Sushi Knife
date: label: date made
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name: label: maker
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notes: label: Description
content: This butcher knife belonged to Shigefumi Tachibe, a Japanese chef who helped set up a high end fusion restaurant, Chaya Brasserie, when he came to the US in 1983. The 20” long butcher knife comes with a steel blade and a wooden handle. Chef Shigefumi Tachibe purchased this knife in 1980 while visiting France, and used it over the years to cut and fillet whole tuna fish. Chaya’s menu, which chef Tachibe developed, reflects the Asian fusion food movement, a product of the large immigrant presence in California, as well as the clientele’s growing partiality toward healthy food options. Fusion sushi, which comprises of both traditional (raw fish) and nontraditional sushi ingredients (avocado, mayonnaise based sauce), is an example of an Asian fusion food that has been popularized over the past few decades, due to chefs like Shigefumi Tachibe who made it an integral part of their menu.
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
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content: Food
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0137.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0137.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 2 1/8 in; 50.8 cm x 5.3975 cm