(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"02:29:25","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-11","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":144,"namepart":"James Omura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"March 21, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James Omura narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ojimmie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-428","model":"entity","index":"4 2604/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-428/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-428/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ken Yoshida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the draft order and was imprisoned in a county jail and then a road camp in Utah.
(This interview is incomplete. It ends after the first hour of taping, when Mr. Yoshida is describing serving time at the road camp for resisting the draft. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"00:54:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-428","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":824,"namepart":"Ken Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr004vs0b","namepart":"Yoshida, Kenichiro"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"October 17, 2007","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ken Yoshida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer Yoshida, Kenichiro 88922nr004vs0b","download_large":"denshovh-yken-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-377","model":"entity","index":"5 2605/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-377/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-377/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yukio Kawaratani Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 30, 1031, in San Juan Capistrano, California. Grew up in various places in California. During World War II, was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, family signed \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake. Father and two older brothers renounced their U.S. citizenship and were eventually expatriated to Japan. The rest of the family returned to California after leaving camp. Mr. Kawaratani established a successful career as an urban planner with the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"03:45:08","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-377","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":619,"namepart":"Yukio Kawaratani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr013ss02","namepart":"Kawaratani, Yukio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"October 26, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yukio Kawaratani narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer Kawaratani, Yukio 88922nr013ss02","download_large":"denshovh-kyukio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-119","model":"entity","index":"6 2606/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-119/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-119/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Nishimura Interview","description":"Nisei male, born June 21, 1920, in Compton, California. Raised on a farm in Lawndale, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, his father was picked up by FBI and detained at a Department of Justice (DOJ) internment camp in Lordsburg, New Mexico. His family voluntarily moved to Visalia, California, then was forcibly moved to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Sent to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as a result of answering \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questions.\" He renounced his U.S. citizenship in protest of the incarceration, and was transferred to the DOJ's Santa Fe internment camp, then to an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) camp in Crystal City, Texas. After his release from Crystal City, he resettled in California. Mr. Nishimura regained his U.S. citizenship in 1953.
(This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.)","extent":"01:01:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-119","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":117,"namepart":"Bill Nishimura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0133c3v","namepart":"Nishimura, Toru Bill"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Klamath Falls, Oregon","creation":"July 2, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bill Nishimura narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Nishimura, Toru Bill 88922nr0133c3v","download_large":"denshovh-nbill-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-11","model":"entity","index":"7 2607/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-11/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-11/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg"},"title":"James Omura Interview II","description":"Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, and was acquitted on the grounds of the First Amendment and freedom of the press. Mr. Omura was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"00:43:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-122-11","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":144,"namepart":"James Omura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Abe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Frank Chin"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Frank Abe Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"August 1993","status":"completed","search_hidden":"James Omura narrator \nFrank Abe interviewer \nFrank Chin interviewer","download_large":"denshovh-ojimmie-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-122-4","model":"entity","index":"8 2608/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-122-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-122/denshovh-ojimmie-02-a.jpg"},"title":"James Omura Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born November 27, 1912, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved to Denver and took a job as English Editor of a Japanese American vernacular newspaper, the Rocky Shimpo. As editor, wrote about and supported the Fair Play Committee in Heart Mountain concentration camp. Was charged and tried for conspiracy to counsel draft evasion, and was acquitted on the grounds of the First Amendment and freedom of the press. Mr. Omura was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Journalists Association.
(This interview was conducted by filmmaker Frank Abe for his 2000 documentary, Conscience and the Constitution, about the World War II resisters of conscience at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp. 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Born June 10, 1922, in Seattle, WA. Father was employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until he was separated from family on December 7, 1941, and interned as an enemy alien. Graduated 1941, Cleveland High School, and attended University of Washington before being removed from Seattle with mother, sister and two brothers in 1942. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Worked as hospital attendant and laboratory technician in Minidoka. While incarcerated in Minidoka, volunteered for U.S. Army, March, 1943. Allowed to travel from Minidoka, with sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada, to visit their father, Jack Kaichiro Yasutake, incarcerated at U.S. Department of Justice internment camp in Lordsburg, NM. Mr. Yasutake passed away on December 12, 2016. After basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, served in Europe in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as a medic assigned to Company I, 2nd Platoon. Wounded during combat in southern France, October, 1944. Awarded Bronze Star. After recovery, assigned as a medic to Anti-tank Company, 1st platoon. December, 1945 discharged from the army. After visiting parents and younger brother in Cincinnati and living briefly in New York City, returned to Seattle. Married. Received B.A., Zoology, from University of Washington. Began career in research on fish pathology. Had four children. Received Ph.D in Fish Pathology from the University of Tokyo. Retired in 1988 as Research Histologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after 36 years. Continues to serve as a Senior Scientist Emeritus in a volunteer capacity. Dr. W.T. Yasutake is the author of numerous articles published in scholarly journals, and the book, Microscopic Anatomy of Salmonids. 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He will stay until the Asama Maru arrives and attend event meetings at the [?] Jodo. Nozaki left his country behind in 1926 for the U.S., and he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles and established the first Jodo mission in North America on the East Side of the city. He is now the supervisor of the Jodo mission in Los Angeles and also manages the attached business, the Meisho School. He said Honolulu has changed a lot from 13 years ago. He leaves September 11th from Honolulu to Japan and China for a grand tour, and he will also attend [?] this fall as an ambassador of the Pasadena Japanese Association. 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(London) Rengo. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald resolutely led the way during this significant conference and successfully limited German reparation payments to France to the sum of 3 billion Marks, a small amount when compared to 184.7 billion Marks, the total sum to be paid over the period from 1931 to 1988 under the Young Plan. Most of Germany's debt has been effectively written off [...] turned into bonds [...]. This unexpected success aids the recovery of the world economy and raises the battle cry of 'the Lausanne Conference - the first step foward in overcoming the global depression' towards those fearful about the economy. He received the welcome of a triumphant general as he returned to the British capital of London on July 10. 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Mr. Korematsu lost his initial legal case in 1944, but in the early 1980s, his case was reopened after the discovery of a crucial document indicating that in the original 1944 case, the federal government had lied to the high court. The conviction was vacated by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel in 1983.
