Akihikari Rice
notes: label: Description
content: Michio Kushi (1926–2014) and Aveline Kushi (1923-2001) left Japan in the late 1940s, and helped introduce modern macrobiotics to the United States. They established Erewhon Natural Foods, the East West Journal, the East West Foundation, the Kushi Foundation, One Peaceful World, and the Kushi Institute.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Aveline Kushi, 78, Advocate of Macrobiotic Diet for Health” New York Times (July 23, 2001), p. B6.
label: Description
content: “Michi Kushi, 88, Advocate Of Natural Foods in the U.S.,” New York Times (Jan. 5, 2015), p. B6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Aveline and Michio Kushi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0240.01
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0240.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0240
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Macrobiotic Food
label: Other Terms
content: Macrobiotic Food; Nutritional Products
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rice, akihikari (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.6 cm x 9 cm; 6 15/16 in x 3 9/16 in