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José Genaro Kingo Nonaka, born Kingo Nonaka (野中 金吾 ''Nonaka Kingo''), was a Mexican combat medic during the
In March 1911, Nonaka was visiting another Japanese immigrant when the Battle of Casas Grandes broke out. Nonaka treated the wounded Francisco I. Madero and was subsequently recruited into Madero’s army. Nonaka would later become nursing chief of the civil hospital in
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
and later became the first documentary photographer of Tijuana.()
Early life
Nonaka was born in Fukuoka Prefecture,Kyushu
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in 1889. In Japan he worked in the field and as a pearl diver
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. He emigrated to Mexico at age 17, accompanied by an older brother and uncle. They settled in Oaxaca on a coffee plantation. After tiring of the harsh work, Nonaka embarked on a three-month journey to the United States. In Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
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, he was taken in by a local family who eventually adopted him and had him baptized. Later, he learned nursing from a nearby hospital and acquired a license to work at the infirmary.
Military career
In March 1911, Nonaka was visiting another Japanese immigrant when the Battle of Casas Grandes broke out. Nonaka treated the wounded Francisco I. Madero and was subsequently recruited into Madero’s army. Nonaka would later become nursing chief of the civil hospital in Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju ...
, where he was in charge of attending wounded soldiers.
He participated in 14 combat operations during the Revolution: two with the forces of Francisco I. Madero and 12 with the Northern Division commanded by Pancho Villa.
He attained the rank of captain in the ''Batallón de Sanidad de la División del Norte''. In September 1967, he was awarded an order of merit
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for his service by Secretary of Defense
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.
Later life
Between 1921 and 1942, he was settled in Baja California. He fell in love with a Mexican nurse named Petra García Ortega and married her. They ended up having five children. He opened two photo studios in Tijuana and became a naturalized citizen in 1924. During this era, Nonaka's photography showed a different side of the Tijuana area, which up to that point was focused on tourism. Focusing on cultural, civic, and sports events and on the changes Tijuana underwent, from small town to a larger city. He donated more than 300 photos of early Tijuana to the ''Archivo Histórico y la Sociedad de Historia de Tijuana''. As a result of World War II tensions, Nonaka and otherJapanese Mexicans
Japanese Mexicans are Mexicans of Japanese ancestry. As of 2019, there are an estimated 76,000 people who are Japanese or of Japanese descent in Mexico.
Japanese immigration to Mexico began in the late 19th century, to found coffee growing planta ...
living in northwest Mexico were forced to move to Mexico City on orders from President Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.
Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the M ...
. He was a founding member of the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología. He died in 1977 and is interred in the Panteón Jardín
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, Mexico City.
See also
*Japanese community of Mexico City
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nonaka, Kingo 1889 births 1977 deaths People of the Mexican Revolution Japanese emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico People from Fukuoka Prefecture People from Tijuana Combat medics Mexican photographers Mexican people of Japanese descent