(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"00:32:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-8","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":205,"namepart":"Fred Korematsu"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":206,"namepart":"Kathryn Korematsu"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr008bb3x","namepart":"Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo"}],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"November 18, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Korematsu narrator \nKathryn Korematsu narrator Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo 88922nr008bb3x","download_large":"denshovh-kfred_g-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1009-1","model":"entity","index":"16 2616/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1009-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1009-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1009/denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Roy Ebihara Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born January 11, 1934, in Clovis, New Mexico, where father worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. On January 19, 1942, officials rounded up all of the Japanese Americans in Clovis and removed them from the town without warning in the middle of the night in response to an angry mob of townspeople who were threatening the Japanese Americans. They were taken to an unused former CCC camp, Old Raton Ranch, where they were held under guard until the end of 1942. Mr. Ebihara and his family were then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah, and then resettled in Cleveland, Ohio. Remained in Ohio and established a successful optometry practice.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"01:55:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1009-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":322,"namepart":"Roy Ebihara"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Andrew Russell"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr012559q","namepart":"Ebihara, Roy Yusaku"}],"contributor":"New Mexico JACL Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Rosewell, New Mexico","creation":"July 10, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Roy Ebihara narrator \nAndrew Russell interviewer Ebihara, Roy Yusaku 88922nr012559q","download_large":"denshovh-eroy-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1008-5","model":"entity","index":"17 2617/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1008-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1008/denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Harvey Watanabe Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 1919 in Exeter, California. Spent prewar childhood in Visalia, California. Drafted prior to World War II. Served in an activated National Guard unit at Fort Lewis, Washington. When World War II broke out, he and all the other Nisei servicemen at Fort Lewis were sent inland. About twenty, Harvey included, went to Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Recruited for the Military Intelligence Service and trained at the Military Intelligence Language School at Camp Savage, Minnesota. Sent overseas to serve in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) of General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia, Manila and Japan. Assisted in negotiating the surrender of Japanese troops in Manila. Managed the Dai Ichi Hotel in Tokyo for headquarters staff. Later served in the Korean War. Resettled in Seattle, Washington and worked for the Boeing Company. Mr. Watanabe passed away on February 26, 2011.
(Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.)","extent":"01:59:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1008-5","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":103,"namepart":"Harvey Watanabe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Marvin Uratsu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Otake"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"National Japanese American Historical Society Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 12, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Harvey Watanabe narrator \nMarvin Uratsu interviewer \nGary Otake interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-wharvey-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-9","model":"entity","index":"18 2618/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-efrank-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-efrank-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Frank Emi Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of resisting the draft, and was imprisoned for eighteen months at Leavenworth, Kansas. After leaving prison, worked for the U.S. post office and the California state unemployment office. Mr. Emi practiced judo as a young person before the war, and postwar, taught at the Hollywood Judo Dojo.
