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 Henri Takahashi dressing for wedding (ddr-densho-410-455)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-455/

img Woman helping Henri Takahashi adjust his sleeve (ddr-densho-410-457)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-457/

img Wedding photo of Emiko and Tsuneo in photo folder (ddr-densho-410-566)

Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Henri Takahashi and family

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-566/

doc Takahashi-Nozawa Wedding album (ddr-densho-410-447)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-447/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi with her father, Tomoyuki Nozawa and unidentified man (ddr-densho-410-515)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-515/

img Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-410-528)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-528/

img Flower girl Kashiwa Arizawa with man and woman (ddr-densho-410-510)

Possibly Kashiwa's parents?

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-510/

img View of ceremony from above (ddr-densho-410-489)

Henri Takahashi, Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi facing Rev. Dr. E. Kawamorita, Tomoyuki Nozawa standing behind

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-489/

img Henri Takahashi with hand in pocket (ddr-densho-410-537)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-537/

img Taro Katayama, unidentified man in background (ddr-densho-410-532)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-532/

img Henri Takahashi and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi standing at altar (ddr-densho-410-479)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-479/

img Henri Takahashi and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi standing at altar with wedding party (ddr-densho-410-490)

Left to right: Martha Nozawa, Tomoyuki Nozawa; Kashiwa Arizawa; Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi, Henri Takahashi; Taro Katayama, Masao Yabuki, Helen Takahashi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-490/

img Tomoyuki Nozawa (right) with unidentified man and woman seated at head table (ddr-densho-410-496)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-496/

img Henri Takahashi and Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi dancing (ddr-densho-410-543)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-410-543/

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/

doc Marriage license application for Susumu Tomine and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-945)

Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (of San Francisco, CA) and fianc?e Tomoe Otsu's (of Alameda, CA) application for a license to marry, August 5, 1942. He had contracted Tuberculosis and was living at the Hassler Health Home in Redwood City, CA. Tomoe had already evacuated to the Tanforan Assembly Center. They were hastily married in Tanforan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-945/

img Wedding portrait of Motoki Yatabe and Mitsue Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-850)

Caption below photo: Motoki Yatabe marries Mitsue Ozeki in Berkeley, CA She was from Alameda, CA. April 18, 1947

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-850/

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/

doc Society page clipping about wedding showers for Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-969)

Article title: Friends give showers for Alameda girl

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-969/

img Mitsue Ozeki with mother and sisters on wedding day (ddr-ajah-6-847)

Caption below photo: On her wedding in April 18, 1947, Mitsue Ozeki poses with her mother, Akino, and her sisters, Yasue and Hatsuyo. The Ozekis were from Alameda, CA., but she was married in nearby Berkeley and this photo could have been made in either location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-847/

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 portrait of Kazue Inouye and Yoshiyuki Hattori (ddr-ajah-6-485)

Caption below photo: Kazuye "Kay" Inouye marries Yoshiyuki Hattori, both of Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-485/

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/