he withdrew under intense enemy fire.

Barbara KawakamiThe Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Barbara Kawakami.She earned a dressmaking certificate from Kiesters Tailoring College in Honolulu at the age of 15.

remains influential to this day.1885-1941 (1993) and Picture Bride Stories (2016).and after decades operating a dressmaking shop and educating her children.

including 350 kimono and other rare items of clothing.returned to college at the age of 53 and began her long and influential career as a scholar of textiles and clothing.

highlighted in the exhibition Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawai‘i in 2010.

Kawakami donated her personal collection.a complex relationship where we must learn about each other.

a three-generation family saga set in part in a fictionalized Manzanar.From left: cast members James Saito.

Houston said in her acceptance speech.and parental alcoholism can remain buried in the subconscious until the memories surface years later.