Pre-World War II

img Storefront (ddr-densho-113-6)

The Uyeda family operated this store out of their home.

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img Mother and daughter on the beach (ddr-densho-113-53)

L to R: Junko Nakai, Mrs. Nakai.

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img Elementary school class photo (ddr-densho-113-9)

Second row, 7th from the left: Tetsumasa Uyeda, Fumi's second oldest brother. He died in 1936.

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-113-16)

Portrait of the Uyeda family in front of their home in Japan. Front row (L to R): Kimiye, unknown, Tetsu, Masato. Second row (L to R): Tsunematsu, Masajiro, unknown.

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img Family home in Japan (ddr-densho-113-5)

This home belonged to the Uyeda family. (L to R): Masato Uyeda, Yorito Uyeda, Yoichi Uyeda.

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img Family home (ddr-densho-113-17)

Masato Uyeda sits in the window of his house in Hiroshima, Japan.

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img Buddhist ceremony (ddr-densho-113-33)

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img Two sisters on a beach (ddr-densho-113-15)

L to R: Nobue Nakai, Sachiko Nakai

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img Family home in Japan (ddr-densho-113-4)

This home belonged to the Uyeda family. (L to R): Kimiye Uyeda, Tetsu Uyeda, Yorito Uyeda.

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img Mother and daughter on the beach (ddr-densho-113-60)

L to R: Nobue Nakai, Mrs. Nakai.

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-113-20)

The Uyeda family poses in front of their home in Hiroshima, Japan. Front row (L to R): Masato, Masaharu, Tetsu. Second row: Yorito.

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img Portrait of father and son (ddr-densho-113-3)

This photo shows Masajiro Uyeda and his son Yoichi. Masajiro immigrated from Japan to Vancouver, BC in 1900 and eventually made his way to Rock Springs, Wyoming where he worked as a coal miner. His other sons joined him in 1912. (L to R): Photographer, Masajiro Uyeda, Yoichi Uyeda.

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img Family on the beach (ddr-densho-113-1)

(L to R): Sachiko Nakai, Nobue Nakai, Mr. Nakai, Junko Nakai, Takashi Nakai, Mrs. Nakai.

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img [Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Shosuke Nitta] (ddr-csujad-29-265)

Wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Shosuke Nitta. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P208

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av An Oral History with J.S. Kishiyama and Y. Kishiyama (ddr-csujad-29-3)

Reflections of an elderly Orange County, California couple on their experiences in America. He recounts his years as an immigrant; she discusses her family background, makeup of Japanese-American community, and rural living. This oral history was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project, Oral History Program, California State University, Fullerton; interview conducted by Pat Morgan. …

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av An Oral History with Seiko Ishida (ddr-csujad-29-11)

Retired Kibei teacher recounts samurai parents' background and their immigration to Seattle, Washington; socioeconomic composition of Seattle's Japanese community; earlier teacher training; prewar stays in Japan as a child and as a tutor in a missionary family; experiences as a teacher in the wartime resettlement in New York; and postwar return to Los Angeles. This oral …

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av Oral history with Masako Hanada (ddr-csujad-29-366)

An oral interview with Masako Hanada. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0912. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2052_T01

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img Hiroshima Nikkei Club (ddr-csujad-29-250)

Group photograph of Hiroshima Nikkei Club. Photograph inscription: "Top row, 2nd from left Bill Rokumoto, who died in the Hiroshima nuclear bombing. Ruby Sakoda Row 2, second from right with Susie and Betty Niko. May Sakoda, Row 1, second from left. Hiroshima Nikkei Club members with Rev. Huckabee. James M. Sakoda, Row 1, right end." See …

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av Oral history with Karl Yoneda (ddr-csujad-29-381)

An oral interview with Karl Yoneda, a Nisei labor activist and veteran, incarcerated at the Manzanar incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1376.1_T01

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-381/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-99)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the second row, third from the left.

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img Nisei girl and cousin in Japan (ddr-densho-259-290)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and cousin Midori [Miyake] in Japan, summer of 1940."

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img Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-98)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.

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img Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-87)

Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the last row on the left. Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] and another woman standing in the back, are wearing formal black clothing bearing crests of some sort. The mon (crest) that [Shidzuyo] is wearing is too small to be identified. The Miyake [Shidzuyo's maiden name] family crest was the Chinese …

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img Family on an engawa in Japan (ddr-densho-259-120)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Rare photo of [Matsuyo and Renichi Fujimoto] sitting on a veranda (engawa) in Japan, with three young kids and an elderly Japanese couple [Renichi's] adoptive mother, Haru Yasui Fujimoto, was born on July 24, 1848; and his adoptive father, Chojiro Fujimoto, was born on September 5, 1844, in Aono. Chojiro's father was …

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img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."

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