Pre-World War II

img Building with a courtyard (ddr-densho-404-145)

View from a porch of a building surrounded by a courtyard.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-404-145/

img View of Mount Fuji from the shore (ddr-densho-404-149)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-404-149/

img Portrait of Japanese family (ddr-densho-325-193)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-193/

img Portrait of Japanese boy in coat (ddr-densho-325-192)

Mushao Horiuchi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-192/

doc Earthquake Pictorial Edition Part Two. (ddr-densho-332-64)

Photographs of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake with Japanese and English captions.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-332-64/

img Three children in Japan (ddr-densho-383-453)

Tamako Inouye and cousins. Written on front: "1928 with cousins in Japan".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-453/

img Michio, Richard, Yoneo (ddr-densho-356-28)

Photograph of three men posing for camera on the street. Identification from front to back: Michio, Richard Tsukada, and Yoneo. Inscribed on the back is: "House Cleaning at our Tokyo home foreground Michio middle Richard background Yoneo 1939 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-28/

img Richard Tsukada and mother along Ginza (ddr-densho-356-20)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada and his mother Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) walking in Ginza. Inscribed on the back: "With Mother Along Ginza 39 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-20/

img Family photo in Wakayama (ddr-densho-356-22)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada (left), Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) (second from left) with Richard's cousins posed together outside a shine. Inscribed on the back: "With our Cousins in Wakayama."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-22/

doc Letter to Kanetaro Domoto (ddr-densho-356-203)

Envelope addressed to Mr. Kanetaro Domoto, stamp and postmark removed, on the back is the return address to Domoto & Co. Importers & Exporters in Yokohama, Japan with the date Mar. 30, 1936 stamped on the back. Inside stored two letters. The first letter addressed to Kanetaro Domoto and dated March 28, 1936. The letter is …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-203/

img Lunch with family on the rocks (ddr-densho-356-23)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada (second from left), Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) (left) with Richard's cousins eating lunch on a rocky ledge. Inscribed on the back: "In Wakayama with our Cousins (Narumi side) 39 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-23/

img Negative strip (ddr-densho-356-32)

Negative strip of four images of Richard Tsukada's trip to Japan c. 1939. Print copies of the negatives visible at ddr-densho-356-24, ddr-densho-356-29, and ddr-densho-356-21. Images 1 & 2: Negatives of Richard Tsukada sitting a on a rock above water. Image 3: Negative of a group of 12 people on the deck of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-32/

img Negative strip (ddr-densho-356-33)

Negative strip of four images of Richard Tsukada's trip to Japan c. 1939. Print copies of the negatives visible at ddr-densho-356-22, ddr-densho-356-27, ddr-densho-356-28. Image 1: Negative of Richard Tsukada (left), Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) (second from left) with Richard's cousins posed together outside a shine. Image 2: Richard Tsukada posing for the camera at …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-33/

img At a park (ddr-densho-356-27)

Richard Tsukada posing for the camera at a Park in Tokyo. Inscribed on the back: "at a park in Tokyo Japan 1939 or 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-27/

img Richard Tsukada sitting on rock above water (ddr-densho-356-24)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada sitting a on a rock above water. Inscribed on the back: "Somewhere in Japan whereabouts unknown."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-24/

img Richard Tsukada and local at Oshima Island (ddr-densho-356-25)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada posing with a local. Caption on photograph reads: "In Oshima Island with Native 39 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-25/

img Richard and Michio (ddr-densho-356-21)

Photograph of Richard Tsukada (left) and Michio (right) standing together outside the Tsukada family house in Tokyo. Inscribed on the back: "Along side of our house in Tokyo with Michio 39 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-21/

img Negative strip (ddr-densho-356-30)

Negative strip of four images of Richard Tsukada's trip to Japan c. 1939. Print copies of the negatives visible at ddr-densho-356-20, ddr-densho-356-23, ddr-densho-356-26, and ddr-densho-356-25. Image 1: Photograph of Richard Tsukada and his mother Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) walking in Ginza. Image 2: Photograph of Richard Tsukada (second from left), Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-30/

img Negative strip (ddr-densho-356-31)

Negative strip of three images of Richard Tsukada's trip to Japan c. 1939. Print copy of the third negative visible at ddr-densho-356-22. Negatives are of Richard Tsukada (left), Hana Tsukada (Uyeda) (second from left) with Richard's cousins posed together outside a shine.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-31/

img Three men on steps with bamboo poles (ddr-densho-356-26)

Richard Tsukada (middle) with two relatives standing on stone steps each holding a bamboo pole. Caption on photograph reads: "With other relatives whereabouts? 39 or 40."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-26/

img Group on deck of ship (ddr-densho-356-29)

Photograph of a group of 12 people on the deck of the Tokyo Tatuta Maru. Identified left to right front row: unknown, grandma Hirai. Middle row: George Hirai, Yoneo, David Hirai, unknown, Mrs. Hideo Okada, Yone Narumi, Richard Tsukada. Back row: unknown, unknown, unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-29/

img Memorial (ddr-densho-356-34)

Photograph of memorial for Tomojiro Tsukada in Japan. Inscribed on back "Taken a few days after Father passed away 212 Kagomachi, Koishikawaku, Tokyo December 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-34/

img Kiyomizu Temple Park (ddr-densho-357-426)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Taken at Kiyomizu Park, Girls visited from Nagoya." Tansai Terakawa and Hanako Terakawa are seated in the front row on the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-357-426/

doc Memoir: "The Ishikawa Family Who Came to America" (ddr-densho-468-96)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-96/

doc Short story: "Heavy fog rolled in from the Pacific" (ddr-densho-468-75)

Assignment for English 211, Section II. Part 1 ("Hope") is set in 1941 and follows a Japanese American who moved to Yokohama in 1939 and returned to the US disillusioned two years later. The main character, Johnny Obata, then faces anti-Japanese racism and unemployment. Part two ("Faith") follows Johnny's experiences following Pearl Harbor. In Part 3 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-75/

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