(Joseph Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, William Toshio Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was also interviewed individually on October 9, 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":"01:20:38","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-136","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":130,"namepart":"Joe Yasutake"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 9, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Joe Yasutake narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-yjoe-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-177","model":"entity","index":"5 5/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-177/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-177/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kdaryl-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kdaryl-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Daryl Keck Interview","description":"White male of German descent. Born December 5, 1921, in Oketo, Kansas. Worked for a shipyard on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and presently lives in Hammett, Idaho.","extent":"01:24:17","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-177","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":201,"namepart":"Daryl Keck"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hammett, Idaho","creation":"May 24, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Daryl Keck narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-kdaryl-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-162","model":"entity","index":"6 6/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-162/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-162/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mron-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mron-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Ron Magden Interview","description":"White male. Born August 30, 1926, in Mountain Home, Idaho. An enterprising child, took a job selling newspapers at age nine. High school age during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, remembers reading about anti-Japanese sentiment in Boise, Idaho. Attended the University of Idaho and taught in Orofino, Idaho, for three years before pursuing doctorate at the University of Washington. Taught at Renton High School and then at Tacoma Community College. A prominent local historian, Ron has published several books, including The Working Waterfront: The Story of Tacoma's Ships and Men, and Furusato: Tacoma-Pierce County Japanese, 1888-1977.","extent":"03:09:15","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-162","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":177,"namepart":"Ron Magden"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"June 15, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ron Magden narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-mron-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-160","model":"entity","index":"7 7/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-160/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-160/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hearl-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hearl-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Earl Hanson Interview","description":"White male. Born June 29, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with many Japanese American friends. Observed the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island during World War II. Served with the 1901st Aviation Engineers during the war, and was stationed in Okinawa. Returned to the Bainbridge Island, Washington, area after World War II.(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":"02:22:33","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-160","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":176,"namepart":"Earl Hanson"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"David Neiwert"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Poulsbo, Washington","creation":"May 27, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Earl Hanson narrator \nDavid Neiwert interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hearl-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-178","model":"entity","index":"8 8/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-178/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-178/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bbill-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bbill-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Bill Braye Interview","description":"Caucasian male of Spanish and Irish descent. Born March 31, 1917, in Santa Monica, California. Moved to Salinas, California, as a teenager, and enlisted in the military. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and was captured by the Japanese military. Forced on the infamous Bataan Death March in 1942 and held as a prisoner of war until 1945, when he was released and returned to the United States. Mr. Braye passed away in 2009.","extent":"01:44:07","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-178","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":202,"namepart":"Bill Braye"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hammett, Idaho","creation":"May 24, 2005","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bill Braye narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-bbill-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-82","model":"entity","index":"9 9/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-82/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-82/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-stad-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-stad-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tad Sato Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born May 9, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Moved to Seattle with father after parents divorced. Grew up in Seattle's Nihonmachi where father ran a secondhand store. Disinterested in college after seeing a lack of employment opportunities for graduating Japanese Americans. Went to work for Great Northern Railway, laying and maintaining tracks on the West Coast. At war's onset, Great Northern brought its Japanese workers together in a segregated gang outside the restricted zone, so he continued to work for the railroad, thus avoiding incarceration in a War Relocation Authority camp. While away, father was picked up by the FBI, and then sent to Kooskia internment camp, Idaho, where he was held throughout the war. Drafted into military service in 1945. Returned to Great Northern and was promoted through the ranks in the accounting department despite running into workplace discrimination.
