(This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.)","extent":"01:14:13","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-186","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":210,"namepart":"Mii Tai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Megan Asaka"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Spokane, Washington","creation":"March 14, 2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mii Tai narrator \nMegan Asaka interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-tmii-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-192","model":"entity","index":"5 2530/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-192/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-osumi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-osumi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Sumi Okamoto Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born January 7, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, Washington, where father worked for the Alaska Junk Company. Attended Irving Grade School and Lewis & Clark High School. Wedding took place on December 7, 1941, the day of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Husband passed away in 1946, and Ms. Okamoto worked as a secretary for the State of Washington while raising three children. In later life, active with the Highland Park Methodist Church where she had been the organist since 1934.
(This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.)","extent":"01:22:08","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-192","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":217,"namepart":"Sumi Okamoto"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Megan Asaka"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Spokane, Washington","creation":"April 26, 2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Sumi Okamoto narrator \nMegan Asaka interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-osumi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-46","model":"entity","index":"6 2531/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-46/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-46/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Fred Matsumura Interview","description":"Nisei male, born April 14, 1923, on the Island of Molokai, Hawaii. Volunteered for military service after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit as a Sergeant and Assistant Squad Leader. Later, he and three others in his unit had their rank reduced to Private after being court-martialed for alleged involvement in a fight with an army military police officer (MP).
(This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Given the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were shorter in length than typical Densho interviews. Beverly Kashino, one of the interviewers, is Shiro and Louise Kashino's daughter.)","extent":"01:32:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-46","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":54,"namepart":"Fred Matsumura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Beverly Kashino"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"July 2, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Matsumura narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBeverly Kashino interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mfred-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-356-252","model":"entity","index":"7 2532/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-252/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-356-252/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-356/ddr-densho-356-252-mezzanine-68af214db5-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-356/ddr-densho-356-252-mezzanine-68af214db5-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata","description":"Letter to Yuriko Domoto from Yoshito Shibata in which he describes his reaction to letter she sent (appears to be the final version of the drafted letter in ddr-densho-356-250), congratulations to Kan and Sally's new baby, hope that this will be the last war ever, description of seeing koalas not kangaroos, discussion of the corresponding in Japanese (not allowed to send, but ok to received), a willingness to answer questions that Yuri wants to ask, an idea to write a book about his experiences during the war, his lack of news due to a lack of newspapers, details about the types of entertainment the troops receive, and a hope to see the jungle.","extent":"envelope: 7.5W x 3.875H; letter: 7.875W x 9.875H; vmail envelope: 4.75W x 3.75H; vmail letter: 4.125W x 5H","links_children":"ddr-densho-356-252","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Shibata, Yoshito"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications","id":"74"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Shibata, Yoshito"},{"namepart":"Tsukada, Yuriko (Domoto)"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"correspondence","location":"Pacific Theater","facility":[{"term":"Granada (Amache)","id":"4"}],"creation":"7/15/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shibata, Yoshito author Shibata, Yoshito \nTsukada, Yuriko (Domoto)","download_large":"ddr-densho-356-252-mezzanine-68af214db5-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-28-9","model":"segment","index":"8 2533/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-28-9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-28-9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Daniel Inouye Segment 9","description":"Traveling through the South as a Japanese American GI: \"You will be considered white\"
This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during World War II.","extent":"00:05:11","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-28-9","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":32,"namepart":"Daniel Inouye"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Beverly Kashino"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"Race and racism -- Discrimination","id":"37"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Mississippi","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007522\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"June 30, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Daniel Inouye narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBeverly Kashino interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-28-4","model":"segment","index":"9 2534/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-28-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-28-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Daniel Inouye Segment 4","description":"Attitude and recollections of Japanese Americans living in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and concentrated on a single topic, namely, the individual's military service during World War II.","extent":"00:04:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-28-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":32,"namepart":"Daniel Inouye"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Beverly Kashino"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath -- Personal recollections","id":"51"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Hawai'i","id":"277"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Hawaii","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007249\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Honolulu, Hawaii","creation":"June 30, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Daniel Inouye narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nBeverly Kashino interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-28-12","model":"segment","index":"10 2535/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-28-12/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-28-12/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-idaniel-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Daniel Inouye Segment 12","description":"Thoughts just before going into battle, and the Nisei soldiers' attitude, honor and shame
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Released from Minidoka in 1943 to work and attend college in Cincinnati. Received B.A. in English and Art from New York University. M.A. in English Literature and Research from University of Chicago. Married and had four children. Moved to Southern California in 1960. Taught for 23 years at community colleges in Southern California and other institutions, retiring from Cypress College as Professor of English in 1989. Author of Camp Notes and Other Poems, first published in 1976; Desert Run, (1988); writer of numerous other essays, short stories, and poems widely anthologized in collections such as This Bridge Called My Back (1981) and Women Poets of the World (1983). Featured in \"Mitsuye and Nellie: Two American Poets,\" documentary film on Asian women in the United States, aired on national public television, 1981.Founder of MultiCultural Women Writers (MCWW), member of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), and active in many community, arts and cross-cultural programs. Elected to National Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA in 1987 and served for six years. Recipient of numerous awards and honors recognizing her professional and volunteer contributions to society.(Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.
Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. In addition to Jeni Yamada and videographers Dana Hoshide and John Pai, also present during some portions of the group interview were Tom Ikeda, and Mitsuye Yamada's son Kai Yamada.)","extent":"04:29:53","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-137","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":129,"namepart":"Mitsuye May Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 9 & 10, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mitsuye May Yamada narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-43-51","model":"entity","index":"13 2538/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-43-51/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-43-51/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-43/ddr-pc-43-51-mezzanine-bfac8e566c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-43/ddr-pc-43-51-mezzanine-bfac8e566c-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 26 (December 24-31, 1971)","description":"Christmas/Holiday edition of Pacific Citizen. 52 pages long divided into 4 sections and a reference supplement. Selected article titles: \"Japanese roots in America go back to 1610 in Mexico\" (p. 1 A), \"Half year remains till JACL Convention in Washington, D.C.\" (p. 3 B), \"Sansei and sensei swap school ideas\" (p. 1 C), \"We can afford to be quiet no longer, let's seek larger slice of power pie\" (p. 6 D).\r\n\r\nThe holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between Japanese American communities. These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.","extent":"14.5W x 22.5H","links_children":"ddr-pc-43-51","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"December 24, 1971","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-43-51-mezzanine-bfac8e566c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-35-51","model":"entity","index":"14 2539/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-35-51/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-35-51/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-35/ddr-pc-35-51-mezzanine-52190ff98c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-35/ddr-pc-35-51-mezzanine-52190ff98c-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 25 (December 20-27, 1963)","description":"Special holiday issue organized into sections A 1-24 and B 1-24. Selected article titles: \"Tributes to the Nisei GIs\" (pp. A-1, A-3-A-12), \"During World War 2: Military Intelligence Trains 6,000 Nisei\" (pp. A-1, A-11-A-12, A-14), \"Antidote for Pearl Harbor Myths\" (pp. A-1, A-16-A-17), and \"Constitution of the National Japanese American Citizens League (Amended as of 1962)\" (pp. B-37-B-38).\r\n\r\nThe holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between Japanese American communities. These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.","extent":"15W x 22.25H","links_children":"ddr-pc-35-51","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Fiction","id":"241"},{"term":"Military service","id":"296"},{"term":"Community activities -- Associations and organizations -- The Japanese American Citizens League","id":"20"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"},{"term":"Reflections on the past","id":"118"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"},{"term":"World War II -- Pearl Harbor and aftermath","id":"48"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"December 20-27, 1963","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-35-51-mezzanine-52190ff98c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-49-50","model":"entity","index":"15 2540/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-50/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-49-50/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-49/ddr-pc-49-50-mezzanine-e869574fd3-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-49/ddr-pc-49-50-mezzanine-e869574fd3-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 27 (December 23-30, 1977)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Jappan-United States Friendship Act Lacks Nikkei Participation\" (p.37), \"Mandate of 1976 JACL Convention Being Carried Out at Snail's Pace\" (p.38, 40), \"East West Players, Asian American Actors Group, Now in 13th Season\" (p.41), \"Interracial Marriages\" (p.44-46), \"My Sansei Son\" (p.50), \"Little Tokyo Towers, Home of Happy Issei\" (p.52-53), \"Asian Americans in Media, They Survive\" (p.54, 94).\r\n\r\nThe holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between Japanese American communities. These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.","extent":"11.5W x 15H","links_children":"ddr-pc-49-50","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Theater","id":"256"},{"term":"Community activities -- Weddings","id":"28"},{"term":"Identity and values","id":"42"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Issei","id":"43"},{"term":"Japan","id":"108"},{"term":"Journalism and media","id":"387"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","geography":[{"term":"Los Angeles, California","id":"11"}],"rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"December 23-30, 1977","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-49-50-mezzanine-e869574fd3-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-pc-68-23","model":"entity","index":"16 2541/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-68-23/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-68-23/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-68/ddr-pc-68-23-mezzanine-61a76d6a9c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-68/ddr-pc-68-23-mezzanine-61a76d6a9c-a.jpg"},"title":"Pacific Citizen, Vol. 123, No. 11 (December, 1996)","description":"Holiday issue organized into sections A 1-18, B 1-80, and A 19-40. Selected article titles: \"Comfort in the Changing Face of Asian America\" (pp. A8, A15), \"Bleaching the Issei and Nisei: Threats to Identity and Memory in the Third Millennium\" (pp. A12, A15), \"Towards a New Millennium Without Colonies\" (B2-B3, B6), and \"The Millennium: A History of the Past 1,000 Years for Japanese Americans\" (article spread intermittently throughout pp. B22-B78).\r\n\r\nThe holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between Japanese American communities. These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.","extent":"11W x 16.75H","links_children":"ddr-pc-68-23","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Japanese American Citizens League"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values","id":"42"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Issei","id":"43"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Japanese American identity","id":"47"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"Journalism and media -- Community publications -- Pacific Citizen","id":"389"},{"term":"Reflections on the past","id":"118"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Monterey Park, California","creation":"December, 1996","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-68-23-mezzanine-61a76d6a9c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-jamsj-2-1","model":"entity","index":"17 2542/{'value': 10000, 'relation': 'gte'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-jamsj-2-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-jamsj-2/ddr-jamsj-2-1-1-mezzanine-810360c36c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-jamsj-2/ddr-jamsj-2-1-1-mezzanine-810360c36c-a.jpg"},"title":"James Sakamoto Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 18, 1924, in Mayfield, California. Spent prewar childhood years in Alviso, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, moved with family to Stockton, California, in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Despite this, was removed to the Stockton Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled in Colorado after the war, served in the military, and returned to San Jose, California. 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