From Confinement to ContainmentDuring the early part of the Cold War, Japan emerged as a model ally, and Japanese Americans were seen as a model minority. From Confinement to Containment examines the work of four Japanese and Japanese American artists and writers during this period: the novelist Hanama Tasaki, the actor Yamaguchi Yoshiko, the painter Henry Sugimoto, and the childrens author Yoshiko Uchida. The backgrounds of the four figures reveal a mixing of nationalities, a