Weddings

The rituals of weddings and funerals, whether Christian or Buddhist, were community events. The ceremonies were often elaborate and blended Japanese and American customs. During the World War II incarceration, many Issei (first-generation immigrant) parents confined in the camps were notified that their sons had died in combat.

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-291)

Wedding portrait captioned "Mr. and Mrs. Yasui." However, it does not appear to be a portrait of Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-291/

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 Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-524)

Wedding portrait of an unidentified Japanese couple

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-524/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-518)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait, presumably, of a young couple in Japan the man is wearing a formal montsuki, as well as the formal pleated trousers--hakama--and is holding the usual folded paper fan The bride, however, isn't wearing the usual horn-of-jealousy-concealing-white headcover--called a tsuno kakushi (literally, a horn hider)...I have no idea who the couple …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-518/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-516)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama's wedding picture the wedding was held in the living room of Ernest Chandler and Alice Smith's home There's a funny story that goes along with this August 13th wedding. Because the Bartlett pear harvest was about to start at any day at Willow Flat [farm] …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-516/

img Wedding (ddr-densho-26-203)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-203/

img Japanese American bride and groom (ddr-densho-26-291)

Includes a post-it that reads "June 10, 1930 Sugimoto Ehogeru Ayako"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-291/

img Japanese wedding (ddr-densho-26-257)

Jan-ichiro Tsukeimoto and Tsuneko - written on post-it note affixed to inside cover.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-257/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-26-178)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-178/

img Japanese American wedding (ddr-densho-26-156)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-156/

img Japanese American wedding party (ddr-densho-26-288)

Includes a post-it reading "Moriyama Takadano Baba Tokyo", also includes what is probably a diagram naming the people in accordance to location in the photo on page 2.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-288/

img Japanese American couple (ddr-densho-26-164)

Wedding photograph

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-164/

img Japanese American bride and bridesmaids (ddr-densho-26-122)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-122/

img Japanese American wedding (ddr-densho-26-194)

Father leads daughter down the aisle at a wedding

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-194/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-26-141)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-141/

img Japanese American wedding (ddr-densho-26-121)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-121/

img Milton and Molly Wedding Portrait (ddr-densho-287-740)

Photograph of Milton and Molly Maeda with family at the wedding alter. Written on the back is "Portland OR - Internat'l Livestock Bldg May 19, 1942" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-740/

img Bride & Groom (ddr-densho-287-709)

Photograph of a bride and groom

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-709/

img Wedding day (ddr-densho-287-606)

Color wedding portrait. Written on the bottom of the photograph is "Oct. 17, 1970" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-606/

img Chop's wedding party (ddr-densho-287-698)

Photograph of 12 people standing together outside in formal wear. 2nd from the left is Milton Maeda. Written on the album page below the image is "Chop's Wedding Party" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-698/

img Mary and Al Ito's wedding party (ddr-densho-287-748)

Photograph of Mary and Al Ito's wedding party. Milton Maeda is on the far left Written across the image is "To Milton Sincerely Mary and Al June 8, 1940" in blue ink. Written on the album page below the image is "Portland Mr. & Mrs. Al Ito June 8, 1940" in black and green ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-748/

img Wedding (ddr-densho-287-744)

Color photograph of a bride and groom

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-744/

doc Album 4 (ddr-densho-287-609)

Milton Maeda's pre-war college album

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-609/

img Wedding Portrait (ddr-densho-287-721)

Wedding portrait of Mas and Alice. Written on the image in the lower right corner is "To Milton & Molly Cordially, Mas & Alice 3/10/1946" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-721/

img Lena and Toru Omori's wedding (ddr-densho-287-747)

Portrait of the wedding party of Lena "Charlee" (Kageyama) Omori and Toru "Porky" Omori. Written on the album page is "Dec. 1946"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-747/