(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":"02:59:02","links_children":"ddr-janm-13-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":172,"namepart":"Richard Kosaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Mitchell Maki"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Akira Boch"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American National Museum Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"March 29, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Richard Kosaki narrator \nMitchell Maki interviewer \nAkira Boch videographer","download_large":"denshovh-krichard-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1002-7","model":"entity","index":"7 4957/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1002-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-uharry-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1002/denshovh-uharry-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Harry Ueno Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. Accused of beating up a suspected government informant and was placed in jail, sparking the so-called \"Manzanar Riot.\" Was moved to various jails and the Citizen Isolation Centers Leupp, Arizona, and Moab, Utah, before being reunited with his family in Tule Lake Segregation Center. After release from camp, moved to the Santa Clara Valley, raised three children, and became a farmer.
(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":"03:58:49","links_children":"ddr-densho-1002-7","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":141,"namepart":"Harry Ueno"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Emiko Omori"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Emiko Omori and Witt Mons"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr012m793","namepart":"Ueno, Harry Yoshiyo"}],"contributor":"Emiko and Chizuko Omori Collection","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Mateo, California","creation":"February 18, 1994","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Harry Ueno narrator \nEmiko Omori interviewer \nEmiko Omori and Witt Mons videographer Ueno, Harry Yoshiyo 88922nr012m793","download_large":"denshovh-uharry-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-44","model":"entity","index":"8 4958/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-44/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-44/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg"},"title":"William Marutani Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After military service, became an attorney and then a judge. Served as the legal counsel for the Japanese American Citizens League from 1962 to 1970. Was the only Japanese American appointed to serve on the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) during the redress movement.
(This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The interviews therefore focused primarily on a single topic, namely, the narrator's role in the redress movement.)","extent":"00:52:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-44","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":50,"namepart":"William Marutani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Kawaguchi"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zq9m","namepart":"Marutani, William Masaharu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"University of CA, Los Angeles","creation":"September 11, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"William Marutani narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nGary Kawaguchi interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Marutani, William Masaharu 88922nr015zq9m","download_large":"denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1007-1775","model":"entity","index":"9 4959/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1775/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1007-1775/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1007/ddr-densho-1007-1775-mezzanine-87ee174174-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1007/ddr-densho-1007-1775-mezzanine-87ee174174-a.jpg"},"title":"Interview with Don Oka, Steve Yagi, and Shigeo Ito, part 7 of 8","description":"Continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1621/. Oka is on the left, Yagi in the center, and Ito on the right. Yagi discusses his family (some of whom were near Hiroshima at the time of the bomb) and their situation after the war, being discharged from the military, joining and working for the post office, and wanting to switch to the 442nd after serving in the Aleutian Islands, and volunteering for the military. Oka and Yagi discuss their feelings on the atom bomb and the 442nd. Oka discusses the death of his younger brother, his 7-year recovery from tuberculosis after service, and attending school after returning from Japan. Ito discusses his feelings on service and what he did after the war. Interview starts at 0:44. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II LA #53, 7-26-85, Oka, Yagi, Ito VII. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1776/","extent":"00:20:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1007-1775","creators":[{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ding, Loni"},{"role":"interviewee","namepart":"Oka, Don"},{"role":"interviewee","namepart":"Yagi, Steve"},{"role":"interviewee","namepart":"Ito, Shigeo"}],"topics":[{"term":"Arts and literature -- Performing arts -- Film -- Documentaries","id":"251"},{"term":"World War II -- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki","id":"109"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service","id":"88"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"},{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- Military Intelligence Service","id":"91"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Oka, Don"},{"namepart":"Yagi, Steve"},{"namepart":"Ito, Shigeo"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"July 26, 1985","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ding, Loni interviewer \nOka, Don interviewee \nYagi, Steve interviewee \nIto, Shigeo interviewee Oka, Don \nYagi, Steve \nIto, Shigeo","download_large":"ddr-densho-1007-1775-mezzanine-87ee174174-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-78","model":"entity","index":"10 4960/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-78/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-78/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-78-mezzanine-490fbe039a-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-78-mezzanine-490fbe039a-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 1 (February 26, 1944)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Issuance of All Seasonal Leaves Halted\" (p. 1), \"House Rejects One, Passes Other Nisei Bill\" (p. 1), \"Tule Lake Evacuee Arrested on Liquor Charge\" (p. 1), \"Child Dies of Burns Suffered in Ash Pit\" (p. 1), \"Absentee Ballots of Seattle Ready\" (p. 1), \"Director D.S. Myer Clarifies Nisei Men Draft Situation\" (p. 1), \"ASTP Tests for Nisei Men Starts\" (p. 1), \"Buttons Must Be Displayed By Convoy Riders\" (p. 1), \"Pedestrians Asked to Keep Off Roads for Safety Reasons\" (p. 1), \"Japan Refuses Negotiations for Third Exchange\" (p. 1), \"Salt Lake City Seeks to Freeze Japanese Firms\" (p. 1), \"Two Nisei Withdraw Test Case on Legality of Ogden License Denial\" (p. 1), \"Ickes Announces Disbanding of Jerome Center\" (p. 1), \"97 Nisei Draftees Accepted by Army\" (p. 1), \"Five Youths Plead Guilt to Draft Evasion Charges\" (p. 1), \"Youth Arrested on Sedition Charge\" (p. 1), \"Fair Play for Nisei Asked in Petition by Ninety Prominent Salt Lakers\" (p. 2), \"Missionary Who Returned on Gripsholm to Talk\" (p. 2).","extent":"1972W x 2672H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-78","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pdm","genre":"periodical","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"February 26, 1944","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-78-mezzanine-490fbe039a-a.jpg"},{"id":"163","model":"narrator","index":"11 4961/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/163/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/163/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kben.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kben.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/163/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ben Kuroki","bio":"Nisei male. Born May 16, 1917, in Hershey, Nebraska. Admitted to the Army Air Corps and flew thirty missions in Europe in a B-24 as a tailgunner and top turret gunner. Earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero. Spoke at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and two other camps in order to help encourage draft recruitment. Subpoenaed as a witness in the conspiracy trial of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee leaders. Later became the only Nisei to service in active combat with the Air Corps in the Pacific Theater, and flew twenty-eight additional missions over Japan. After World War II, became the first Japanese American editor of a general newspaper in Nebraska, and later edited newspapers in suburban Michigan and Southern California."},{"id":"909","model":"narrator","index":"12 4962/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/909/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/909/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-461_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-461_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/909/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ronald Ikejiri","bio":"Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to Japan, and reunited instead at the Crystal City camp in Texas. After leaving camp, returned to California and started a gardening business in Gardena, California. Ronald attended UCLA and then graduated from the Northrop University School of Law. In the late 1970s, took a position as the Washington representative for the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and worked during the redress movement. Elected to the Gardena City Council in 2001."},{"id":"99","model":"narrator","index":"13 4963/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/99/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/99/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ushigeko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ushigeko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/99/interviews/"},"display_name":"Shigeko Sese Uno","bio":"Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to Japan right before the war started. Incarcerated with her family in the Puyallup Assembly Center with a newborn baby, moving to Minidoka concentration camp before relocating to the East Coast. Returned to Seattle in 1947 and became the first Asian American and first woman to work at the Rainier Heat and Power Company, then a key property owner and landlord in the International District. She was the first woman president of the Japanese American Citizens League, and played a lead role in the redress movement."},{"id":"103","model":"narrator","index":"14 4964/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/103/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/103/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wharvey.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/wharvey.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/103/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harvey Watanabe","bio":"Nisei male. Born February 7, 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."},{"id":"120","model":"narrator","index":"15 4965/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/120/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/120/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ttomiye.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ttomiye.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/120/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tomiye Terasaki","bio":"Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, raised three children and jointly ran a successful cafe. Returned to Sacramento after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to be with family in 1942, until all persons of Japanese ancestry were removed from West Coast. Gave birth to a son while at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, and converted to Christianity. Remarried to Mr. Terasaki after first husband's death. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terasaki resided in Los Angeles, making and repairing Japanese calligraphy scrolls."