Weddings

As in the outside world, Japanese Americans in the concentration camps held ceremonies such as weddings and funerals. Ministers from numerous denominations who visited or lived within the camps oversaw these rituals. As World War II progressed and some nisei joined the American forces in the Pacific and Europe, funerals for fallen soldiers became frequent in the camps.

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img Group preparing food at Minidoka (ddr-densho-518-256)

Group preparing food at a wedding event for Yoshie Fujihhira and Harry Nakashima. Muck Fujihira is seated, center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-256/

img Wedding guests at a Minidoka mess hall (ddr-densho-518-259)

Guests dining at a Minidoka mess hall for Yoshie Fujihira and Harry Nakashima's wedding.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-259/

img Yoshie and Harry at a wedding event (ddr-densho-518-261)

Yoshie Fujihira and Harry Nakashima seated at a table with a floral arrangement, likely at a wedding event.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-261/

img Nakashima wedding party (ddr-densho-518-269)

From left to right: Chunaka Fujihira, Yoshie (Fujihira) Nakashima, Harry Nakashima, unidentified, unidentified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-269/

img Wedding guests dining at Minidoka (ddr-densho-518-258)

Guests dining at Yoshie Fujihira and Harry Nakashima's wedding.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-258/

img Yoshie and Harry Nakashima on their wedding day (ddr-densho-518-266)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-266/

img Nakashima wedding party (ddr-densho-518-270)

From left to right: (back row) Muck Fujihira, (unidentified), (unidentified), (priest), (unidentified), (unidentified), (unidentified), Tod Fujihira, (front row) Chunaka Fujihira, Yoshie Fujihira, Harry Nakashima, (unidentified).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-270/

doc Community analysis note, no. 2 (February 29, 1944): Engagement and marriage customs in a relocation center (ddr-csujad-55-334)

Report on Japanese engagement and marriage customs before and during incarceration. Includes a description of marriage traditions and complications during incarceration. Community Analysis Notes No. 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0336

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-334/

doc Letter from Jutaro Ryugo to Mr. E. L. Shirrell, Director, WRA Tulelake Project, July 30, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-2243)

Correspondence from Jutaro Ryugo to E.L. Shirrell regarding marriage between Ida Ryugo and Private Masatoshi Yamaguchi. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2346

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2243/

doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)

Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-451/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-103)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-103/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-196)

Caption: "To / Mr. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Sincerely, / Mr. & Mrs. Tom / Hirabayashi / 5/25/44."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-196/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-93)

Caption: "Sincerely / Mr. & Mrs. Mo Nishida / Sept., 28, 1943 / Manzanar / Calif." Caption in album: "Nishida-Miyatake wedding."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-93/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-216)

Caption: "To / Rev. & Mrs. S. Nagatomi / Sincerely yours / Mr. & Mrs. Tooru Takamatsu."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-216/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-9)

Caption: "Sincerely yours, / Mr. & Mrs. Ota / 12/22/42.\nCaption in album: "To: Rev. and Mrs. Nagatomi."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-9/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-8)

Caption in album: "First wedding Okada-Nakamura."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-8/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-197)

Caption: "To / Mr. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Sincerely, Fusako & Isamu."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-197/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-186)

Caption: "To our dear / Rev. and Mrs. S. Nagatomi / Very sincerely / Norie and Michiko Takauchi / April 11, 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-186/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-185)

Caption: "To our dear / Rev. and Mrs. S. Nagatomi / Very sincerely / Norie and Michiko Takauchi / April 11, 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-185/

img Wedding in the Manzanar Buddhist Church (ddr-manz-4-182)

Caption: "To Rev. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Sincerely / Mr. & Mrs. [?] Ida / Dec. 4th, 1943."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-182/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-198)

Caption: "To / Mr. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Sincerely, Fusako & Isamu."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-198/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-215)

Caption: "To / Rev. & Mrs. Nagatomi / Dr. & Mrs. [?] / Nov. 4, 1944."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-215/

doc Civil Code of California Sec. 79 Marriage without license (ddr-manz-4-33)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-33/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-manz-4-10)

Caption in album: "Toki-Hara wedding."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-10/

doc Letter from Ruth Yamada to Matsuye Koike, March 11, 1943 (ddr-densho-432-13)

This letter discusses life at Rohwer concentration camp, including discussion of a wedding, dentistry, and rations. Matsuye Koike received the letter while imprisoned at Fort Missoula, MT. The letter was "detained alien enemy mail examined."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-432-13/