Pre-World War II

img Married couple and mother in Japanese garden (ddr-densho-259-130)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese photograph of Ichiro Miyake ([Shidzuyo Yasui's] father) who was born on August 28, 1865; [Shidzuyo's] mother, Hisa Fujii Miyake, who was born on March 3, 1865, and Ichiro's mother, whose maiden name was Tsuna Sato, who was born on March 3, 1838."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-130/

img Japanese women and child with parasols (ddr-densho-259-106)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another picture of [Shidzuyo Yasui], this time holding a parasol."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-106/

img Formal portrait of eight Japanese men in Nanukaichi (ddr-densho-259-190)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portrait of 8 Japanese men, of whom [Masuo Yasui] is sitting front left; and seated to his left, is his father Shinataro Yasui this picture must have been taken in 1926 when the Yasui family visited Japan. The other men may have been Masuo's schoolmates and friends."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-190/

img Japanese class picture (ddr-densho-259-109)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group picture of young Japanese women of which [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one. This may have been a class picture too, although in this case, there are a couple of young men standing in the top row." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the front row, second from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-109/

img Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-114)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Midori Miyake taken in Japan in kimono. She is our first cousin, who was born in Hood River, Oregon (actually, Pine Grove, on our family farm), where her father Saburo Miyake, worked the orchard and the berry field."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-114/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono playing the koto (ddr-densho-259-65)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-65/

img Multi-generational family portrait in Japan (ddr-densho-259-534)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait, presumably many of the extended Yasui clan in Nanukaichi, Japan. Prominent in the center is our uncle, Taiitsuro Yasui, and on his immediate right, his wife, Kameno Kawasaki Yasui. Our Yasui grandmother, Tsune [Tsuya?] Katayama Yasui, is on Taiitsuro's left. I think that that's Yasuo Yasui on Grandma Yasui's left--he was …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-534/

img Group of Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-69)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a group picture taken in Japan, of a bunch of young women dressed in kimono, with a couple of little kids in front and only one man. My guess is that this group represents graduating students or very young teachers, which [Shidzuyo Yasui] was at one time."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-69/

img Class at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-92)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group photo of what I will guess was [Shidzuyo Yasui's] class in Home Economics. I don't know where in Japan this was taken, but it doesn't look like the Sumoto School grounds." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-92/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-63)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-63/

img Japanese home (ddr-densho-259-359)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A very substantial Japanese house There are cylindrical bales wrapped in rice straw, and they must surely contain rice, because that's the way they did it in the old days. This picture may very well have been taken somewhere in rural Japan at around the turn of the century."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-359/

img School portrait of a boy in Japan (ddr-densho-259-58)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a schoolboy portrait of [Masuo Yasui] in Japan around [age] 14 or 15. He attended Kojokwan High School, which was located in Nishi (west) Ibara [He] didn't graduate from high school because he emigrated to the United States before then. At best, he may have been the equivalent of an …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-58/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-90)

A group picture from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the top row, fourth from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-90/

img Three young Japanese men in traditional clothing (ddr-densho-259-56)

Masuo Yasui and friends dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. Caption by Homer Yasui: Some are "wearing yukata (summer kimono) and on Masuo, something like a haori (short, semi-formal Japanese coat). All are wearing what look like waraji (rice straw sandals), but that doesn't seem quite right because...waraji were only used for rough wear or if the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-56/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-68)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-68/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-67)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-67/

img Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-124)

Shidzuyo Yasui (second row, second from right) with colleagues from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. The bearded man in the back row is the school principal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-124/

img Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono with doll (ddr-densho-259-64)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-64/

img Japanese schoolgirls in kimono (ddr-densho-259-115)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] as a schoolgirl, with two friends."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-115/

img Group photograph of Japanese men and women with Hinomaru (ddr-densho-259-178)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another group photograph of many young Japanse women wearing semi-formal kimono. The 5-6 Japanese men are all wearing Western suits and ties. This must have been some sort of a formal celebration, because crossed Japanese flags, called Hino maru, are in the background. [Shidzuyo Yasui] is shown 4th from the right in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-178/

img Japanese girls in class picture (ddr-densho-259-108)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui], front row, 2nd from right." Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group picture or [sic] 19 young Japanese women of whom [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one, I suspect that this must have been a class picture. She doesn't look that much older than the rest of them."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-108/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-89)

Probably the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan. Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, third from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-89/

img Formal portrait of eight Japanese men in Nanukaichi (ddr-densho-259-54)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo] and [Shinataro] Yasui posing with 6 young Japanese men."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-54/

img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-93)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] in the middle with maybe some of her teaching colleagues in Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-93/

img Group portrait in front of torii in Japan (ddr-densho-259-292)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Large number of Japan relatives (my guess) with Michi [Yasui]. There's a fairly large torii [gate] in the background and what seems to be ongoing construction of a mon (Japanese entrance gate)."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-292/

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