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(The Tsutakawas were interviewed at the former site of the Tule Lake incarceration camp, in the context of a larger Tule Lake reunion, called the \"Tule Lake Pilgrimage, Journey of Remembrance and Discovery,\" organized by the Tule Lake Committee. This Pilgrimage was attended by people from up and down the West Coast, and included a narrated walking tour of the campsite, panel lectures, intergenerational discussion groups, cultural performances, and an interfaith religious ceremony.)","extent":"00:32:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-96","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":94,"namepart":"Ayame Tsutakawa"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":95,"namepart":"Mayumi Tsutakawa"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":96,"namepart":"Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn"},{"role":"narrator","oh_id":97,"namepart":"Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tracy Lai"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zr73","namepart":"Iwasa, Ayame"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Klamath Falls, Oregon","creation":"July 3, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Ayame Tsutakawa narrator \nMayumi Tsutakawa narrator \nKenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn narrator \nYayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn narrator \nTracy Lai interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Iwasa, Ayame 88922nr015zr73","download_large":"denshovh-tayame_g-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-122","model":"entity","index":"3 4978/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-122/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-122/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomiye Terasaki Interview","description":"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.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki'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. Terasaki's manner of speaking. Mrs. Terasaki spoke in the Fukuoka dialect.)","extent":"01:03:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-122","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":120,"namepart":"Tomiye Terasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ken Silverman"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010wd4q","namepart":"Sakita, Tomiye"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"July 3, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomiye Terasaki narrator \nKen Silverman interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Sakita, Tomiye 88922nr010wd4q","download_large":"denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-34","model":"entity","index":"4 4979/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-34/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-34/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 6 (April 3, 1943)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Needy Given Financial Assistance. Initial Living Costs, Train Fare Provided Through WRA Grants\" (p. 1), \"Army Exams Here on April 5; Col. Merrill Visits, Airs Plans\" (p. 1), \"January Clothing Payroll Completed\" (p. 1), \"New Co-op Board of Directors Headed by Y. Fujii Installed\" (p. 1), \"Pump Breakdown Causes Critical Water Shortage\" (p. 1), \"Parent-Soldier Group Formation Proposed. Association to Back Up Soldiers With Service and Morale Program\" (p. 1), \"Army School Head Seeks Instructors. Several Interviewed For Teaching Jobs At Savage, Minnesota\" (p. 1), \"Revised Procedure Speeds Up Granting of Leave Permits\" (p. 1), \"Mercy Drive Tops $2,600\" (p. 2), \"Kansas' Plans for Use of Evacuee Labor Hits Snag\" (p. 2), \"Idaho Economist to Aid Relocation\" (p. 2), \"Takigawa Resigns. Fair Labor Board Executive Post\" (p. 3), \"Fire Causes Minor Damage\" (p. 3), \"Nakamura Works in Chicago War Plant; Says Conditions Fine\" (p. 3), \"Counselor's Office Ready to Accept Messages to Japan\" (p. 3), \"Topaz Youth Makes Trout Flies; Donates To Armed Forces\" (p. 3), \"Internment Camp For Families Not Ready Yet -- Myer. Transfer To Rejoin Interned Relatives In Texas Delayed\" (p. 3), \"Evacuees Leaving Urged to Apply For Ration Books\" (p. 6), \"Prompt Service Assured Evacuee Property Owners\" (p. 6).","extent":"1578W x 2066H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-34","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":"April 3, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},{"id":"205","model":"narrator","index":"5 4980/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/205/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/205/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kfred.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/kfred.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/205/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fred Korematsu","bio":"Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of 1942, taken to jail, and eventually transferred to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, where his family was being held. He legally challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, and his case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the order in 1944. Following World War II, Mr. Korematsu moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he married and raised a family before returning to California. 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, and in 1998, Mr. Korematsu was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom."},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-2","model":"entity","index":"6 4981/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-2-master-e395d1e63d-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-2-master-e395d1e63d-a.jpg"},"title":"Photograph and article","description":"Caption on reverse [translation]: \"The Man Who Shoulders Our Cotton Industry - Fusajiro Abe. The textiles Industry in the nation faces challenging era. Recent trade talks including Shimura meeting and Japan and Dutch East Indies meetings have been focusing on extremely low and exclusion of our cotton products. Serving as the director of the two textiles industry giants in the nation, Kanebo and Toyobo, Cotton Spinners' Association Chairman Fusajiro Abe is playing a key role as the leader of the industry. Born in 1868 in the Koshu area (Shiga prefecture), he has a former family name Tsuji. Working for a kimono fabric merchant right fter his graduation from elementary school, he spend six years until age 18 to gain