(Due to technical difficulties, this interview has audio problems in its second half.)","extent":"01:37:40","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-82","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":85,"namepart":"Tad Sato"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Stephen Fugita"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"August 15, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tad Sato narrator \nStephen Fugita interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-stad-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-159","model":"entity","index":"10 10/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-159/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-159/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-cconnie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-cconnie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Connie Thorson Chandler","description":"White female. Born 1938 in Denver, Colorado. Father worked for the Bureau of Reclamation at the time WWII broke out, so family lived in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, in 1942. Mrs. Chandler was a child at the time, and attended elementary school in Minidoka. Moved to Twin Falls for junior high and high school years before attending the University of Washington. Lives on Lopez Island, Washington, spending part of the year in a small community in Honduras.","extent":"01:11:05","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-159","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":175,"namepart":"Connie Thorson Chandler"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"David Neiwert"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Lopez Island, Washington","creation":"May 25, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Connie Thorson Chandler narrator \nDavid Neiwert interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-cconnie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-17","model":"entity","index":"11 11/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-17/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-17/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hgordon-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hgordon-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Gordon Hirabayashi Interview I","description":"Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World War II, he was one of only a handful of individuals to challenge the curfew and removal orders being enforced against Japanese on the West Coast, citing \"Christian principles,\" and asserting \"a duty to maintain the democratic standards for which this nation lives.\" He turned himself in to the FBI, was found guilty, and served time for violating the curfew order, and failing to report for \"evacuation.\" While serving time for this conviction, Gordon was served with a draft notice and again, refused to comply. He subsequently served another period of time as a draft resister. In 1983, a team of attorneys filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. Gordon's convictions surrounding the incarceration were vacated by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 24, 1987, which argued in part that, \"racial bias was the cornerstone of the internment orders.\"","extent":"02:53:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-17","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":19,"namepart":"Gordon Hirabayashi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Supreme Court cases -- Gordon Hirabayashi","id":"97"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"April 26, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Gordon Hirabayashi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hgordon-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-18","model":"entity","index":"12 12/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-18/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-18/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hgordon-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-hgordon-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Gordon Hirabayashi Interview II","description":"Nisei male. Born April 23, 1918, in Seattle, Washington. Spent most of his childhood in Thomas, Washington, where his parents were part of a Christian farming co-op. Attended the University of Washington where he was active in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the conscientious objector movement, and became a Quaker. At the outbreak of World War II, he was one of only a handful of individuals to challenge the curfew and removal orders being enforced against Japanese on the West Coast, citing \"Christian principles,\" and asserting \"a duty to maintain the democratic standards for which this nation lives.\" He turned himself in to the FBI, was found guilty, and served time for violating the curfew order, and failing to report for \"evacuation.\" While serving time for this conviction, Gordon was served with a draft notice and again, refused to comply. He subsequently served another period of time as a draft resister. In 1983, a team of attorneys filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. Gordon's convictions surrounding the incarceration were vacated by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 24, 1987, which argued in part that, \"racial bias was the cornerstone of the internment orders.\"","extent":"02:31:45","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-18","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":19,"namepart":"Gordon Hirabayashi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"World War II -- Resistance and dissidence -- Supreme Court cases -- Gordon Hirabayashi","id":"97"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 25, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Gordon Hirabayashi narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-hgordon-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-111","model":"entity","index":"13 13/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-111/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-111/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I","description":"Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World War II, husband was arrested and imprisoned in the Crystal City Department of Justice Camp, Texas. Mrs. Ichikawa, with her seven children, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, then to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Joined husband in Crystal City before returning to run the Seattle Buddhist Temple.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.)","extent":"02:27:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-111","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":111,"namepart":"Yasashi Ichikawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0160f5w","namepart":"Ichikawa, Yasashi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"October 16, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yasashi Ichikawa narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ichikawa, Yasashi 88922nr0160f5w","download_large":"denshovh-iyasashi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-112","model":"entity","index":"14 14/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-112/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-112/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Yasashi Ichikawa Interview II","description":"Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World War II, husband was arrested and imprisoned in the Crystal City Department of Justice Camp, Texas. Mrs. Ichikawa, with her seven children, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, then to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Joined husband in Crystal City before returning to run the Seattle Buddhist Temple.