Weddings

The rituals of weddings and funerals, whether Christian or Buddhist, were community events. The ceremonies were often elaborate and blended Japanese and American customs. During the World War II incarceration, many Issei (first-generation immigrant) parents confined in the camps were notified that their sons had died in combat.

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img Peter Horikoshi playing guitar at the Endo-Furumura wedding (ddr-densho-336-1162)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-1162/

img Eileen Yemoto speaking at the Endo-Furumura wedding (ddr-densho-336-1166)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-1166/

img Jeri Endo holding a bouquet at her wedding (ddr-densho-336-1159)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-1159/

doc Letter from Emmy Sumida Ito to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-14)

Letter describes her happiness that Chimata, her father, gave his blessing for her marriage to Ken Ito, and the plans for their upcoming wedding.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-14/

doc Letter from Ken Ito to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-16)

First letter from Ken Ito after his marriage to Emmy Sumida. He mentions that their district is scheduled to go to Santa Anita Assembly Center on April 30th or May 1st.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-16/

doc Letter from Emmy Sumida Ito to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-17)

Emmy Ito's first letter after her marriage to Ken Ito to her father, Chimata Sumida, talks about plans and packing to go to Santa Anita Assembly Center very soon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-17/

img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-ajah-6-185)

Caption below photo: Goro Sato marries Kimiko Nakayama in Alameda, CA. In 1936, she was living in Decoto, some 24 miles to the south, November 272, 1936.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-185/

img Photo of the wartime wedding of Anna and Johnny Towata and clipping related to evacuation and alien property (ddr-ajah-6-52)

Caption: No Time for World War II Wedding Bells

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-52/

img Toshio and Etsuko Sato (ddr-ajah-6-198)

Caption below photo: Toshio and Etsuko Sato, who lived in Alameda, CA., before World War II. They are picture here in Dayton, Ohio on January 28, 1950, for their son's wedding. Toshio and his brother, Goro, moved to Dayton after WWII. Goro worked on a dairy farm and he stayed for a year, then returned to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-198/

img Shigeko Iwaihara Koga standing by stone lantern (ddr-ajah-6-173)

Caption below photo: Nicely dressed with a scarf and beret is Shigeko "Cookie" Koga, as she poses at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, on February 26, 1929. She had just married Matao Koga and this photo was probably shot not long after the wedding, as she prepared to go on her honeymoon. The lacy sleeves …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-173/

img Couple cutting wedding cake (ddr-ajah-6-81)

Caption below photo: Imiko "June" Matsumoto of Gila River, AZ., (and before that, Santa Maria, CA.) and Sergeant Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro, of Alameda, CA., wedding in Chicago, IL. February 19, 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-81/

img Wedding photo and copy of wedding announcement (ddr-ajah-6-9)

Caption below photo: Shizuto Kawamura married Haruko "Spring" Kido in 1936 at the home of the Kawamuras on Walnut Street in Alameda, CA. Caption includes additional notes on the couple's move to Japan. Reprint of article in Shin Sekai Asahi Shinbun, April 26, 1936.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-9/

doc Album page with photo of Denby Nakashima with clipping and biographical data about Nakashima. (ddr-ajah-6-98)

Inscription on photo front: To Emiko San / Sincerely yours Denby Nakashima 1929. Caption on page below photo: Shiek of Oakland. Clipping is announcement of Nakashima's engagement to Natsuye Mae Tominaga

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-98/

img Matao and Shigeko Koga standing by car after their wedding (ddr-ajah-6-170)

Document including photo of Matao and Shigeko Koga, portion of wedding registry and biographical data about Matao Koga

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-170/

img Wedding portrait of couple, man in tuxedo, woman in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-56)

Caption below photo: Yoshita and Mitsuye Hirotsuka of Alameda, CA., wedding photo December 13, 1934

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-56/

img Four women and girl standing on porch (ddr-ajah-6-184)

Caption below photo: Goro Sato marries Kimiko Nakayama in Alameda, CA. Pictured are members of the wedding party. Chiyo is Kimiko's sister (Kimiko is not in this image) November 22, 1936

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-184/

img Group photo at Kimiko Nakayama and Goro Sato's wedding (ddr-ajah-6-182)

Caption below photo: Kimiko Nakayama marries Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. This photo was shot after the wedding ceremony in Alameda, November 22, 1936

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-182/

img Wedding portrait of Shigeko Iwaihara and Matao Koga (ddr-ajah-6-172)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara marries Matao Koga, February 26, 1939. She was from Alameda, he was from San Francisco. They would live at 2034 Pacific Avenue in Alameda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-172/

img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-ajah-6-169)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara marries Matao Koga, 1939 Both were from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-169/

doc Document with photo of Ruzyo "Ruzzy" Maeyama and Haru "Lou" Matsuura, clippings and biographical information about Maeyama and Matsuura (ddr-ajah-6-151)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-151/

img Wedding party for Kenji Tomita and Mary Nakata's wedding (ddr-ajah-6-46)

Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita marries Mary Nakata, June 1957 at North Berkeley Methodist Church in California. Both were born in Alameda, CA. Kenji had known Mary from the time she was a very young child. Names above photo: Maid of Honor Pat Ichioka / flower girl Nancy tomato / Best Man Dan Mashihara

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-46/

img Portrait of wedding couple (ddr-ajah-6-186)

Caption below photo: Goro Sato marries Kimiko Nakayama in Alameda, CA., on November 22, 1936. The background in this portrait matches others from an Alameda photo studio, but it is unknown who the photographer was.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-186/

img Wedding portrait of Kenji Tomita and Mary Nakata (ddr-ajah-6-47)

Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita marries Mary Nakata, June 1957 at North Berkeley Methodist Church in California. Both were born in Alameda, CA., Kenji had know Mary from the time she was a very young child.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-47/

img Shigeko Iwaihara Koga with bridesmaids at her wedding (ddr-ajah-6-171)

Written on photo front: February, 1939. Caption below photo: Shigeko (second from right) Iwaihara's wedding party in Alameda, CA. She married Matao Koga. February 26, 1939

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-171/

img Mae (Miwa) Higaki in wedding gown (ddr-densho-458-13)

Mae in a wedding dress in front of a building

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-13/