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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 …

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img Farmhouse in Japan (ddr-densho-259-542)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A substantial farm house in Japan It must have been the home of a rich farmer."

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img Portrait of Japanese couple (ddr-densho-259-531)

Portrait of Hisa Fujii Miyake and her husband Ichiro Miyake.

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img Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-264)

Unidentified Japanese women in kimono.

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img School photo (ddr-densho-321-924)

Caption in album: "Good Ol' School Days / Kiku Fujii's class in Hakata, / Fukuoka, Japan / 1913-1921."

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img High school class photo (ddr-densho-321-925)

Caption in album: "'High School.'"

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doc Tsumanuma family tree (ddr-densho-335-9)

A family tree of Thomas Rockrise's family. All of the familial relationships are listed in relations to Thomas's son, George. The family tree lists George's aunts, first cousins and one second nephew.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-335-9/

doc Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 38 (February 18, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-12)

Selected article titles: "Talents to Vie for Scholarship" (p.1), "Gravy Train Days Are Over in Japan, Interpreter Says" (p.2), "Army Permits Issei and Nisei Travel in Japan" (p.2), "Venezuelan Nisei Going Home to Parents in Caracas after Ten Years in Japan" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-358-12/

img Man sitting on a porch (ddr-densho-404-218)

A man wearing a hat sits casually on a porch of a home.

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img A boy and a man stand on a dirt road (ddr-densho-404-224)

A boy in a school uniform and a man stand on a dirt road next to stone wall and Japanese flag.

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img Three figures sit on a porch (ddr-densho-404-216)

Two men and a woman sit on a shaded porch. Caption written in Japanese next to photograph.

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img Certificate of Appreciation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (ddr-densho-381-194)

A certificate of appreciation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, commending Takami Hibiya on his efforts to develop and strengthen relations between the "United States and Japan, as well as between Americans and Japanese within... [his] community."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-194/

img Seal of the Emperor of Japan (ddr-densho-381-169)

Captions: Translation The Emperor of Japan confers upon the American, Takami Hibiya, for his distinguished service, The Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class (Gold and Silver Rays) Emperor's seal applied at the Imperial Palace on November 3, 1981 (Showa 56) Seal of the Emperor of Japan November 3, 1981 (Showa 56) Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki …

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img Celebration at Seward Park (ddr-densho-381-195)

A celebration at Seward park with Japanese and American flags, possibly a ceremony for the forthcoming gift of the Taiko Gata Stone Lantern from Yokohama, Japan.

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img Fujii cottage (ddr-densho-433-667)

Text adjacent to the photograph on album page reads: This is "Fujii Cottage," that is what the sign reads, Jiichan donated $200.00 to help build this Seventh Day school in gunmaken and they named the first building after him, this photo album of sequence building pictures was a gift of gratitude to him. There is also …

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img Two men mushroom foraging (ddr-densho-433-729)

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img Wooded area with lumber being processed (ddr-densho-433-710)

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img View of Fujii cottage from a grassy field (ddr-densho-433-716)

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doc Seventh-day Adventist Church photograph album (ddr-densho-433-661)

A photograph album gifted to Mr. Fujii who donated money to the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Gunma-ken, Japan to build a school (named in his honor, Fujii cottage) and another building. Loose inside the album are some additional miscellaneous items belonging to Kimi Fujii.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-661/