Northwest Asian Weekly
Read issues of Northwest Asian Weekly, a rich source of information about the Northwest Asian American community from 1983 through 2023, and includes news of local and national interest.
-
Northwest Asian Weekly, v.28, no.53, Dec. 26, 2009
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_2009_028_053
Date: 2009-12-26
View this item -
Northwest Asian Weekly, v.25, no.43, Oct. 21, 2006
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_2006_025_043
Date: 2006-10-21
View this item -
Northwest Asian Weekly, v.34, no.28, Jul. 4, 2015
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_2015_034_028
Date: 2015-07-04
View this item -
I-5 Lakeview viaduct under construction, April 1961
Seattle; View east of Lakeview viaduct under construction; House is facing Franklin Av.
Identifier: spl_wl_fnh_00089
Date: 1961-04
View this item -
Seattle Chinese Post - English Ed., v.7, no.5, Jan. 30, 1988
Volume number is incorrect on cover as vol. 6
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_1988_007_005
Date: 1988-01-30
View this item -
Seattle Chinese Post - English Ed., v.10, no.13, Mar. 30, 1991
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_1991_010_013
Date: 1991-03-30
View this item -
Seattle Chinese Post - English Ed., v.9, no.28, Jul. 14, 1990
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_1990_009_028
Date: 1990-07-14
View this item -
Pearls
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_18
View this item -
Northwest Asian Weekly, v.38, no. 25, Jun. 15, 2019
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_2019_038_025
Date: 2019-06-15
View this item -
Northwest Asian Weekly, v.24, no.51, Dec. 17, 2005
Identifier: spl_nwa_1258970_2005_024_051
Date: 2005-12-17
View this item