Post-World War II

img "Kuga family from Kumamoto ken" (ddr-densho-259-490)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait in Japan, which Yuka has captioned as the 'Kuga family from Kumamoto ken.' Shown here is a stair-stepping size gradation of their 5 boys."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-490/

img Japanese doctor's clinic (ddr-densho-259-493)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This portrait appears to have been a Japanese doctors' clinic in Japan It shows five Japanese women dressed in white uniforms so they must have been nurses in the clinic. Whom I presume to have been the owner-doctor is dressed in a morning coat and striped pants, and is even wearing dove-gray …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-493/

img Japanese mother and child wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-483)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese mother and child wearing kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-483/

img Japanese woman and girls wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-492)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese woman and two girls wearing kimono, posed with a stuffed dog.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-492/

img Japanese woman and children (ddr-densho-259-494)

Unidentified Japanese woman and children wearing kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-494/

img Japanese relatives with a Shinto priest (ddr-densho-259-497)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portrait of Japanese relatives, with a Shinto priest I don't know the reason for this family gathering of representatives from both sides of our family, but I will guess that it had to do with the deification of one of our ancestors--maybe even Ichiro Miyake."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-497/

img Portrait of Japanese family in Nanukaichi (ddr-densho-259-495)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal portrait of the Saburo and Fumi Miyake Midori (Saburo & Fumi's firstborn child), Goro, Shiro, Saburo, and Saburo/[Shidzuyo Yasui]'s mother, Hisa Fujii Miyake."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-495/

img Japanese woman and girls wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-486)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese woman and two unidentified Japanese girls wearing kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-486/

img Japanese women on tatami mats (ddr-densho-259-489)

Rei Kuga and an unidentified woman wearing kimono sitting on tatami mats.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-489/

doc Notification of appointment date (ddr-densho-278-9)

Appointment notice for Henry Watanabe to return to the United States from Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-278-9/

doc Supplemental questionnaire to the request for re-entry into the United States (ddr-densho-278-20)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-278-20/

doc Memo regarding "American Citizenship of Persons of Japanese Ancestry Resident in Japan" (ddr-densho-278-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-278-8/

doc Memo regarding "American Citizenship of Persons of Japanese Ancestry Resident in Japan" (ddr-densho-278-6)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-278-6/

img Japanese man fueling up a truck (ddr-densho-299-117)

Caption: "After a few minutes they would crank away and store enough gas to drive for a while."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-117/

img A Japanese family returning from a funeral (ddr-densho-299-38)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1862. 18 March 49 / NRS project: / Another example of the use of wood / products (paper) in the daily life / of the Japanese - a family returning / from a funeral. The boy is holding / paper decoration used at Buddhist / funeral ceremony and the woman is / carrying …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-38/

img Japanese nurse bandages injured infant (ddr-densho-299-43)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5608. 30 June 48 / Medical aid for earthquake: / A Japanese first aid attendent puts / the finishing touches to the bandage / which she has placed around this / Japanese infant's injured head. The / earthquake, worst Japanese post war / disaster, struck merclessly [sic] late / in the afternoon og …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-43/

img Young Japanese women showing the different styles of clothing worn (ddr-densho-299-180)

Caption: "By the end of the war, almost all working women wore the mompei shown at the right. / Then on festival days, women began appearing in the traditional kimono without the wig. / Then as dependents began arriving, more and more women began appearing in western / style clothing as the PX began to carry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-180/

img Rubble left from fire bomb attacks (ddr-densho-299-123)

Caption: "The effectiveness of our fire bombs is evident everywhere, especially in the / industrial areas where a forest of smokestacks and concrete walls are all that stand."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-123/

img District of houses in Tokyo, Japan (ddr-densho-299-52)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1952. 25 March 49 / NRS Project: / Extensive use of wood in construction / of domestic housing in Japan. Crowded conditions due to lack of available / space create a fire hazard which is / eventually a drain on the forests of / the country. Shinjuku, Yotsuya-Ku Tokyo metropolitan area. / Photographer …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-52/

img A man working on a wooden barrel (ddr-densho-299-6)

Caption on reverse: "?-49-1942. 25 March 49. / ? Project: / Wooden tub maker - extensive / wood in household utensils. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-6/

img Scenic view with mountain in the background (ddr-densho-299-210)

Caption: "Scenic view on the road to Nikko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-210/

img Wooden homes in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-27)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-2109. 30 March 49 / NRS Project: / Two story wooden domestic dwellings / in Tokyo area. / Photographer - Crowe / Photograph by U.S. Army."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-27/

img Rickshaws and buses on the streets of Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-124)

Caption: "1946. The only transportation for the public, charcoal fueled buses and rickshas [sic]. Only other / vehicles on the streets of Tokyo, jeeps and other armed forces vehicles."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-124/

img Sadao Araki testifying on his own behalf during the trials (ddr-densho-299-157)

Caption: "Sadao Araki, Former war minister, minister of supreme war council, education minister / became the first of 25 to testify on his own behalf."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-157/

img United States and Japanese soldiers looking at confiscated equipment (ddr-densho-299-2)

Caption on reverse: "More / confiscated / and captured / equipment."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-299-2/

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