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.
Community activities
(1965)
Weddings
(956)
956 items
956 items
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Wedding cake cutting (ddr-densho-201-901)
Caption in album: "Charlie Ikeda at Nichiren Buddhist Church."
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Wedding party (ddr-densho-201-902)
Caption in album: "Charlie Ikeda at Nichiren Buddhist Church."
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The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 79 (September 22, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-141)
"Kokubu Reburial Moved to Today" (p. 1), "Final Services for PFC. Seike to be Sept. 25" (p. 1), "Wyoming School Marm to Teach Youth of Japan Occupational Force Personnel" (p. 2).
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The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 69 (September 23, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-56)
"France and U.S. Will Honor Nisei GI War Dead in Special Ceremony in Bruyeres on October 30" (p. 1), "Visit to Japan Not O.K. Yet, JACL Learns" (p. 1),"Final Briefs Completed for Alien Land Law Case" (p. 4).
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Wedding (ddr-one-3-83)
Color photograph of the wedding of a Japanese couple. Japanese written on the back.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 27 (December 23-30, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-50)
Selected article titles: "Jappan-United States Friendship Act Lacks Nikkei Participation" (p.37), "Mandate of 1976 JACL Convention Being Carried Out at Snail's Pace" (p.38, 40), "East West Players, Asian American Actors Group, Now in 13th Season" (p.41), "Interracial Marriages" (p.44-46), "My Sansei Son" (p.50), "Little Tokyo Towers, Home of Happy Issei" (p.52-53), "Asian Americans in Media, They …
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Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-327)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph from a wedding, in a Japanese American couple pose in a Buddhist temple. The bride wears a western wedding gown and the bridegroom wears a suit. Date and location are unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-342)
A wedding photograph taken at a Buddhist temple. Inscription on the backside reads, "Mr. and Mrs. Toichi __moto, most sincerely, Jerry and Mari Shibata, June 12th, 1948." Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_004
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Ukichi and Saki Matsui (ddr-csujad-25-207)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are: a photograph of Ukichi and Saki Matsui taken probably on Takako Matsui, their daughter's wedding day in Osaka, Japan; and a photograph of Ukichi Matsui in suits. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_002
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Wedding of Oliver Noji [and Kiyo Aiura] (ddr-csujad-26-118)
Oliver Noji marries Kiyo Aiura at Tule Lake. Caption on back of photo reads, " Wedding of Oliver Noji (architecture). The bride is radiant, Oliver looks anxious, as well he might - look whose shoes he has to fill." From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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In Fort Ceremony: two U.S. Ja_s wed; First Sgt Toshio Ansai; First MIS-WAC-EM engagement announced (ddr-csujad-49-78)
Newspaper clippings about the marriage of WAC Pfc. Toyome Uyeno and T-5 Toshio Nakanishi at Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Sgt Toshio Ansai. Items from: pages 62-63 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_043_01
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Mohei and Sadae Umeda wedding anniversary and reception (ddr-csujad-25-238)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are a portrait of Mohei and Sadae Umeda for their wedding anniversary as well as a photograph of their reception taken in California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_033
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Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-318)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes photographs from a Japanese family's wedding. The bride wears a western wedding gown. One of the photograph is dated : July 1955. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_027
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Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-325)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Three photographs of a wedding are pasted on the page. The couple and attendees wear western dress. Date and location are unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_035
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Wedding portrait (ddr-csujad-25-50)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes one wedding portrait: a Japanese man in suits and a Japanese woman in wedding kimono. The photograph is probably taken in the early 1900s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_050
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Matsui and Taenaka families (ddr-csujad-25-212)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three photographs of the Matsui and Taenaka families. Include Shozo Taenaka, Ukichi Matsui, Naka Taenaka, Takako Morii [Matsui], Yanosuke Matsui. The photograph of Takako Morii [Matsui] is most likely taken on her wedding day, April 9, 1921. See this object in the California …
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Wedding reception] (ddr-csujad-25-326)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes three photographs of a wedding reception. The couple and attendees wear western dress. Date and location are unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_036
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Matsui family (ddr-csujad-25-206)
A page from tthe the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a group photograph of the Matsui family. It is taken at the front door of Matsui's house probably in Osaka, Japan on Takako Matsui's wedding day. From the left: Saki, Taka [=Takako], Ukichi, Yone, Harue, Kinoko, and Yanosuke Matsui. See this object …
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Commemorative photograph of Takako Matsui's wedding (ddr-csujad-25-208)
A page from tthe the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a group photograph of the Matsui family and other relatives taken on Takako Matsui's wedding day, most likely in Osaka Japan. Includes Saki, Takako, Ukichi, Yone, Harue, Kinoko, and Yanosuke Matsui. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
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Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-324)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes three photographs of a wedding. The couple and attendees appear in western dress. Date and location are unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_034
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Card from Jonny and Sachi Koyama to Mr. George Naohara and Mrs. Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-7)
A thank-you card for a wedding gift (a bedspread) sent from George and Mitzi Naohara. Includes the photo of Johnny and Sachi. An item from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 1. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_01_002
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Meguro family's wedding (ddr-csujad-42-243)
Photographed are the Meguro family members. The handwritten note on the backside reads: The youngest daughter's wedding. From right, Kihei Meguro (father), Kiichi Meguro, and Sumiko's school principal. [In Japanese]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_02_10_004
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Letter from M. Kurima to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 22, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-126)
A letter from Tadashi Mac and Fusaye Alice Kurima in Chicago, Illinois, to their relatives, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. Kurima thanks them for the Christmas gift and congratulates on their daughter, Hatsuno's marriage. He also writes about Masao Okine who sent a 5-yen bill to Kurima from Japan. See this object in the …