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- Ayako_Ishigaki abstract "Ayako Ishigaki (石垣 綾子, Ishigaki Ayako, 1903 – 1996) was an issei feminist, journalist, and peace activist, and a member of the Japanese Workers' Club.Ayako Ishigaki was born in Tokyo in 1903 in Japan. Her father was professor, and an intellectual. While in Japan, she was imprisoned by the intelligence police for being involved with the Farmer-Labor Party.She fled to the United States in 1926. While in New York, she gained a diverse circle of friends, including Pearl S. Buck, who would write the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth; Helen Kuo, a Chinese writer. Agnes Smedley, a writer and Comintern agent, and artist and Office of War Information agent Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She fell in love with artist Eitaro Ishigaki, and married him in 1931 after he had divorced his previous wife.She wrote articles for Japanese-language newspapers where she publicly spoke out against the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and for the boycott of Japanese goods. Restless Wave, her autobiography that she written under the pen name Haru Matsui, in February 1940, by the left-wing Modern Age Books.In the outbreak of WWII, East Coast residents of Japanese descent remained free from mass internment, unlike their West Coast counterparts. Still, New York City residents of Japanese descent, including the Ishigakis, were forced register as "enemy aliens". The Ishigakis became subject to curfew, and random searches. They also suffered financially as Eitaro lost his job, and Ayako's lectures were cancelled. They were forced to rely on Kuo, and other friends to survive. However, her Restless Wave sparked a new popular interest during the conflict with Japan, and copies were even given out in schools, and featured in library booklists of works on Japan. In March 1942, she was invited by family friend Yasuo Kuniyoshi to join him in making Japanese-language radio broadcasts in support of Allied victory over Japan and the restoration of Japanese democracy. As a result of her appearances, and of Restless Wave, she was recruited by the Japan desk of the Office of War Information. Her role was to translate Japanese-language articles from the Japanese American press in order to check on its loyalty, and to prepare newspaper releases in support of the American war effort. For example, in early 1943, she wrote an article praising the patriotism of Japanese Americans, pointing to their presence in the U.S military on Bataan as proof. She also wrote anti-war materials for distribution to Japanese soldiers. Using microfilm of captured Japanese magazines in China, she laid out the effects of the war on Japanese society. She lost her job when the bureau moved to Denver in March 1943. Although invited to come to Denver or Washington as an OWI translator, Ayako stayed with her husband who fell into poor health. She took a lower-paying job with the War Department, putting together a Japanese-English military dictionary in preparation for the eventual Allied Invasion of Japan, and writing Japanese-language articles. She also lectured at Harvard in July 1944, and attended meetings of the Japanese American Committee for Democracy, and officially endorsed the JACD's Rally for Victory in the Far East in December 1944. She also started writing a book about the experiences of Japanese Americans, especially soldiers, but it never was published. Following the end of the war, Ayako considered returning to Japan to help build its democracy, but due to Eitaro's poor health, and lack of interest in returning to Japan, a country which he scarcely remembers, Ayako attempted to secure permanent residence in America. However, her husband was deported from America due to his left wing activities and his friendship with Agnes Smedley in 1951. She joined him back in Japan. While in Japan, Ishigaki became a critic and interpreter of America, and for her feminist writings. Her Shufu to iu dai-ni shokugyo-ron (Housewife: The Second Profession) in the women's magazine Fujin Koron, called for Japanese women to take outside work. When her husband died in 1958, she also dedicated her effort to building a museum of his artwork.".
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- Ayako_Ishigaki comment "Ayako Ishigaki (石垣 綾子, Ishigaki Ayako, 1903 – 1996) was an issei feminist, journalist, and peace activist, and a member of the Japanese Workers' Club.Ayako Ishigaki was born in Tokyo in 1903 in Japan. Her father was professor, and an intellectual. While in Japan, she was imprisoned by the intelligence police for being involved with the Farmer-Labor Party.She fled to the United States in 1926. While in New York, she gained a diverse circle of friends, including Pearl S.".
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