Megumu Kamata - Background, Influences and Recent Works

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Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at TUJ

Megumu Kamata is a Japanese tattoo artist whose work is influenced by American traditional and Japanese styles. Some of the notable artists who have influenced his work include Ed Hardy, Freddy Corbin, Charlie Roberts, and Lal Hardy. Kamata is known for his backpieces featuring Japanese dragons, as well as tattoos depicting skulls, spiders, ships, snakes, and religious imagery. He often puts his own spin on classic designs from American traditional artists like Bob Roberts, Mike Malone, and Greg Irons.

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Scratch Addiction Era: Customer with work by Ed Hardy

Lucky Bastard, Permanent Mark, Mr. Cartoon, Freddy Corbin, and Charlie Roberts

Skull Spider Backpiece After Lance McLain

Traditional Last Supper Lower Back Piece

American-Japanese Style Arm, Chest, and Side

L: Weed, Ying Yang and Shiva Snake; R: Dagger and Shiva Snake

Early Bob Roberts’ Rose and Lady Head Design

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Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at TUJ

Dual citizenship was once universally reviled as a moral abomination, then largely marginalized as an anomaly. During the twentieth century, states were able to police the status and manage incidental costs to the extent that full suppression proved impossible. More recent decades have seen wide acceptance of dual citizenship as those costs dissipated for both states and individuals. Powerful nonresident citizen communities have played a crucial role in winning recognition of the status. A handful of states -- Japan notable among them -- have held out against this clear trend and increasingly vocal emigrant and immigrant constituencies and children of bi-national couples. This session will situate Japan's resistance to dual citizenship in a global historical context.

The Jingu Gaien redevelopment controversy: A talk with Rochelle Kopp

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at TUJ

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