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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![Wedding organist (ddr-densho-321-1049)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/da/b1/dab1a702de2699925a44dec6feed7d8d.jpg)
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![Scene at a wedding (ddr-densho-321-1361)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/07/d307e4b2b4353a6fa3f1c144eddfca6a.jpg)
![Scene at Fusae Fujii's wedding (ddr-densho-321-1062)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f8/d2/f8d225b2843f060853537abd126430bf.jpg)
![Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-321-539)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e6/c8/e6c82b25f703f2ce1c296aa17949b887.jpg)
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-321-539)
Caption on reverse: "Wedding photo of Takao & Kiku Fujii 1926." Includes family tree.
![Two bridesmaids (ddr-densho-321-1047)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/35/54/3554a4113a53af756be77452d32ed9eb.jpg)
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-322-1)
The wedding of Kazuo Kinshita and Ami Nakao at the Oregon Buddhist Temple in Portland.
![Wedding reception (ddr-densho-322-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/27/f6/27f6fa2d11ce297d1984ae108aa6651f.jpg)
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Wedding reception (ddr-densho-322-2)
Ami Kinoshita, dressed in kimono, and her husband Kazuo at their wedding reception.
![Bridesmaid portrait (ddr-densho-322-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/47/d4/47d41a5994247a4fd33d1155c3f2b180.jpg)
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Bridesmaid portrait (ddr-densho-322-7)
Ami Kinoshita in bridesmaid gown for her brother's wedding in Seattle, Washington.
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Bridal party group (ddr-densho-323-3)
A portrait of the bridal party and family at the wedding of Fred Shiosaki and Lily Nakai.
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Bridal party group (ddr-densho-323-4)
A portrait of the bridal party in front of the altar at the wedding of Fred Shiosaki and Lily Nakai.
![Wedding invitation (ddr-densho-328-251)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/24/d6/24d63a35602e437ade2683614f951151.jpg)
![Wedding invitation (ddr-densho-328-511)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/59/f2/59f2a12b587f4d218cfd173a520342aa.jpg)
![Bride and groom (ddr-densho-328-580)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/53/1f/531f4f12db2bc8b649938185b9fa1996.jpg)
![Wedding invitation (ddr-densho-328-518)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f8/6c/f86cc2edc95d6146d10e50ca50950c15.jpg)
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Wedding invitation (ddr-densho-328-518)
Invitation to the wedding of Mary Hachisuka and Hideo Mayeda.
![Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 37 (February 11, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d6/eb/d6ebcfae8fed4d66fa5f59c3e03ab58c.jpg)
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Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 37 (February 11, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-11)
Selected article titles: "Bodies of Nisei Dead Return" (p.1-2), "Music Scholarship Contest, Plays Set for Next Week" (p.1-2), "Troop 379 Notes Seventeenth Anniversary" (p.3).