She was born at a time when other Japanese were being placed in internment camps (Japanese American internment).
Japanese American internment, the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II
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Japanese Canadian internment, the internment of Japanese Canadians in Canada during World War II
Her haiku reflected the time that she and her family spent in detention in Japanese internment camps during World War II.
She also taught in France, as well as to Japanese-American children in a Japanese internment camp in Sacaton, Arizona, during World War II.
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In a 2004 episode of PBS' History Detectives (title: Monopoly; Japanese Internment Camp Artwork; The Lewis and Clark Cane), the show investigated a game board belonging to a Delaware man, having an intermediate version of a game combining elements of The Landlord's Game and Monopoly.