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Memoir:
doc Memoir: "A Misspent Life" (ddr-densho-468-95)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-95/
Draft:
doc Draft: "Race 4 in Japan" (ddr-densho-468-153)
Essay on race, Japanese ethnicity, and visit to pre-war Japan
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-153/
70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)
doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)
The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-53/
Photo of Ryo Morikawa in kimono (ddr-densho-446-429)
img Photo of Ryo Morikawa in kimono (ddr-densho-446-429)
Ryo traveled to Japan with her mother in July 1940 and then stayed to attend Keisen Jogaku-En (two-year program). (circa 1940 or 1941)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-429/
doc "My Life Begins" (ddr-densho-446-350)
My Life Begins (autobiography): Ai Chih's parents, conversion to Christianity, education in Japan, arrival in US on student visa, U of Chicago, Robert Cashman, Keimer Shou, Japanese Christian Church (Chicago), War, Ordination, Meeting Ryo, Marriage, Navy-Columbia U, War Dept.-D.C., MD, US Strategic Bombing Survey, UNRRA
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-350/
Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
doc Draft (ddr-densho-468-157)
Water damaged fragment of personal essay or memoir.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-157/
Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)
doc Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)
Typed draft of poem based on Ishikawa's childhood and experiences in World War II
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-155/
Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)
doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)
The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-455/
Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)
doc Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)
Autobiography: Ryo's parents, Life in San Diego, 11 months in Japan, Evacuation, Married Life
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-349/
Group Photo of Ryo with Uncle's family (ddr-densho-446-430)
img Group Photo of Ryo with Uncle's family (ddr-densho-446-430)
Ryo lived with her Uncle's (Kennoshin Fujiwara) family while attending Keisen. (circa 1940 or 1941)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-430/
Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to J.Y. Lai (ddr-densho-446-414)
doc Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to J.Y. Lai (ddr-densho-446-414)
Responding to Mr. Lai's letter about the history of Christians in Taiwan. (3 pages)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-414/
Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ng Boksu (ddr-densho-446-413)
doc Carbon copy letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Ng Boksu (ddr-densho-446-413)
Responding to Ng Boksu's inquiry about Taiwanese in the U.S. just before WWII. (5 pages)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-413/
Group Photo with Ryo aboard TSS Yawata Maru (ddr-densho-446-431)
img Group Photo with Ryo aboard TSS Yawata Maru (ddr-densho-446-431)
Passengers and crew of last ship to leave Yokohama for the US before the war. (June 1941)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-431/
Oral Memoirs of Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-94)
doc Oral Memoirs of Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-94)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-94/
Ai Chih Tsai Photo (ddr-densho-446-371)
img Ai Chih Tsai Photo (ddr-densho-446-371)
Ai Chih Tsai with his English Teacher's Certificate after his graduation from the Preparatory College of Doshisha University in Mar 1935
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-371/
Three notes (ddr-densho-468-170)
doc Three notes (ddr-densho-468-170)
Sequence of three handwritten notecards with reflections on World War II based on experience visiting Japan in 1939-1940.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-170/
Short story:
doc Short story: "Though of different temperaments" (ddr-densho-468-10)
Typed draft. Story follows two Issei (Kenji Hashimoto and Isamu Saito) who leave Hiroshima for America in 1910.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-10/
Women in kimonos (ddr-densho-359-783)
img Women in kimonos (ddr-densho-359-783)
The caption in the album is written in Japanese. Ichino Otsuka is on the left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-783/
Women in kimono poses at crossroads (ddr-densho-359-852)
img Women in kimono poses at crossroads (ddr-densho-359-852)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-852/
Mountain landscape (ddr-densho-359-99)
img Mountain landscape (ddr-densho-359-99)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-99/
School outing group photograph (ddr-densho-359-40)
img School outing group photograph (ddr-densho-359-40)
Students pose for a group photograph with a sign in Japanese. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-40/
Two women in vegetable garden (ddr-densho-359-797)
img Two women in vegetable garden (ddr-densho-359-797)
Jeanette Otsuka is on the left, wearing a wig, standing next to her mother-in-law, Ichino Otsuka
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-797/
Portrait of young boy (ddr-densho-359-115)
img Portrait of young boy (ddr-densho-359-115)
Masaru Okano
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-115/
Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-41)
img Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-41)
Men and women pose for a photograph. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-41/
Man and baby (ddr-densho-359-799)
img Man and baby (ddr-densho-359-799)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-799/
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