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Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-213)
img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-213)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in a partial circle, a crowd encloses the dancers. Obon dancers right to left outer circle: Yoshino Fujii, Tamuro Miura, unidentified, Nobuko Yoshida, and Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko. Obon dancers right to left inner circle: fourth in Jimmy Yoshida, Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Joe Shiraishi, and Yoneko (Aono) Sugimura. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-213/

Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/126/

Narrator Masako Yoshida

Nisei female. Born July 14, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent early years in Seattle before family moved to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a janitor at a wholesale produce market. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to work in Detroit, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/813/

Narrator Ken Yoshida

Nisei male. Born July 31, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. Lived in Tacoma for a few years before moving with family to Redwood City, California, where family ran a flower nursery. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. While in Topaz, refused to obey the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/824/

Narrator Hubert Yoshida

Sansei male. Born April 20, 1939, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Watsonville, California, where father's parents farmed. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Colorado. Lived for a time in Colorado before the family returned to farm in Watsonville. Attended school in …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/998/
Hiroshi Yoshida's studio (ddr-one-2-402)
img Hiroshi Yoshida's studio (ddr-one-2-402)
Black and white photographic print of art studio visitors drinking tea. A man in a light colored jacket is seated in the foreground with his back to the camera. Unknown whether this is art studio tour or lecture by Hiroshi Yoshida.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-2-402/
Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-314)
img Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-314)
Black and white photographic negative of Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto posing with a tenugui (light cotton towel). Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-314/
Obon dance (ddr-one-1-76)
img Obon dance (ddr-one-1-76)
Black and white photographic print of large group dancing Odori (a traditional folk dance) with "uchiwa" (fans) during Obon Festival in front a large seated crowed outside. Outer circle of Obon dancers from right to left, starting left of podium: Tomi Tsujimura, Shizuko Oda, unidentified woman, Phyllis Midori (Ando) Muramatsu, all remaining unidentified. Inner circle of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-76/
Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-225)
img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-225)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in large circle around podium holding "uchiwa" (fan) above their heads. Large crowd watches on from left side of image. Outer circle of Obon dancers from right to left, starting left of podium: Tomi Tsujimura, Shizuko Oda, unidentified woman, Phyllis Midori (Ando) Muramatsu, all remaining unidentified. Inner circle …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-225/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 16 (October 15, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-42)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 16 (October 15, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-42)
Selected article titles: "Urge naturalization service push Issei peitions for Nov. 11 rites" (p. 1), "General amnesty for Japanese war criminals by Eisenhower urged when Yoshida arrives for visit" (p. 1), "Japanese warbride was too 'Japanese' for singing role in Mme. Butterfly" (p. 5).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-26-42/
Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
img Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Date (left), as Elmino, Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Shinayo Kikuchi sing in "An Old Kentucky Garden", a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Alber Torio. March 1937
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-54/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-153-8)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-153-8)
Memories of extended family members
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-8/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-153-12)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-153-12)
The day of mass removal: "we were not to show too much emotion"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-12/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-153-9)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-153-9)
Graduating from high school and planning for the future
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-9/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-153-7)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-153-7)
Description of church leaders
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-7/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-153-20)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-153-20)
Working in the office of a dairy business in Detroit
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-20/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-153-22)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 22 (ddr-manz-1-153-22)
Family's postwar experiences
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-22/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-153-23)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-153-23)
Experiencing racism in Detroit
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-23/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-153-4)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 4 (ddr-manz-1-153-4)
Description of siblings
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-4/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 21 (ddr-manz-1-153-21)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 21 (ddr-manz-1-153-21)
Getting married in South Carolina
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-21/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-153-17)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-153-17)
Coping with everyday life in Poston
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-17/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-153-18)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-153-18)
Meeting people from other areas while in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-18/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-153-14)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-153-14)
Jobs in camp: mess hall worker, PE teacher, camouflage net factory
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-14/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-153-24)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-153-24)
Returning to California to raise a family, facing discrimination
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-24/
Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-153-19)
vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-153-19)
Leaving camp to work in Detroit
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-153-19/
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