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-259-525)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Probable wedding portrait of Kamematsu Norimatsu and his bride, Shizuko. Kamematsu came to America in 1905, and his wife in 1916."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-525/

img Issei men at a funeral (ddr-densho-259-340)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of 50 or more well dressed Issei men, many of whom appear to be wearing black armbands, so this may have been a post-funeral scene. This gathering may have been to mourn the death of the Emperor Meiji."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-340/

img "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-310)

Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-310/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-521)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "I'm not certain that this was a wedding portrait of Senichi and Satoru Tomihiro, circa 1924, although it well could have been Tomihiro came to America in 1904, and his wife in 1924. At the time this picture was taken, Senichi was probably around 40 years old, and his wife was 35."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-521/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-527)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of Ryusuke Watanabe, from Kanagawa ken, and his bride, Sen Tokuda, who was born in Tokyo. Ryusuke came to the U.S. in 1907 and Sen came in 1922 It's been said that Ryusuke was one of the four Issei men who were arrested by the FBI and sent to an …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-527/

img "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-321)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-321/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-259-510)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party of Eiko Yamaki [Tadakuma] and Tomonori Tom Morikado of Los Angeles The directory, Japanese-Americans of the Mid-Columbia Area and Relatives, states the Morikado was an Issei, born in Fukuoka ken, Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-510/

doc Marriage Speech in English and Japanese (ddr-densho-257-2)

Marriage speech of Baba Nobuzo and Miye Kato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-257-2/

img "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-322)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-322/

img Wedding portrait of Issei couple (ddr-densho-259-392)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding picture of Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka, both in western attire. Since Mrs. Takeoka came to the United States in 1918, that's probably when this picture was taken."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-392/

img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-259-533)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party portrait of Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama. This photograph was probably taken in the parlor of Ernest C. and Alice Smith in Hood River."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-533/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-259-509)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party of Fukiko Tsubota and Teizo 'Tacy' Yamagishi. This wedding took place in maybe 1937-38. The Tsubota family ran a fairly big truck farm just across the Columbia River from Hood River, in Bingen, Washington."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-509/

img "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-311)

Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-311/

img Nisei bride in kimono (ddr-densho-259-367)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding photograph, in a Japanese kimono, of Jane Kyono Jane was born in 1915 in Hood River [Oregon] and married Tokutaro Ted Mori before WWII."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-367/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-259-511)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party of Jane Kyono and Tokutaro Ted Mori, who was an Issei born in Shiga ken in 1903. This picture was taken in front of the same Buddhist Church where so many other group pictures of Nikkei were taken in Portland."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-511/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-291)

Wedding portrait captioned "Mr. and Mrs. Yasui." However, it does not appear to be a portrait of Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-291/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-519)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of the Reverend Isaac Inouye and his bride, Matsue I believe that they got married in Japan around 1935."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-519/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-524)

Wedding portrait of an unidentified Japanese couple

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-524/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-518)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait, presumably, of a young couple in Japan the man is wearing a formal montsuki, as well as the formal pleated trousers--hakama--and is holding the usual folded paper fan The bride, however, isn't wearing the usual horn-of-jealousy-concealing-white headcover--called a tsuno kakushi (literally, a horn hider)...I have no idea who the couple …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-518/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-516)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama's wedding picture the wedding was held in the living room of Ernest Chandler and Alice Smith's home There's a funny story that goes along with this August 13th wedding. Because the Bartlett pear harvest was about to start at any day at Willow Flat [farm] …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-516/