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Yayoi Kusama was born on 22 March 1929 in Matsumoto, Nagano. [11] Born into a family of merchants who owned a plant nursery and seed farm, [12] Kusama began drawing pictures of pumpkins in elementary school and created artwork she saw from hallucinations, works of which would later define her career. [9]
Lam, the daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, [8] [9] was a student at the University of British Columbia, [3] although she was not registered at the beginning of 2013. [10] ...
Yoshiko Miwa, at 110 years old, is the oldest living American person of Japanese descent and shares the things that have allowed her to live such a long life.
In 1982, when Latasha was six years old, her father took a job in a steel foundry while her mother worked as a waitress in a local tavern. [7] [8] Acoff Sr. was known to be abusive towards Crystal, attacking and beating her in front of Latasha and her younger siblings. [7] [9] Their unstable marriage ended in 1983. On November 27, 1985, Crystal ...
Afong Moy was the first known female Chinese immigrant to the United States. [6] [7] In 1834, Moy was brought from her hometown of Guangzhou to New York City by traders Nathaniel and Frederick Carne, and exhibited as "The Chinese Lady".
A Kuchisake-onna in a scene from Ehon Sayoshigure by Hayami Shungyōsai, 1801. Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman') [1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore.
Ah Toy (Chinese: 亞彩; Sidney Lau: Aa 3 Coi 2; [1] 18 May 1829 – 1 February 1928) [2] was a Chinese American [3] sex worker and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and the first Chinese sex worker in San Francisco. [4]
Xin Zhui (Chinese: 辛追; [ɕín ʈʂwéɪ]; c. 217 BC –169 or 168 BC), also known as Lady Dai or the Marquise of Dai, was a Chinese noblewoman. She was the wife of Li Cang ( 利蒼 ), the Marquis of Dai, and Chancellor of the Changsha Kingdom , during the Western Han dynasty of ancient China.