trading skills. He went to Tokyo with little saving to attend Azabu Junior High School, former Tokyo Eiwa School, to study business, and moved on to attend Keio University. With a help of family business, Abe Pharmaceutical Company. Recognized as a strong business leader, he served as the senior director for Kanakin Boseki Company. Upon takeover in 1914 by Osaka Boseki Company managed by late Takeo Yamanobe, he continued to serve as a senior director. Merger with Mie Boseki Company created Toyo Boseki Company, where he continued to serve as the senior director of the operation. The textiles industry was at the lowest point before the war. Abe built firm foundation by expanding the overseas trading to India, Arab and Burma, contributing to the success of the industry currently enjoys. Promoted to be the Chief Executive Officer in 1920 and taking over the position of the late Tsunezo Saito 15 years ago, he is still serving as the Chief Officer. He also founded Showa Rayon in 1928, as well as Karafuto Kogyo Company with Heizaburo Okawa. Upon merger by Oji Paper Company, he remained as a director and a representative of the Kansai region. Abe also founded Kosho Company to expand cotton import and cotton product export, and his contribution to both textiles and paper industry of the nation is remarkable. Despite the common notion of Koshu natives as unfair business people, he is well-liked and patient. With his mild manner, confrontation is not an issue for this Koshu man. He has quiet leadership with his ability to make slow and steady progress. He was the first investor to take responsibility, compose recovery program and offer private fund when Omi Bank collapsed with frenzy economy in 1927. Displeased with the result of the Japan India Talk, Abe gave up his seat as the chairperson of Dainihon Cotton Spinners' Association Chairman, and Tsuda from Kanebo assumed the position, indicating strong leadership and trust Abe still demonstrates.\"","extent":"3W x 6H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-2","format":"img","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Abe, Fusajiro"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Abe, Fusajiro","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-2-master-e395d1e63d-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-38-2","model":"entity","index":"7 4982/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-38-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-2-mezzanine-d47a6b93d2-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-2-mezzanine-d47a6b93d2-a.jpg"},"title":"George Naohara's handwritten annotations","description":"English translations of handwritten annotations from \"George Naohara photo album\" (csudh_nao_0001), page 4: [Left] Several meetings were held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, prior to moving to the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. I attended those meetings. What was announced was that all Japanese Americans residing in California and the West Coast should move to “War Relocation Centers” and we, Japanese Americans, complied with the decision made by the U.S. government. We gathered at the Merynoll School in Los Angeles. We were directed to get on a train at the Union Station and sent to the Manzanar incarceration camp. We were allowed to bring one suitcase and one gallon of water. I was incarcerated. Two to three month later, the recruitment of farm laborers was announced: \"Farm laborers for sugar beets are needed in Idaho and Utah. Volunteers will be transported by bus. Follow the instructions.\" I signed up my name and became one of the passengers in a bus. In the bus, I run into Tadashi Sakaida age at 17. Tadashi Sakaida was one of the passengers of the Kamakura-maru which was the ship that I got on when sailing from Japan to the U.S. He was one of my friends. We was delighted to be reunited, and we both worked in a farm together for two years, earning one dollar per hour. [Center] After incarcerated in the Manzanar camp in California, the recruitment of farm laborers for sugar beets was announced. Maybe about 150 people were hired. I was assigned to C.C.C. Camp [Civilian Conservation Corps Camp] in Rupert, Idaho, where young trouble makers were detained. I went to Idaho. They immediately needed to accommodate three meals for all the laborers, and the mess hall work was an urgent demand. That was my first time to meet the cooks and other staff in the mess hall, and I did not know who they were. Among the mess hall staff, George Naohara was a young man at age 20. The mess hall staff consisted of six people. The kitchen work was very busy. [Right bottom] The mess hall of C.C.C. Camp [Civilian Conservation Corps Camp] was well furnished with good kitchen appliances and tools. I was raised in Japan and did not know how to operate or use them, but I was able to figure it out. Senior people and the experienced people taught me how to cook. I was impressed by the facilities in America and admired the advanced lifestyle which was totally different from that of Issei strawberry pickers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_004","extent":"1 page, 8 x 8.75 inches, handwritten; black and white","links_children":"ddr-csujad-38-2","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Naohara, George, 1919-2014"}],"topics":[{"term":"Identity and values -- Kibei","id":"45"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles","id":"272"},{"term":"World War II -- Mass removal (\"evacuation\") -- Japanese American community responses","id":"52"},{"term":"World War II -- Mass removal (\"evacuation\") -- Preparation","id":"189"},{"term":"World War II -- Leaving camp -- Work leave","id":"103"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"status":"completed","search_hidden":"Naohara, George, 1919-2014 author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-38-2-mezzanine-d47a6b93d2-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-493-5","model":"entity","index":"8 4983/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-493-5/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-493-5/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-493/ddr-densho-493-5-mezzanine-f0815dbecf-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-493/ddr-densho-493-5-mezzanine-f0815dbecf-a.jpg"},"title":"County Court ruling on James Faucett's estate","description":"Decision by Judge Adam Beeler: Lays out the history of the ownership of the land; its occupancy and the history of who had performed labor there; details the relationships of all those involved to the deceased; and