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img Two Japanese women posed with a dog (ddr-densho-259-107)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another picture of [Shidzuyo Yasui] with another young Japanese woman and an obvious studio prop dog."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-107/

img Japanese class picture (ddr-densho-259-109)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group picture of young Japanese women of which [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one. This may have been a class picture too, although in this case, there are a couple of young men standing in the top row." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the front row, second from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-109/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono playing the koto (ddr-densho-259-65)

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-259-65/

img Group of Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-69)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a group picture taken in Japan, of a bunch of young women dressed in kimono, with a couple of little kids in front and only one man. My guess is that this group represents graduating students or very young teachers, which [Shidzuyo Yasui] was at one time."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-69/

img Class at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-92)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group photo of what I will guess was [Shidzuyo Yasui's] class in Home Economics. I don't know where in Japan this was taken, but it doesn't look like the Sumoto School grounds." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-92/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-63)

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-259-63/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-90)

A group picture from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the top row, fourth from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-90/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-68)

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-259-68/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-67)

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-259-67/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-124)

Shidzuyo Yasui (second row, second from right) with colleagues from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. The bearded man in the back row is the school principal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-124/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono with doll (ddr-densho-259-64)

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-259-64/

img Group photograph of Japanese men and women with Hinomaru (ddr-densho-259-178)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another group photograph of many young Japanse women wearing semi-formal kimono. The 5-6 Japanese men are all wearing Western suits and ties. This must have been some sort of a formal celebration, because crossed Japanese flags, called Hino maru, are in the background. [Shidzuyo Yasui] is shown 4th from the right in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-178/

img Japanese girls in class picture (ddr-densho-259-108)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui], front row, 2nd from right." Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group picture or [sic] 19 young Japanese women of whom [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one, I suspect that this must have been a class picture. She doesn't look that much older than the rest of them."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-108/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-89)

Probably the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, third from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-89/

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 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 Issei men and women beside a passenger train (ddr-densho-259-271)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two Issei men standing besides [sic] a passenger train; three women in the background. One of the 3 Issei women is [Shidzuyo Yasui], who is wearing a very long coat and a very large black hat with a long ostrich plume."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-271/

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 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 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/