる多様な課題へのイノリティー・アンド・対応は、州からの限られウィメンズ・ビジネス・た資金と少ないスタッエンタープライズ（Ｏフで解決する難しさがＭＷＢＥ）とも協力し

て、アジア太平洋系のあるとも話す。ＣＡＰＡＡでは就職・経営者をサポートする起業支援も積極的に行イベントを定期的に開う。「アメリカという国催。昨年に州商務局なで生き延びるには、働どとも協力して開催しいて稼いでいくことがたイベントには名ほ 70

必要不可欠なので、経どの経営者が集まり、済的成功を後押しする情報の共有や経営者同

）からオン com/event ラインで投稿いただく

こともできます。

今月の短歌 ( 担当宇津木千代 ) 元歌：＊生徒らと離れて立ちて虹を見る校舎の屋上マスク外して最終歌：＊生徒らと離れて立ちて虹を見る校舎の屋上マスク外して

ＣＡＰＡＡの前身が始まりだ。

誕生したのは、１９７０１９７２年から正式シントン州のアジア太ジア系を代表していたて、起業のプロセス、年。アジア系アメリカな州知事付のアドバイ平洋系コミュニティーが、現在ではベトナム社会インフラの活用や人の公民権運動が盛りザリー委員会となり、の声を州政府へ届けたやその他の東南アジア行政支援の受け方、ま上がる中で、活動家ら初代事務局長は日系アり、重要な州の政策を出身者、また太平洋諸た公共事業の受託業者

Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs Contact: capaa@capaa.wa.gov Info: https://capaa.wa.gov

が当時の州知事に面会メリカ人市民同盟（Ｊコミュニティーへ告知島出身者も多く、アジアとしての登録方法などを申し出て、独自の委ＡＣＬ）メンバーでもしたり、コミュニティー太平洋系 (Asian Pacificの情報にアクセスしにと総称される。くいという課題を抱え員会を結成したことがあったミッチ・ミツユ住民に政治参加を促し Islander) 「州内にはのアジア太ています。ＣＡＰＡＡトシコ・グレース・ハセガワ■ シアトルのビーコンヒルで生まれ育つ。横浜からシアトルに移住してきた曽祖父を持つ日系 4 世。シアトル大学大学院で刑事裁判学を学んだ後、キング郡の裁判決定監視局に勤務。2016 年から CAPAA スタッフとなり、 2018 年から現職。写真は、2020 年大統領選挙の民主党代表候補だったエリザベス・ウォーレン上院議員のシアトル演説会場で同氏と登壇したトシコさん（右）。

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ことはとても大切」と、士のネットワーキングトシコさん。「マイノリの場になった。

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