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(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":"01:50:47","links_children":"ddr-one-7-23","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":691,"namepart":"Jim Tsujimura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Margaret Barton Ross"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tim Rooney"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Portland, Oregon","creation":"July 24, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Jim Tsujimura narrator \nMargaret Barton Ross interviewer \nTim Rooney videographer","download_large":"denshovh-tjim_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-jamsj-2-1","model":"entity","index":"5 5930/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","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. Established small business, Sakamoto Barbershop, in San Jose's Japantown in 1953.
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(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":"01:49:52","links_children":"ddr-one-7-49","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":756,"namepart":"Shig Imai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Linda Tamura"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Joshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hood River, Oregon","creation":"October 30, 2013","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shig Imai narrator \nLinda Tamura interviewer \nJoshin Yamada and Thomas Coulter videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ishig-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-7-17","model":"entity","index":"7 5932/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-17/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-7-17/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-uatami-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-7/denshovh-uatami-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Atami Ueno Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born March 27, 1927, in Ola'a, Hawaii. Grew up in Ola'a until family moved to Hawaii just before World War II. Attended high school and college during in Japan and then had to work a factory to support the war effort. Witnessed the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Worked for the military government in Japan, then eventually moved to Portland, Oregon, and worked for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(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":"02:05:11","links_children":"ddr-one-7-17","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":686,"namepart":"Atami Ueno"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Stephan Gilchrist"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Tim Rooney"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","creation":"May 1, 2003","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Atami Ueno narrator \nStephan Gilchrist interviewer \nTim Rooney videographer","download_large":"denshovh-uatami-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1011-1","model":"entity","index":"8 5933/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1011-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1011-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1011/denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1011/denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Shishima Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born December 24, 1930, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California where parents ran a successful grocery store business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, became involved in Boy Scouts activities. Left camp and returned to California, then was drafted into the army. After service, returned to Los Angeles and became a teacher.
(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":"00:40:14","links_children":"ddr-densho-1011-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":642,"namepart":"Bill Hiroshi Shishima"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Raechel Donahue"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0116372","namepart":"Shishima, Hiroshi"}],"contributor":"Raechel Donahue and Garrett Lindemann Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"California","creation":"2010","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bill Hiroshi Shishima narrator \nRaechel Donahue interviewer Shishima, Hiroshi 88922nr0116372","download_large":"denshovh-sbill-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1012-4","model":"entity","index":"9 5934/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1012-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-uchico-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-uchico-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Chico Uyeda Interview","description":"Nisei male. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. Family moved to the Fresno area to avoid going to camp, but was still sent to the Fresno assembly center, California. Was a member of an advance crew that went early to help set up the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas.
(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":"00:47:48","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":714,"namepart":"Chico Uyeda"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"December 8, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Chico Uyeda narrator","download_large":"denshovh-uchico-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1010-1","model":"entity","index":"10 5935/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1010-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1010-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1010/denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1010/denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Louie Watanabe Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs and Oklahoma City. Eventually returned to Walnut Grove, and currently resides in Sacramento, California.
(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":"02:48:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1010-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":423,"namepart":"Louie Watanabe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Jill Shiraki"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr007hb8w","namepart":"Watanabe, Louie Mitsuru"}],"contributor":"Preserving California's Japantowns Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Sacramento, California","creation":"December 8, 2009","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Louie Watanabe narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJill Shiraki interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Watanabe, Louie Mitsuru 88922nr007hb8w","download_large":"denshovh-wlouie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1006-2","model":"entity","index":"11 5936/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1006-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1006/denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1006/denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted two children. Became involved in the Ikenobo Society, and went to Japan to study ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging. Involved along with husband in the establishment of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto in the 1950s.
(This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.)","extent":"02:04:18","links_children":"ddr-densho-1006-2","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":198,"namepart":"Shizuko Kadoguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Peter Wakayama"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Peter Wakayama"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Toronto, Ontario, Canada","creation":"February 15, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Shizuko Kadoguchi narrator \nPeter Wakayama interviewer \nPeter Wakayama videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kshizuko-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1003-4","model":"entity","index":"12 5937/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1003-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1003-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1003/denshovh-nrobert-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1003/denshovh-nrobert-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Robert A. Nakamura Interview","description":"Nisei/Sansei male. Born July 5, 1936, in Venice, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Denver before returning to Los Angeles. After the war, became a pioneering filmmaker. Founder of Visual Communications, the oldest community-based media arts center in the United States. Along with wife Karen Ishizuka, founded the Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum.
(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":"04:00:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1003-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":626,"namepart":"Robert A. Nakamura"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Sharon Yamato"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Akira Boch"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr009v20h","namepart":"Nakamura, Akira Robert"}],"contributor":"Friends of Manzanar Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"November 30, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Robert A. Nakamura narrator \nSharon Yamato interviewer \nAkira Boch videographer Nakamura, Akira Robert 88922nr009v20h","download_large":"denshovh-nrobert-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-4","model":"entity","index":"13 5938/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-4/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-4/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-khiroshi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-khiroshi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born November 8, 1922, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood and adolescence in Loomis, California, before spending senior year in high school in Los Angeles, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Resisted the draft and renounced U.S. citizenship, remaining with family in Tule Lake when it was designated a \"segregation center.\" Left camp to attend college in California. Working with Wayne Collins after World War II, was able to get U.S. citizenship reinstated in the 1950s. Worked for the San Francisco public library post-World War II. A playwright and actor, Mr. Kashiwagi has performed in many stage productions and has written several plays, including Laughter and False Teeth and Betrayed.","extent":"01:34:06","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-4","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":139,"namepart":"Hiroshi Kashiwagi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Chizu Omori"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zs3m","namepart":"Kashiwagi, Hiroshi Ned"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"October 1, 1992","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hiroshi Kashiwagi narrator \nChizu Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Kashiwagi, Hiroshi Ned 88922nr015zs3m","download_large":"denshovh-khiroshi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-190","model":"entity","index":"14 5939/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-190/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-190/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-sfred-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-sfred-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Fred Shiosaki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born August 23, 1924 in the area of Spokane, Washington, known as Hillyard. Grew up in a multi-ethnic Hillyard area where his parents owned the Hillyard Laundry. When World War II began, was a senior at Rogers High School. Went on to attend Gonzaga University and then volunteered for military service, joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated U.S. Army unit consisting of Japanese Americans. Mr. Shiosaki fought in Europe, then returned to Spokane where he finished his degree at Gonzaga, and started his career and family.
(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":"04:21:24","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-190","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":215,"namepart":"Fred Shiosaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Spokane, Washington","creation":"April 26 & 27, 2006","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Shiosaki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-sfred-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-401","model":"entity","index":"15 5940/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-401/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-401/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg"},"title":"John Y. Hayakawa Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After the war, returned to San Jose.
(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":"02:16:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-401","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":650,"namepart":"John Y. Hayakawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0051w00","namepart":"Hayakawa, Yoneo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Jose, California","creation":"March 21, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"John Y. Hayakawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Hayakawa, Yoneo 88922nr0051w00","download_large":"denshovh-hjohn_2-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-196","model":"entity","index":"16 5941/{'value': 6909, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-196/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-196/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ted-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ted-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ed Tsutakawa Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 15, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent much of childhood in Japan, returning to the U.S. at the age of fifteen. Began attending the University of Washington before being removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Created a series of art pieces depicting camp life. Moved to Spokane, Washington, after leaving Minidoka, and established Litho-Art Printers Inc. in 1954. Active in the sister-city program between Spokane and Nishinomiya, Japan. Helped establish a branch campus of the Mukogawa Women's University in Spokane.
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