Emiko Nakano
Nisei painter, printer and freelance fashion illustrator
Nisei painter, printer and freelance fashion illustrator
The artist and Japanese sumi-e and calligraphy teacher “Koho”
Miyoko Ito (1918–83) was a watercolor and abstract oil painter and printmaking artist.
Riyo Sato (1913-2009) was an artist, photographer, and an arts educator for over thirty years.
Yoshiko Yamanouchi (1895–1973) was an early Buddhist community leader, businesswoman, and amateur painter.
Artist and fugitive who was arrested with heiress Patricia Hearst in a notorious 1970s case.
Abstract painter
Elsa Laubach Jemne was a Minnesota artist active from the 1910s to the 1960s. Though skilled as an easel painter, she is better known for the murals she created for public buildings, including post offices and courthouses.
Clara Gardner Mairs was a painter, printmaker, and decorative artist active from the 1910s to the 1960s. She is best known for her prints of children, animals, circus scenes, and Old Testament stories, often with hints of satirical humor.
Distinguished playwright, short-story writer, poet and painter.