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.)","extent":"02:21:43","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-112","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":111,"namepart":"Yasashi Ichikawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tomoyo Yamada"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0160f5w","namepart":"Ichikawa, Yasashi"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 20, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yasashi Ichikawa narrator \nTomoyo Yamada interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ichikawa, Yasashi 88922nr0160f5w","download_large":"denshovh-iyasashi-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-140","model":"entity","index":"15 15/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-140/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-140/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mitsu Fukui Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born September 21, 1911, in Seattle, Washington. Had a younger sister and three younger brothers. Father, Riichiro Fukano, employed by Oriental Trading Company as a bookkeeper in Seattle, before operating a dry cleaning business. Mother, Kiyono (Miyama) Fukano, a seamstress. Learned dressmaking from mother, and helped in the shop. Family lived upstairs above the shop, in a neighborhood with few Japanese American families. Paternal grandfather and grandmother joined the household and lived with them for eleven years before returning to Japan. Father served many years as secretary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Mother served as president of Buddhist Women's Association. Graduated from Lincoln High School in 1930, attended University of Washington one year, and attended school in Japan one year. While living in Fukuoka Ken, served as interpreter for Charles Lindbergh, Yasha Heifetz, and other notable visitors. Married William Owari Fukui, an Issei, in 1936. Husband also in dry cleaning business. Son born 1939. Moved back to parents' house, along with her husband and son, in order to be together with her mother and brothers, when incarcerated in Puyallup Assembly Center in May, 1942. Father had been picked up earlier by FBI, after December 7, 1941, detained and interned separately. Incarcerated in Minidoka concentration camp. Son attended nursery school in Minidoka while she and husband worked. Released on indefinite leave in 1944 with husband and son, to relocate in Detroit, MI. Car vandalized and burglarized in Minidoka camp, during their drive back to Seattle in 1945. Protested lack of assistance from Minidoka concentration camp staff. With husband, started another dry cleaning business in Seattle, overcoming discrimination in financing. Retired from dry cleaning business. Did volunteer work for Children's Hospital in Seattle for over 30 years and provided home care for two and a half years for her husband who suffered from a severe stroke. After his death, she provided volunteer services at Seattle Keiro for six and a half years.","extent":"03:11:34","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-140","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":133,"namepart":"Mitsu Fukui"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006n532","namepart":"Fukui, Mitsu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 18 & 19, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Mitsu Fukui narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Fukui, Mitsu 88922nr006n532","download_large":"denshovh-fmitsu-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-163","model":"entity","index":"16 16/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-163/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-163/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-03-a.jpg"},"title":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview III","description":"Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in many civic organizations such as the American Council on Race Relations. Later moved to Seattle, Washington, and worked for CAMP, the Central Area Motivation Program, the Model Cities program, and Public Health.","extent":"03:37:45","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-163","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":174,"namepart":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014dw0s","namepart":"Ishikawa, Elaine"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"June 24, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ishikawa, Elaine 88922nr014dw0s","download_large":"denshovh-helaine-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-5","model":"entity","index":"17 17/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-byone-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-byone-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Yone Bartholomew Interview II","description":"Nisei female. Born July 15, 1906, in Bedderavia, California. Was given for adoption by her parents to a couple who could not have children of their own. Grew up on a family farm and was one of the oldest Nisei in the Santa Barbara area of California. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Widow of Clarence Arai, lawyer and key figure in founding of the Japanese American Citizens League. In her interview, discusses childhood and memories of being married to Clarence during the turbulent war years. After the war, supported the family and cared for the ailing Clarence until his death in 1964. Remarried to George Bartholomew in 1978.","extent":"01:56:23","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-5","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":7,"namepart":"Yone Bartholomew"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tracy Lai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006kk84","namepart":"Arai, Vivian Yone"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 8, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yone Bartholomew narrator \nTracy Lai interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Arai, Vivian Yone 88922nr006kk84","download_large":"denshovh-byone-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-157","model":"entity","index":"18 18/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-157/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-157/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview I","description":"Nisei female. Born June 30, 1923, in Willows, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Sacramento Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to attend college in Wisconsin, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Post-World War II, was active in many civic organizations such as the American Council on Race Relations. Later moved to Seattle, Washington, and worked for CAMP, the Central Area Motivation Program, the Model Cities program, and Public Health.","extent":"07:56:10","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-157","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":174,"namepart":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014dw0s","namepart":"Ishikawa, Elaine"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 12 & 13, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ishikawa, Elaine 88922nr014dw0s","download_large":"denshovh-helaine-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-158","model":"entity","index":"19 19/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-158/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-158/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-helaine-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes Interview II","description":"Nisei female. 