[Karl Fortess]

Creator

Photographer · 1889–1953

According to an autobiographical account written in 1945, Yasuo Kuniyoshi arrived in America in 1906 as a teenager from Japan, alone and with no definite plans, "without sentimentalities or tears and with a brave, adventurous spirit." After landing in Washington state, he worked at odd jobs, learned English, and eventually made his way to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in classes and a teacher enc