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img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-66)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-66/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-91)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Series of 3 photographs of [Shidzuyo Yasui] and her colleagues in Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-91/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-100)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-100/

img Japanese women playing battledore (ddr-densho-259-116)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this picture, [Shidzuyo Yasui] seems to be refereeing a battledore match between two young women. This game, which resembles badminton in a very sedate and genteel way, probably isn't played in Japan anymore, but it was in her day. The opponents bat a hard, round, marble-like thing, to which is attached …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-116/

img Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)

Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-295/

img Japanese American family on a boat to Japan (ddr-densho-259-11)

The Yasui family on a boat en route to Japan in 1926.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-11/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-519)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of the Reverend Isaac Inouye and his bride, Matsue I believe that they got married in Japan around 1935."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-519/

img Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-121)

Picture of Shidzuyo Yasui with unknown Japanese young women. Shizuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-121/

img Japanese American siblings at Nanukaichi, Japan (ddr-densho-259-4)

Roku and Michi Yasui at Nanukaichi, Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-4/

img Two families in Japan (ddr-densho-259-374)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Watanabe Family visiting Karasawa Family in Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-374/

img Girls by the Japanese seaside (ddr-densho-259-123)

Shidzuyo Yasui (standing at the top of the photograph) with a group of young women, probably her students, at the seaside on Awaji Island, Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-123/

img Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-101/

img Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group photo, [Shidzuyo Yasui] looks quite a bit older than a bunch of young girls, so this may have been a class of her students."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-111/

img Two Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-104)

Shidzuyo Yasui (right) with an unidentified woman in Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-104/

img Nikkei family with deer at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-390)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Yasuta and Ichino Kageyama family at Miyajima, Japan. [Left to right]: Eiichi (Bob), Ichino, Mikie, Mariko (Molly), Yasuta, Lina (Lena, Charlee)."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-390/

img Japanese women and girls on an engawa (ddr-densho-259-96)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] and a group of adult women and several young girls sitting on the engawa (veranda) of a typical Japanese home."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-96/

img Japanese women and girls in kimono (ddr-densho-259-119)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is one representative view [of Shidzuyo Yasui], although I have no idea who the people are that she's pictured with. Two young girls in kimono flank her, and a couple of older women stand behind her." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-119/

img Portrait of Sumito Horiuchi and Toshihito Jamura (ddr-densho-325-197)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-197/

img Portrait of Japanese boys (ddr-densho-325-191)

The names of each boy was written on the photograph sitting is Imao [illegible] and standing is Sumito Horiuchi. At the top of the picture is a line of Japanese text. Sumito Horiuchi studied in Japan from the ages 4 to 16 then finished high school in the United States.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-191/