"When the people were cured, they were happy toward my father.”įrom his boyhood, Yashima demonstrated a passion for art. "My parents' house was full of patients," he recalled, remembering his father's medical practice. Yashima later recalled that his childhood was happy. Taro Yashima was born Jun Atsushi Iwamatsu on September 21, 1908, the son of a doctor and art collector in the seaside town of Nejime (now part of Minami Ōsumi-cho), in Kagoshima prefecture. Eventually they reached a point where Mitsu was unable to continue with her husband. Together they survived years of hardship-imprisonment, exile, poverty, and illness-and made a name for themselves as authors and illustrators. One remarkable Japanese American story is that of the epic and tragic partnership of Taro and Mitsu Yashima, an extraordinary couple of artists and freedom fighters.
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