Kino Kibei

tales from the iron fence

They Took My Father Too

They Took My Father Too

A heartbroken middle-school kibei boy struggles to salvage his father's legacy as his family is pushed out of their home.

Tessaku Stories

They Took My Father Too receives grant from National Park Service

An adaptation of a 1944 Japanese-language short story published in Tule Lake Segregation Center

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Konrad Aderer will direct a Japanese American narrative of forced displacement and family separation.

Tessaku: Tales from the Iron Fence

Tessaku was known as the highest quality literature of Japanese American incarceration.

Tessaku was a Japanese-language literary journal written by dissident Japanese Americans incarcerated in Tule Lake Segregation Center. Learn why it was written and how you can get a translation.

Japanese American internment Japanese WW2 literature

Between Two Empires

The Japanese-language record of U.S. Nikkei (Japanese Americans) needs to be studied for a deeper and more relevant understanding of their history.

The Japanese-language record of U.S. Nikkei (Japanese Americans) needs to be studied for a deeper and more relevant understanding of their history. Learn about Kibei, the Japanese Americans who were educated in Japan.

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