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-12-27","model":"entity","index":"16 4966/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-12-27/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-12-27/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-12/ddr-csujad-12-27-mezzanine-473f8f8d59-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-12/ddr-csujad-12-27-mezzanine-473f8f8d59-a.jpg"},"title":"Attached answers to affidavit questions","description":"This item contains the more in-depth answers to questions on the affidavit that Tsugitada Kanamori submitted. In these extended answers to questions about Kanamori's repatriation to Japan and his refusal to pledge allegiance to the United States, he discusses his fear of violence and desire to keep his family together which resulted in his answering of \"no\" to the the Loyalty Questionnaire in Poston. He also discusses his marriage to Grace Kazuko Miyamoto in the Tule Lake camp in March 1944 and briefly explains that his father was first brought to the Santa Fe Department of Justice Camp, while the rest of his family was first brought to Poston. Eventually they were all moved to the Tule Lake incarceration camp. Kanamori wanted to apply for \"relocation\" but was coerced by his family and fearful of violence outside of the camp, thus resulting in him remaining in camp with the rest of his family. 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The golden age which the Meiji University Judo Club experienced before was obtained with his power. Can it be said it is an odd chance of fortune that this time he is the coach of the same Judo club which is commemorating the outstanding records of their championship in the all-Japan high school competition with an overseas tour? Last year he was recommended by this team to compete in Japan's national upper level competition. In the Tokyo region's preliminary contest of the 2nd ward, he won the victory from a crowd of powerful players and received a title in Tokyo, and also in the 2nd ward (Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, Kanagawa). After competing day after day, he took him on for the final battle of the upper level and, after a fight full of sparks, he took \"a half point\" but gave the victory to his opponent and drank a thousand laments. He hadn't had a match in America, but it would be a great opportunity this time, under good conditions.\"","extent":"6.5W x 1.75H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-1028","format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Makino, Masanobu"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","creation":"31-Oct-31","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Makino, Masanobu","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-1028-master-012a52051e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-1-1102","model":"entity","index":"22 4972/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-1102/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-1-1102/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-1/ddr-njpa-1-1102-mezzanine-56a0c26fb0-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-1/ddr-njpa-1-1102-mezzanine-56a0c26fb0-a.jpg"},"title":"Clipping regarding Wang Jingwei","description":"Caption on front [translation]: \"His Real Name is Wang Zhaoming. Called Jingwei. Central Figure of New Central Government. The name Wang Zhaoming has been appearing in our newspapers daily as the central figure of the new Chinese central government. As he is also known by the name Wang Jingwei, we've been receiving questions as to whether Wang Zhaoming and Wang Jingwei are different people. His real name is Wang Zhaoming and Jingwei is his courtesy name. According to Heibonsha's encyclopedia, 'a courtesy name is a commonly used nickname. The custom of using a courtesty name when exchanging names is originally Chinese. As it is thought disrespectful to use someone's real name, people usually use courtesy names when referring to each other. When this custom entered Japan in the Heian era, the registrar of the Monjoin used the courtesy name of each student in its registry when they entered schools. Before long Confucianists came to always use this name and it effectively became their usual name. As Confucianism spread during the Tokugawa period, many came to use them. Such names have of course ceased to be used following the Meiji Restoration.' 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George's parents were Kibei, born in Hawaii, then educated in Japan before returning to the U.S. Nakano grew up in Los Angeles until he was six years old. When WWII started, the Nakano family was incarcerated in the concentration camps at Jerome, Arkansas, and Tule Lake, California. After the war, the Nakanos resettled in Norwalk and then East Los Angeles. Nakano graduated from John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in 1954 and worked at Hughes Aircraft while attending evening classes at El Camino College in Torrance and California State University, Los Angeles, where he earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and his master's degree in education. Nakano was the first Japanese American elected to the Torrance City Council in 1984 and served four terms until he was elected to the California State Assembly in 1998. At the time of this interview, he was finishing his second four-year term.\r\n\r\nThis interview is part of the South Bay History Project created by the South Bay Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.","extent":"2:49:32","links_children":"ddr-densho-400-17","creators":[{"role":"narrator","id":592,"namepart":"George Sakaye Nakano"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Albert Muratsuchi"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"California","facility":[{"term":"Jerome","id":"6"},{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"May 16, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"George Sakaye Nakano narrator \nAlbert Muratsuchi interviewer","download_large":"ddr-densho-400-17-1-mezzanine-3162fb3644-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-132","model":"entity","index":"24 4974/{'value': 5033, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-132/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-132/","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","description":"Nisei male. 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Organized the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece swing band based in San Francisco, which performs at community events and festivals. Author of the book Reminiscing in Swingtime: Japanese Americans in American Popular Music, 1925-1960, published by the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, California.","extent":"03:49:01","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-132","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"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0122p80","namepart":"Yoshida, George"}],"contributor":"Densho","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 Yoshida, George 88922nr0122p80","download_large":"denshovh-ygeorge-01-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"japan","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"]}}