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 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/

img Photo and text titled: No Time for World War II Wedding Bells (ddr-ajah-6-962)

Includes story of Anna Matsuyama and John Seiji Towata marriage and Towata's work with the JACL at the time of evacuation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-962/

img Wedding portrait of Tomoe Otsu and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-6-943)

Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu marries Susumu Tomine at Tanforan Race track in San Bruno, CA., on September 15, 1942, while waiting to be sent to Topaz, Utah incarceration camp during WWII. This photo, however was shot at Topaz, where they held another ceremony after the arrival there, with a borrowed wedding dress for the photo. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-943/

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/

doc Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-539)

Includes story of Itahara and Takeda's wedding. Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, 27, of Alameda, CA., married Shuzo "Bill" Takeda on January 19, 1941. At left is Masa Hanamura, at right Hazel Takii

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-539/

doc Photo of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in wedding dress (ddr-ajah-6-538)

Includes copy of newspaper engagement notice for Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and Shozu "Bill" Takeda

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-538/

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 Motoki Yatabe and Misue Ozeki standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-854)

Caption below photo: Motoko Yatabe and Mitsue Ozeki after their April 18, 1947 wedding. 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-6-854/

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 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 Twelve women posing for photo outside house (ddr-ajah-6-912)

Caption below photo: May 28, 1950 - Chiyo Furuno's bridal shower, Alameda, CA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-912/

img Portrait of wedding party for Henry Takagi and Mitsuyo Aihara (ddr-ajah-6-893)

Caption below photo: Henry Takagi and Mitsuyo Aihara Wedding, Alameda, CA. Circa 1925

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-893/

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/