history of the suit—in which the sister and niece of the deceased, Emma Morrisey and May Pickett, respectively, filed a petition contesting the will specifically because they claimed that their brother and uncle had been unduly influenced by Buichiro Itabashi at a time of unsound mind, and that \"the will is void for the reason that no valid devise can be made to an alien\" (referring to Buichiro, who was born in Japan). Summarizes evidence found in the testimony, including character of Faucett, details of the relationship between Faucett and the Itabashi family, and mental state and communicative ability of Faucett in the months leading up to his death from cancer. The judge ultimately rules that there is not sufficient evidence to prove that Faucett was unsound of mind at the time the will was written, that it was produced under undue influence by Itabashi, or that it was not a valid legal document. He also establishes based on the state constitution that an alien can acquire land by devise, concluding that \"The life estate to Buichiro Itabashi is valid.\" Writing on the back of the document in pencil in Japanese.","extent":"8.5W x 13H","links_children":"ddr-densho-493-5","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Beeler, Adam"}],"topics":[{"term":"Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation -- Alien land laws","id":"516"},{"term":"Immigration and citizenship -- Law and legislation -- Legal cases","id":"341"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Wright, Froude, Allen & Hilden"},{"namepart":"Reed, John F."},{"namepart":"Bogle, Bogle & Gates"},{"namepart":"Knickerbocker & Hunt"},{"namepart":"Faucett, James E."},{"nr_id":"88922/nr014f286","namepart":"Itabashi, Buichiro \"Johnny\""},{"namepart":"Petersen, H. 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Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the \"Music Makers,\" a dance band. Left Poston for Chicago in 1943, and was drafted into the U.S. Army. Underwent basic training in the armored (tank) corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was subsequently assigned to the Military Intelligence Language School at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Married Helen Furuyama in 1945, and moved to Berkeley, California, and later to El Cerrito, a neighboring community. George earned his teaching credential and taught in the Berkeley School District for thirty-five years. He raised four children: Cole, Clay, Maia and Lian. 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."},{"id":"1018","model":"narrator","index":"10 4985/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1018/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1018/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-528_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-528_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/1018/interviews/"},"display_name":"Frank Abe","bio":"Sansei male. Born 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio. During World War II, father was incarcerated the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentratin camp, Wyoming. Mother came to the United States from Japan in 1950. Frank grew up in Cleveland, where his parents owned a boarding house. Earned a B.A. in theater directing from the University of California at Santa Cruz and received professional actors' training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. An original member of the Asian American Theater Workshop in San Francisco. Helped organize the first Day of Remembrance event in Seattle in 1978. Instrumental in creating the National Council for Japanese American Redress in Seattle. Worked as a reporter for KIRO Newsradio in Seattle, and was the co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Later worked as Director of Communications for the King County Executive in Seattle. Filmmaker who made the documentary Conscience and the Constitution with Shannon Gee, author of JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy, and lead author of the graphic novel, We Hereby Refuse."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-7","model":"entity","index":"11 4986/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-7/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-7/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-7-mezzanine-46be419ef1-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-7-mezzanine-46be419ef1-a.jpg"},"title":"My future in the post-war America","description":"Term paper by Jogi Yamaguchi for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Jogi first discusses the choice he had to face in staying in America or leaving for Japan. He knows life in the US will be difficult and doesn't think he will ever see Los Angeles again. He seems worried of having to either start over from scratch, like his parents had had to or else stay in Manzanar \"as part of it's dirt.\" From childhood, Jogi wanted to sail the seas: before the war, he hoped to become a commercial radio telegraph operator for a ship. He would prefer a cargo ship but it would be more likely he would have worked on a tuna chipper for more regular employment. Since coming to camp, Jogi completely gave up on this dream. Much of the body consists of his struggles to live without bitterness toward the US and what incidents have caused this internal struggle. He will try to relocate to the East or Midwest to work on a farm. He seems to have little hope for the future in general but knows it will be better than current conditions. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9007. 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(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":"01:13:52","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-1","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":205,"namepart":"Fred 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 15, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Fred Korematsu narrator Korematsu, Fred Toyosaburo 88922nr008bb3x","download_large":"denshovh-kfred-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-138-40","model":"segment","index":"20 4995/{'value': 5019, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-138-40/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-138-40/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ytosh-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ytosh-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 40","description":"Visiting the relocated family home in Japan with mother and brothers, recalling old times
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