(This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues surrounding the resistance movement itself.)","extent":"01:36:54","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-9","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":142,"namepart":"Frank Emi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr004xx71","namepart":"Emi, Frank Seishi"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"March 20, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Frank Emi narrator \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nChizu Omori interviewer Emi, Frank Seishi 88922nr004xx71","download_large":"denshovh-efrank-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-108","model":"entity","index":"19 2619/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-108/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-108/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tasano-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tasano-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Asano Terao Interview I","description":"Issei female. Born 1897 in Hiroshima, Japan. Graduated from Shintoku Jikka Girls' High School. Married Mr. Shizuto Terao, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily from the U.S., through an arranged marriage, and immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle until they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to stay with her cousin in the spring of 1942 before all people of Japanese ancestry were removed from the West Coast. After five years in Salt Lake City, returned to Seattle with her family. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terao resided at an assisted-living apartment in Seattle.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate Mrs. Terao's manner of speaking. Mrs. Terao speaks in the Hiroshima dialect.)","extent":"02:42:17","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-108","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":109,"namepart":"Asano Terao"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Dee Goto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 19, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Asano Terao narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nDee Goto interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-tasano-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-411","model":"entity","index":"20 2620/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-411/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-411/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yoshihiro Uchida Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 1, 1920, in Calexico, California. Grew up in the Orange County area. Drafted into the army during World War II, while family was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Father and brothers were all transferred to Department of Justice camps, and eventually went to Japan. After military service, Mr. Uchida returned to California and lived in San Jose. He earned his black belt in judo as a teenager, and after the war, was head of the judo program at San Jose State for over sixty years. Was instrumental in helping judo become nationally recognized in the U.S. as well as an official Olympic sport.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"03:02:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-411","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":665,"namepart":"Yoshihiro Uchida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tani Ikeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"May 17, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yoshihiro Uchida narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nTani Ikeda videographer","download_large":"denshovh-uyoshihiro-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-109","model":"entity","index":"21 2621/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-109/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-109/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tasano-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-tasano-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Asano Terao Interview II","description":"Issei female. Born 1897 in Hiroshima, Japan. Graduated from Shintoku Jikka Girls' High School. Married Mr. Shizuto Terao, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily from the U.S., through an arranged marriage, and immigrated to the U.S. Lived in Seattle until they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to stay with her cousin in the spring of 1942 before all people of Japanese ancestry were removed from the West Coast. After five years in Salt Lake City, returned to Seattle with her family. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terao resided at an assisted-living apartment in Seattle.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese and was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terao's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate Mrs. Terao's manner of speaking. Mrs. Terao speaks in the Hiroshima dialect.)","extent":"01:49:13","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-109","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":109,"namepart":"Asano Terao"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Dee Goto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 26, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Asano Terao narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nDee Goto interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-tasano-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-289","model":"entity","index":"22 2622/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-289/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-289/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bruce T. Kaji Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born May 9, 1926, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles and was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, then was inducted into the army. Joined the Military Intelligence Service and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation as an interpreter for the war crimes trials. Returned to Los Angeles and established Merit Savings Bank, later becoming involved in the redevelopment of Little Tokyo. Mr. Kaji is one of the key founders of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:59:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-289","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":506,"namepart":"Bruce T. Kaji"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Martha Nakagawa"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009j78q","namepart":"Kaji, Teruo Bruce"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 28, 2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bruce T. Kaji narrator \nMartha Nakagawa interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kaji, Teruo Bruce 88922nr009j78q","download_large":"denshovh-kbruce-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-118","model":"entity","index":"23 2623/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-118/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-118/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmarian-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kmarian-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Marian Asao Kurosu Interview","description":"Issei female. Born March 10, 1907, in Fukui prefecture, Japan. Graduated from Jinai Girls School. After grandfather's death, came to Seattle, Washington in 1924 to join father and uncle, working in family-run agricultural greenhouse. Arranged marriage to Mr. Roy Naoe Kurosu, an Issei working in Tacoma sawmills. Started new greenhouse in Sunnydale, Washington until all people of Japanese ancestry were removed from the West Coast in 1942. Returned to work in Sunnydale greenhouse until retirement at age 74. In 1954, gained U.S. citizenship along with husband, adopting first name \"Marian.\" Mother of seven children, including a son born while at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Kurosu resided at her home in Seattle, Washington.
(During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.)","extent":"04:38:11","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-118","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":116,"namepart":"Marian Asao Kurosu"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr008xt3n","namepart":"Kurosu, Lucy Asao"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"June 23 & 24, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Marian Asao Kurosu narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Kurosu, Lucy Asao 88922nr008xt3n","download_large":"denshovh-kmarian-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-110","model":"entity","index":"24 2624/{'value': 2660, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-110/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-110/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtake-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtake-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Take Murayama Interview","description":"Issei female. Born 1895 in Nagano, Japan. Married Mr. Kazuyoshi Murayama, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily for an arranged marriage. Immigrated to the U.S. in August of 1916. Worked for a wealthy family in North Dakota, then settled in Seattle. Went back to Japan in 1924, but returned to Seattle in 1925. Owned a grocery store with her husband outside of Seattle's Nihonmachi. Went back to Japan in 1934. Returned to Seattle once again in 1983 to join her daughter and has lived in Seattle since then. Received U.S. citizenship at age 102. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Murayama resided at Keiro Nursing Home.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Murayama's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English in order to recreate Mrs. Murayama's manner of speaking.)","extent":"00:34:09","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-110","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":110,"namepart":"Take Murayama"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"March 13, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Take Murayama narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mtake-01-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Mr.","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}