Roger Shimomura helps us understand the Japanese American experience.

"To most non-Asians in this country, the differences between the Japanese, Chinese, and other Asian people are either indistinguishable or immaterial. During World War II this insensitivity was expressed by their failure to recognize the differences between the Japanese people and Americans of Japanese descent. Today, history is being forced to admit the gravity of this error in judgment — Yellow No Same."

—Roger Shimomura, 1992

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View this series of twelve screenprints by Roger Shimomura based on a series of paintings of the same title.

In this brief auto-biography, the artist tells of his family's struggles in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II as well as his development as an artist.

Covering the period from 1941-1945, this chronology places the diary entries of Roger Shimomura's grandmother in context with the historical events of the time.