Arrival

Labor contractors transported workers from Japan to work on Hawaiian sugar plantations. Many Japanese then emigrated to the mainland and worked for lumber companies, railroads, and canneries. In the early 1900s these immigrants began to establish families through the picture bride system (shashin-kekkon, literally "photograph marriage"). Immigrant bachelors sent photographs and information about themselves to go-betweens (baishakunin) who arranged meetings with the families in Japan. Marriage ceremonies took place in Japan (without bridegrooms), then the new brides traveled to the United States to join their husbands. Many arrived to discover that their husbands had misrepresented their appearances or situations.

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doc Inspection card (immigrants and steerage passengers) (ddr-csujad-38-533)

An inspection card for Koyuta Masukawa. She boarded on the ship, Seattle Maru, in Kobe, Japan, on September 7, 1909, and arrived in San Francisco, California. and was inspected on September 27, 1909 by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service presumably in Presidio, California, prior to Angel Island Immigration Station's operation. It also includes a …

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doc Japanese in our Midst (ddr-csujad-19-81)

This document, "prepared and published under the auspices of the Colorado Council of Churches," describes the background of the situation when the Japanese first started to come to the United States in considerable numbers, evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans and the concentration of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. It also discusses about the three …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-81/

doc Certificate of inoculation (ddr-csujad-38-535)

A certificate of inoculation for Tomosuke Masukawa. It certifies that Tomosuke had been inoculated by a surgeon for the passengers of Tatuta [Tatsuta] Maru on November 7 and 16, 1938. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_02_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-535/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport = 日本帝國海外旅券, Koyuta Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-536)

A Japanese passport issued for Koyuta Masukawa from Hiroshima, Japan. English and French translations attached. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_03_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-536/

doc Imperial Japanese Government passport, Itsuhei Takano (ddr-csujad-42-1)

A Japanese passport issued for Itsuhei Takano from Yamanashi, Japan. English and French translations attached. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_01_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-1/

doc Tadashi Kanemoto interview (ddr-csujad-6-11)

Oral history interview with Tadashi Kanemoto. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KANEMOTO_TADASHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-11/

doc Shim Hiraoka interview (ddr-csujad-6-5)

Oral history interview with Shim Hiraoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_HIRAOKA_SHIM

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-5/

doc Gilbert Tanji interview (ddr-csujad-6-33)

Oral history interview with Gilbert Tanji. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_TANJI_GILBERT

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-33/

doc George and Jean Abe interview (ddr-csujad-6-1)

Oral history interview with George and Jean Abe. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_ABE_GEORGE_AND_JEAN

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-1/

doc Sam Maeda interview (ddr-csujad-6-18)

Oral history interview with Sam Maeda. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MAEDA_SAM

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-18/

doc Satoshi Kuwamoto interview (ddr-csujad-6-17)

Oral history interview with Satoshi Kuwamoto. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KUWAMOTO_SATOSHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-17/

doc James Kirihara interview (ddr-csujad-6-12)

Oral history interview with James Kirihara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KIRIHARA_JAMES

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-12/

doc George Okada interview (ddr-csujad-6-28)

Oral history interview with George Okada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_OKADA_GEORGE

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-28/

doc Sadawo Yonaki interview (ddr-csujad-6-37)

Oral history interview with Sadawo Yonaki. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_YONAKI_SADAWO

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-37/

doc Takashi Tsutsui interview (ddr-csujad-6-35)

Oral history interview with Takashi Tsutsui. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_TSUTSUI_TAKASHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-35/

doc Robert Ohki interview (ddr-csujad-6-27)

Oral history interview with Robert Ohki. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_OHKI_ROBERT

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-27/

doc Hiroshi Kusakai interview (ddr-csujad-6-16)

Oral history interview with Hiroshi Kusakai. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KUSAKAI_HIROSHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-16/

doc Martha Kajiwara interview (ddr-csujad-6-10)

Oral history interview with Martha Kajiwara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KAJIWARA_MARTHA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-10/

doc Anne Moore interview (ddr-csujad-6-23)

Oral history interview with Anne Moore. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MOORE_ANNE

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-23/

doc Fred Hashimoto interview (ddr-csujad-6-4)

Oral history interview with Fred Hashimoto. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_HASHIMOTO_FRED

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-4/

doc Kiichi Tange interview (ddr-csujad-6-30)

Oral history interview with Kiichi Tange. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_TANGE_KIICHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-30/

doc Nori Masuda interview (ddr-csujad-6-22)

Oral history interview with Nori Masuda. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MASUDA_NORI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-22/

doc Dr. Frank Nishio interview (ddr-csujad-6-26)

Oral history interview with Dr. Frank Nishio. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_NISHIO_FRANK

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-26/

doc Hugo Kaji interview (ddr-csujad-6-9)

Oral history interview with Hugo Kaji. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KAJI_HUGO

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-9/

doc Mamoru Masuda interview (ddr-csujad-6-21)

Oral history interview with Mamoru Masuda. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_MASUDA_MAMORU

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-21/