He felt a deep responsibility that his work be historically accurate, so he sourced all of his fabrics from Japan and rented traditional Japanese clothing from the Sengoku era so that he and his team ...
Korematsu v. United States upheld the incarceration of Japanese Americans. The racism and hysteria that fueled that decision are still with us today.
Japan's mid-century sosaku hanga ("creative print") movement adapted global styles with modernist bounce, abstract patterns and individual expression.