Pre-World War II

img Saito family (ddr-densho-442-61)

Photograph of Komatsu (Saito) Ohashi's family. Back row from left to right: father and Koichi Saito. Front row from left to right: Maki Saito, Asamitsu Saito, mother, and Komatsu (Saito) Ohashi.

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doc There'll Be No War With U.S., Says Tokugawa (March 14, 1934) (ddr-densho-56-442)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 14, 1934, p. 11

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 18 (November 1, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-44)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of 1940 Law Stripping Citizenship from Naturalized Persons Overseas 3 Years" (p. 1), "Washington Newsletter: Prewar Yen Deposit Issue on Supreme Court Calendar" (pp. 1-2), "Separate JACL Civil Rights Fund to Implement Statement Urged" (p. 1), and "Drama-Critic Says Nisei Should Research, Not Reject, Negro History; Mag …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 102, No. 17 (May 2, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-17)

Selected article titles: "House Panel Hears Opposing Sides in Redress Issue" (p. 1, 8), "Inada: The Joys of JA Literature" (pp. 1, 11), and "Moshi Moshi: Love in Old Japan" (p. 5).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 88, No. 2035 (March 23, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-11)

Selected article titles: "Rites at Camp Minidoka Being Planned for August" (p. 1), "U.S. Occupation of Japan: Reflections & Views" (pp. 3, 14), "Albert Einstein: His Single Visit to Japan Recalled" (p. 3), and "Portland's Bush Garden: Two Years Pass to Reopen" (p. 10).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 8 (February 26, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-8)

Selected article titles: "'Reagan's Raids': People or Numbers" (pp. 1, 8), "JACL Now Preparing for 3-Year Redress Campaign" (pp. 1, 10), "East Wind: Issei Principles" (p. 5), and "Moshi-Moshi: Samrai Without Mystique--Kabu" (p. 12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-8/

img Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-221)

A page of the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are six photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include Japanese men, women, and children dressed in kimono. All are most likely taken in Japan in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_016

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img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-43)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are three photographs and one postcard. A photograph of a Japanese man posing in front of a timber mill is included. The photograph appears to be taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Another photograph captures Japanese children, which was probably taken in …

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img Postcards (ddr-csujad-25-44)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Two postcards are paged on the page. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_044

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img Ukichi Matsui (ddr-csujad-25-211)

A page of album containing the Taenaka family. Pasted on the page are three photographs of Ukichi Matusi taken in Japan. Include a portrait of Ukichi Matsui taken at "Gyoku__kwan, Kishinosato, Osaka," probably in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_006

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img Ukichi and Saki Matsui (ddr-csujad-25-207)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are: a photograph of Ukichi and Saki Matsui taken probably on Takako Matsui, their daughter's wedding day in Osaka, Japan; and a photograph of Ukichi Matsui in suits. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-207/

doc Brief outline of Japanese history (ddr-csujad-48-71)

A brief chronology of Japanese history starting from the "Mythological Period" to pre-World War II era. Section headings include: Mythological Period, Prehistoric Period, Imperialistic Period, Heian Epoch or Fujiwara Bureaucracy, Geunfei Era, Hojo Tyranny, Ashikaga Anarchy, Civil Strife, Takugawa Shogunate, and Meiji Era. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Ukichi Taenaka, Waseda University (ddr-csujad-25-277)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are eight photographs of Ukichi Taenaka and his classmates of Waseda University taken during the trip to Mount Mihara Desert, Izu Oshima, Japan. Caucasian participants are included. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_02_006

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img Matsui family (ddr-csujad-25-231)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are thirteen photographs including the Matsui family taken in Japan. Kinoko Matsui, Takako Matsui, Matsui family's hina dolls and Gogatsu dolls, which are sets of ornamental dolls for Girls Days and Boys Day, are also included. There is also a photograph of one of …

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img Taenaka family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-228)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include the Satake family; Fusako, Shozo, and Harue Matsui in front of their grocery store; portraits of infants, including Fumiko Satake, the first son of the Satake family, and Shizuko Taenaka. The photographs are probably …

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img Trip to United States (ddr-csujad-25-216)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are eight photographs of the Taenaka family and their relatives, including Kamie, Haruko, and Toshikuni, most likely taken in the early 1920s. Some photographs are taken on Chichibu Maru, a Japanese passenger ship. Other photographs are taken probably in Los Angeles, California. See this …

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img Japanese man and postcards (ddr-csujad-25-51)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a portrait of a Japanese man in suits and two postcards. Captions on the postcards read: Heiwa Kinen Tokyo Hakurankai: yakan kaijo no kokei [= The Tokyo Peace memorial Exhibition: scene of the night opening]; 1424 Indian Village and Totem Poles, Howkan, Alaska. See this object …

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img Mohei and Sadae Umeda (ddr-csujad-25-234)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are four photographs of the Umeda family, including Mohei and Sadae Umeda, who are Kamie Taenaka's sister and her husband most likely taken in California between 1910s and 1920s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_029

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-234/

img Taenaka and Matsui families (ddr-csujad-25-210)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two photographs of the Taenaka and Matsui families taken in Japan between the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Include Kamie Taenaka and Toshikuni Taenaka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_005

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img Kamie Taenaka and her family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-220)

A page of the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka and her family in Japan. Includes a photograph of Kamie Taenaka taken in El Monte, California in 1913. Her family members include: Sadae Umeda [Shibuya], Mohei Umeda, and Sumie Shibuya. See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-233)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three portraits of Tamesaburo Taenaka most likely taken in Seattle, Washington, and one portrait of Kamie Taenaka, which is probably taken in Japan before their marriage. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_028

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-233/

img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-25)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph of a Japanese woman in kimono with a female child taken in front of hina ningyo, a set of ornamental dolls for Girls' Day, which appears to be taken in Japan. Also includes a photograph of a Japanese man in a suit, women in …

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img Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-229)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a family portrait of a Japanese family in Japan, most likely the Taenakas' relatives. The photograph appears to be taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_024

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img Waseda University Hoshien Scott Hall] (ddr-csujad-25-254)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a group photograph of Japanese students. It appears to be a commencement of Waseda University taken in front of Waseda University Hoshien Scott Hall, Tokyo, Japan between 1938 and 1940. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-219)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are four photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include Japanese women and man in kimono, a deck of a Japanese passenger ship, and a scenic photograph which is probably Totsugawa, Japan. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-219/

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