Genjiro Yeto & Cos Cob Art Colony, Yasukata Murai House, Shandong Question, Chinese Artist Kong Bai Ji & More!

 Yasukata Murai House, A Greenwich landmarked home circa 1889 in Riverside.This podcast is made possible by Alexander Affiliates, Eastern Neurologic Services, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere!Mr. Myllan Mosquera provides the best in reliable curbside door-to-door airport transportation services. I recommend Myllan without hesitation. Go with the peace of mind knowing that you'll travel in good hands. Please contact him anytime at 1.203.621.8383. Tell him I sent you. Michael Helupka Tree Service, LLC in Greenwich has been my choice for professional tree work for years.  I've been impressed and a satisfied customer -and you will be, too. Call 203.622.8737.Welcome to the 28th of May 2024 show.Every year, May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Month throughout the United States. On today's show, we'll feature examples of that heritage in Greenwich, Connecticut's history.Genjiro Yeto with artists of the Cos Cob colony dressed in Japanese kimonos, ca. 1897. Greenwich Historical Society Photograph Collection.We'll begin the show with an encore rebroadcast of a conversation with Karen Frederick, formerly the Curator of Museum Collections of the Greenwich Historical Society. Our subject was Genjiro Yeto, whose influence on the American Impressionist Art Colony at Cos Cob is noted in the 21st century. In 1919, Dr. George Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, addressed a gathering of Greenwich society people at a private home off North Street. He had just returned from a tour of Eastern Asia. His topic that evening concerned the "Shandong Question" in China -as to whether the province should be given to Japan. Yasukata Murai was a Japanese-born silk importer. He purchased a plot of land on Glen Avon Drive that fronted the Mianus River, constructing a Queen Ann-style home adorned with Japanese elements in 1889. The Yasukata Murai House is a designated landmark home by the Greenwich Historical Society.Avalokitesvara Stone Statue, by Kong Bai Ji.Many today are unaware that Greenwich, Connecticut became the home of one of China's trailblazing contemporary artists from the post-Cultural Revolution era. Kong Bai Ji spent his final 28 years living in Greenwich. (His obituary)LIFE: Six Women Photographers on Exhibit Until July 7, 2024. The Greenwich Historical Society is hosting a series of exhibitions and public events -and you're invited! We'll have all this -and more- as our history continues to unfold. I'm Jeffrey Bingham Mead, your host. Thank you for listening to the weekly podcast released on Tuesdays. Contact me and join our growing number of listeners anytime via email at [email protected]. Show podcast episodes are posted weekly on various social media platforms. Click this link to the show's Facebook site. I also encourage you to like and visit the group You Know You're From Greenwich Ct If, where links to the show are posted weekly, too. Mark your calendars. The next show is scheduled for Tuesday, the 4th of June 2024.