Frank Kunishige

Asakichi “Frank” Kunishige (1878-1960) was a Japanese-American Pictorialist photographer.

He was a founding member of the Seattle Camera Club.

He created and sold his own photographic paper, Textura Tissue, which was a favorite of club members because it emphasized the soft qualities that Pictorial photographers prized.

His work was illustrated in national and international publications including Photofreund, the American Annual of Photography and Photo-Era.

During the Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, Kunishige was detained at Camp Harmony before being transferred to Minidoka in Idaho.