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Later moved to Seattle, Washington, and worked for CAMP, the Central Area Motivation Program, the Model Cities program, and Public Health.","extent":"04:03:19","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-158","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":174,"namepart":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014dw0s","namepart":"Ishikawa, Elaine"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 18, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Elaine Ishikawa Hayes narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Ishikawa, Elaine 88922nr014dw0s","download_large":"denshovh-helaine-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-113","model":"entity","index":"20 20/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-113/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-113/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Lorraine Bannai Interview","description":"Sansei female. Born 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, California, surrounded by a large Japanese American community. Influenced by father's role in community and politics, and mother's emphasis on education. Attended University of California, Santa Barbara where she became increasingly aware of Japanese American history, issues of ethnic identity and racial inequality. Attended the University of San Francisco School of Law where she honed her commitment to political and social activism. Only a few years out of law school, she joined a team of lawyers working to reopen the Supreme Court's 1944 decision in Korematsu v. United States. Convicted of violating the exclusion order during World War II, Mr. Korematsu's case went all the way to the Supreme Court where the exclusion and incarceration of Japanese Americans was upheld as constitutional, based on the government's argument of \"military necessity.\" Through a petition for writ of error coram nobis (establishing that the case was premised on errors of fact withheld from the judge and the defense by the prosecution), the legal team reopened the case, provided evidence that the factual underpinnings to the exclusion orders were fraudulent, and successfully had the Korematsu conviction vacated, as well as a handful of other similar convictions. In this interview, Ms. Bannai discusses the coram nobis legal team, the support for the effort among the Japanese American community, and personal lessons gained from being a part of this effort.","extent":"04:11:39","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-113","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":112,"namepart":"Lorraine Bannai"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Margaret Chon"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai/Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"March 23 & 24, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Lorraine Bannai narrator \nMargaret Chon interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai/Dana Hoshide videographer","download_large":"denshovh-blorraine-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-170","model":"entity","index":"21 21/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-170/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-170/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpeggie-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-bpeggie-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born March 31, 1909, in Vashon Island, Washington. Raised in Vashon Island and Des Moines, Washington, before being removed with her two children to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. Later transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago, Illinois. Lived and worked in Chicago before eventually returning to Seattle, Washington.","extent":"07:02:27","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-170","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":184,"namepart":"Peggie Nishimura Bain"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006hx94","namepart":"Yorita, Fusako Peggy"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"September 15-17, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Peggie Nishimura Bain narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Yorita, Fusako Peggy 88922nr006hx94","download_large":"denshovh-bpeggie-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-65","model":"entity","index":"22 22/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-65/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-65/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-npaul-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-npaul-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Paul Nagano Interview","description":"Sansei male. Born, June 17, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in \"Little Tokyo,\" and the Boyle Heights area. During World War II, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Became ordained as a Baptist minister while incarcerated, ministering to fellow camp inmates and leading ecumenical worship services in camp. Left Poston to attend Bethel Theological Seminary in St Paul, Minnesota. Following the war, resettled in Los Angeles and established the Japanese Baptist Church, later renamed to Evergreen Baptist Church. Appointed the first director of Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society. Spent eight years as pastor of the Makiki Church in Honolulu. Returned to the mainland and earned his doctorate degree (D. Rel.) from the School of Theology, Claremont, California, authoring a thesis on Japanese American identity, ethnic pluralism, and Christianity. Spent fifteen years as Pastor as Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington. Taught at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, California, and served as Director of the Council for Pacific Asian Theology, Oakland, California. Presently, Minister-at-Large-Northern California Japanese American Church Federation.","extent":"01:36:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-65","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":64,"namepart":"Paul Nagano"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Stephen Fugita"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zr2p","namepart":"Nagano, Paul Makoto"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 25, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Paul Nagano narrator \nStephen Fugita interviewer \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer Nagano, Paul Makoto 88922nr015zr2p","download_large":"denshovh-npaul-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-118","model":"entity","index":"23 23/{'value': 954, '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-1000-132-37","model":"segment","index":"24 24/{'value': 954, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-132-37/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-132-37/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"},"title":"George Yoshida Interview Segment 37","description":"Decision to go back to school for teaching credentials; difficulty finding jobs because of racial background","extent":"00:03:55","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-132-37","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":126,"namepart":"George Yoshida"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"John Pai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"John Pai"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","geography":[{"term":"Berkeley, California","id":"\"http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7013386\""}],"rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"February 18, 2002","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Yoshida narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nJohn Pai interviewer \nJohn Pai videographer","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Pai, John","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"]}}