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 Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-502)

Eddie and Jeanette Otsuka wedding party and family pose for a portrait. The portrait is signed "F. Hala Tacoma." Front row, third from right next to the bride is Pauline Kawamoto, right behind her to the right is Roy Otsuka. Alice Kawamoto is in the front, second from left. Adults on far left, left to right: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-502/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1579)

Caption from the album "George and Fusaye Funai". Mr Funai was in the 442nd and for a time was a POW.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1579/

img Sisters at wedding (ddr-densho-359-237)

Yonchan Nakata and Alice Kawamoto pose before their siblings' double wedding.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-237/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-548)

Jeanette and Eddie Otsuka wedding portrait. The caption beneath the photograph in the album states "April 4, 1926".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-548/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-566)

Caption written beneath photograph in the album states "Mr. and Mrs. S. Kanogawa". Sho and Shizu Kanogawa. Shizu was Eddie Otsuka's sister.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-566/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1191)

Stamped on the back " Whelchel Milliner Studio Caldwell, Idaho".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1191/

img Portrait of bride (ddr-densho-359-926)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-926/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1188)

A bridge and groom pose for their wedding portrait.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1188/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-359-317)

Front: Sachan and Yonchan Nakata, Kyoichi Iwasa, Eddie Otsuka; back: two unidentified people,

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-317/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-870)

The caption on the photograph is written in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-870/

img Bride and groom (ddr-densho-359-404)

The photograph is signed "Most sincerely Jack & Patricia 7/22/42". Woman is wearing wedding dress; man an Army uniform

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-404/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1623)

George and Lucy Fujimoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1623/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1116)

The bride and groom, Sei and Roy Fujiwara, pose with family at their wedding. Left to right: Sho and Shizu Kanogawa, unknown man and woman, Sei and Roy Fujiwara, S. and Sumi Oki, Chiyoko and Henry Hamamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1116/

img Two men in suits (ddr-densho-359-941)

Kyoichi Iwasa and Joe Kawamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-941/

img Okano family photograph album (ddr-densho-359-421)

A post-WWII photo album of the Okano and Kawamoto families. The album includes family photos, weddings, and bussiness facades.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-421/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-427)

Bride and groom pose for a portrait. Sue and Jerry Nakata

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-427/

img Double wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-970)

Left to right: Sadako Nakata, Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto, Saburo Hayashida, Mo Nakata (seated), Alice Kawamoto, Mrs. Dagood, Masaaki and Pauline Nakata, the minister, Rev. Osgood, Shigeko and Joe Kawamoto, Shinichi Seike, Ken Nakata in front of Mr Seike, Yonchan Nakata, Jitsuzo and Shima Nakata, Gerald Nakata in front of his grandparents, Kameno Seike, Eddie and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-970/

img Groom and best man (ddr-densho-359-316)

Kyoichi Iwasa and Eddie Otsuka

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-316/

img Wedding (ddr-densho-359-460)

Niki and Kenji Shikuma walking down the aisle at the end of the wedding ceremony.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-460/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1045)

Alice and Philip Okano wedding photo. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1045/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1457)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1457/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-978)

Back row, left to right: John Nakata, holding Kenji Nakata; Joe Kawamoto, 3 unidentified women, Jerry Nakata; rest of back row unidentified; front row, left to right: Alice Kawamoto, Shigeko Kawamoto, Pauline Nakata with Don Nakata in front of her, unidentified woman, Jeanette and Eddie Otsuka, Kyoichi and Yonchan Iwasa, Sachan Nakata, Jitsuzo and Shima Nakata …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-978/