Editing Isamu Noguchi (section)

==Early life (1904–1922)==
Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles, the son of [[Yone Noguchi]], a Japanese poet who was acclaimed in the United States, and [[Léonie Gilmour]], an American writer who edited much of Noguchi's work.

Yone had ended his relationship with Gilmour earlier that year and planned to marry ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reporter [[Ethel Armes]]. After [[marriage proposal|proposing]] to Armes, Yone left for Japan in late August, settling in Tokyo and awaiting her arrival; their engagement fell through months later when Armes learned of Léonie and her newborn son.<ref name="Chronology"/>

In 1906, Yone invited Léonie to come to Tokyo with their son. She at first refused, but growing [[Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States|anti-Japanese sentiment]] following the [[Russo-Japanese War]] eventually convinced her to take up Yone's offer.<ref>Duus, 2004. pp. 45–46</ref> The two departed from San Francisco in March 1907, arriving in [[Yokohama]] to meet Yone. Upon arrival, their son was finally given the name Isamu ({{nihongo2|勇}}, "courage"). However, Yone had married a Japanese woman by the time they arrived, and was mostly absent from his son's childhood. After again separating from Yone, Léonie and Isamu moved several times throughout Japan.

In 1912, while the two were living in [[Chigasaki]], Isamu's half-sister, pioneer of the American [[Modern Dance]] movement [[Ailes Gilmour]], was born to Léonie and an unknown Japanese father. Here, Léonie had a house built for the three of them, a project that she had the 8-year-old Isamu "oversee". Nurturing her son's artistic ability, she put him in charge of their garden and apprenticed him to a local carpenter.<ref>Duus, 2004. pp. 73–74</ref> However, they moved once again in December 1917 to an English-speaking community in Yokohama.

In 1918, Noguchi was sent back to the US for schooling in [[Rolling Prairie, Indiana]]. After graduation, he left with Dr. [[Edward Rumely]] to [[LaPorte, Indiana|LaPorte]], where he found boarding with a [[Swedenborgian]] pastor, Samuel Mack. Noguchi began attending La Porte High School, graduating in 1922. During this period of his life, he was known by the name "Sam Gilmour".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Winther|first=Bert|title=Isamu Noguchi|journal=Art Journal|date=Fall 1995|volume=54|issue=3|pages=113–115|jstor=777614|doi=10.2307/777614}}</ref>