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![Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-66)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/02/14/021403ca1d924fd177e26f41c839858d.jpg)
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Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-66)
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."
![Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-91)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/47/95/4795e9e30726dae39ddc34fc1312b63b.jpg)
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Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-91)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Series of 3 photographs of [Shidzuyo Yasui] and her colleagues in Japan."
![Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-100)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/55/50/5550d445e80c2e89a8a52947711c782f.jpg)
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Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-100)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji."
![Japanese women playing battledore (ddr-densho-259-116)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f8/9c/f89c2c3242f4f265ce9499692b31f040.jpg)
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Japanese women playing battledore (ddr-densho-259-116)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this picture, [Shidzuyo Yasui] seems to be refereeing a battledore match between two young women. This game, which resembles badminton in a very sedate and genteel way, probably isn't played in Japan anymore, but it was in her day. The opponents bat a hard, round, marble-like thing, to which is attached …
![Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/71/6c/716c0bcbd1a2b0e10796d4e46c5f6cd3.jpg)
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Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)
Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."
![Japanese American family on a boat to Japan (ddr-densho-259-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ba/c1/bac15b0aad3c53d44d24c1d5739e6ba8.jpg)
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Japanese American family on a boat to Japan (ddr-densho-259-11)
The Yasui family on a boat en route to Japan in 1926.
![Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-519)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8e/43/8e430a40a9a55a608158e08cebd8cfd5.jpg)
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-519)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of the Reverend Isaac Inouye and his bride, Matsue I believe that they got married in Japan around 1935."
![Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-121)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c0/03/c003396f52e48e791a84ada72c31ccc8.jpg)
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Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-121)
Picture of Shidzuyo Yasui with unknown Japanese young women. Shizuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.
![Japanese American siblings at Nanukaichi, Japan (ddr-densho-259-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c8/9e/c89e8fd25b55805b9dcedb072bcd2c13.jpg)
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Japanese American siblings at Nanukaichi, Japan (ddr-densho-259-4)
Roku and Michi Yasui at Nanukaichi, Japan.
![Two families in Japan (ddr-densho-259-374)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/27/3f/273f28368159263a6d44b7f32600ce19.jpg)
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Two families in Japan (ddr-densho-259-374)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Watanabe Family visiting Karasawa Family in Japan."
![Girls by the Japanese seaside (ddr-densho-259-123)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a6/5e/a65e0c5e4173103473653008dcc3e678.jpg)
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Girls by the Japanese seaside (ddr-densho-259-123)
Shidzuyo Yasui (standing at the top of the photograph) with a group of young women, probably her students, at the seaside on Awaji Island, Japan.
![Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/85/c5/85c5587d9e77985c7fa85caebd9b36f9.jpg)
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Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)
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.
![Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/dc/78/dc7893bf5b1d66cd2a0e0d0a275f2f3d.jpg)
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Teacher and students in Japan (ddr-densho-259-111)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "In this posed group photo, [Shidzuyo Yasui] looks quite a bit older than a bunch of young girls, so this may have been a class of her students."
![Two Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-104)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6e/93/6e93e60e2ae9415e257f92c4d471dae6.jpg)
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Two Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-104)
Shidzuyo Yasui (right) with an unidentified woman in Japan.
![Nikkei family with deer at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-390)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cd/fc/cdfca275ae5e850be543d208e372ec92.jpg)
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Nikkei family with deer at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-390)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Yasuta and Ichino Kageyama family at Miyajima, Japan. [Left to right]: Eiichi (Bob), Ichino, Mikie, Mariko (Molly), Yasuta, Lina (Lena, Charlee)."
![Japanese women and girls on an engawa (ddr-densho-259-96)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/07/83/0783184715f6370531141929fcd6f80e.jpg)
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Japanese women and girls on an engawa (ddr-densho-259-96)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] and a group of adult women and several young girls sitting on the engawa (veranda) of a typical Japanese home."
![Japanese women and girls in kimono (ddr-densho-259-119)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/89/c4/89c434c4fcb8634c0ca3640524f02cd3.jpg)
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Japanese women and girls in kimono (ddr-densho-259-119)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is one representative view [of Shidzuyo Yasui], although I have no idea who the people are that she's pictured with. Two young girls in kimono flank her, and a couple of older women stand behind her." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.
![Portrait of Japanese boys (ddr-densho-325-191)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4e/8e/4e8e4a22045b6497c6710d97fb352fd6.jpg)
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Portrait of Japanese boys (ddr-densho-325-191)
The names of each boy was written on the photograph sitting is Imao [illegible] and standing is Sumito Horiuchi. At the top of the picture is a line of Japanese text.
Sumito Horiuchi studied in Japan from the ages 4 to 16 then finished high school in the United States.
![Portrait of Hagiko Takeyama and Toshihiro (ddr-densho-325-196)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c5/34/c5342a6108bdc6ac13e77652762323ea.jpg)
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Portrait of Hagiko Takeyama and Toshihiro (ddr-densho-325-196)
The English transliterations of Hagiko's and Toshihiro's names is written over a line of Japanese text.
![Portrait of Japanese couple (ddr-densho-325-201)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3f/8b/3f8b3769fc36d164b5cfbcad442b0dd9.jpg)
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Portrait of Japanese couple (ddr-densho-325-201)
The photograph has text in Japanese on both the front and back.
![Class portrait (ddr-densho-325-195)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1c/8e/1c8e2c35c36d1fd1770347d81ed80db7.jpg)
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Class portrait (ddr-densho-325-195)
A class portrait of an all boys school in Japan where Sumito Horiuchi was education in the 1930s.
![Portrait of Japanese girl in kimono (ddr-densho-325-199)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ba/63/ba63d0358fb875e64d486c95925ee7b8.jpg)
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Portrait of Japanese girl in kimono (ddr-densho-325-199)
Portrait of unknown Japanese girl in kimono