Issei

The earliest wave of Japanese immigrants, the Issei (first generation), had a strong sense of their ethnic identity and retained the values and traditions of their country of birth. Most came to the United States as sojourners and planned to return to Japan after earning their fortunes. In addition, discriminatory laws forbade them from becoming American citizens and from exercising other basic rights, such as owning or leasing land. Since they were thus prevented from fully taking part in American life, it is not surprising that many still identified strongly with the culture of their homeland.

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img Kamie Taenaka, Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, San Francisco International Airport (ddr-csujad-25-138)

A group photograph including Kamie Taenaka and other tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Gate 34 of San Francisco International Airport. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_010

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-138/

img Friends (ddr-csujad-25-225)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the pages are five photographs of the Taenakas' friends or relatives. Include portraits of: Sadaichi and Takae Kitada; Bunji or Fumiharu Okuda; Mexican beauty, Agustina; a Danish family. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_020

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-225/

img Japanese family in kimono (ddr-csujad-25-18)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Five photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to have been taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a portrait of a Japanese woman and child dressed in kimono; and a photograph of Japanese female child in kimono standing in front of a house. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-18/

img Japanese men in suits (ddr-csujad-25-2)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Five photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in suits. Also includes a photograph of a timber mill. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-2/

img Taenaka family, portrait (ddr-csujad-25-263)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three photographs of the Taenaka family, including a family portrait in which Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, Chiyoko, and Saiko are photographed. The two other photographs depict a family picnic. The photographs are most likely taken between 1923 and 1924 in Los …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-263/

img Ko Matsuda Tanesuke-shi no sogi [The funeral for the late Mr. Tanesuke Matsuda] (ddr-csujad-25-350)

A group photograph of the attendees of Tanesuke Matsuda's funeral held at a Buddhist temple in Salt Lake, Utah. Mr. Matsuda died on April 18, 1937 at the age of 51. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-350/

img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-46)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Includes a group photograph of a Japanese family posing in front of a house; and a photograph of a picnic scene of the Japanese community probably in Washington. Both photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Also includes a New Year's greeting card …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-46/

img Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [departure] (ddr-csujad-25-131)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party in front of Japan Air Line airplane at Los Angeles International Airport before departure. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-131/

img Horse drawn plow in sugar beet farm (ddr-csujad-25-101)

A photograph of horses for a plow in a sugar beet farm. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_043

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-101/

img Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-104)

A photograph Toshikuni Taenaka's family. Includes his parents, Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka, his sisters, Haruko, Chiyoko, and Saiko, and probably his nephews and niece. The photograph appears to be taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's family resides. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_046

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-104/

img Japanese family, children (ddr-csujad-25-42)

A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Include a Japanese woman and infants. The photographs appear to be taken in the early 1900s. One of the photographs is taken in "Aiko Studio," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_042

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-42/

img Kamie Taenaka, Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, San Francisco International Airport (ddr-csujad-25-136)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and other tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist taken at San Francisco International Airport. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_008

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-136/

img Nakamoto family's funeral (ddr-csujad-25-259)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a photograph of attendees of the funeral of "Nakamoto." Attendees include Tamesaburo, Kamie Taenaka, and Caucasian attendees. Funeral flowers are offered by the American National Insurance Co., F.D. Beane, Yomekichi Furuya or Furutani, Koshiro Miyamoto, Umekichi Fukui, Kikuchi, Chokichi Okamoto, Tamesaburo Taenaka, Ishitani …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-259/

img Taenaka family and relatives (ddr-csujad-25-218)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are four portraits of the Taenaka family's relatives. Includes: Mokichi and Sadae Umeda probably taken between 1910s and 1920s, and Ukichi Matsui taken in Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_013

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-218/

img Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-295)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Two Japanese women pose sitting at a dining table with a meal. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1900s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-295/

img 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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-206/

img Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-77)

A photograph of probably a relative of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's parents reside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_019

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-77/

img Rosanzerusu Betsuin Honichi Kankodan [Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party] (ddr-csujad-25-141)

A group photograph of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_013

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-141/

img Kamie Taenaka, family reunion (ddr-csujad-25-158)

A group photograph of Kamie Taenaka and her relatives in Japan. It appears to be taken at a house in Totsugawa, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_030

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-158/

img 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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-208/

img Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-232)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two photographs including a portrait of the Taenaka family taken between 1921 and 1922. It captures Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, and Chiyoko Taenaka. It is most likely taken in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-232/

img Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church (ddr-csujad-25-340)

A group photograph of the funeral attendees taken in front of "Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church", in Tacoma, Washington. It is probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-340/

img The late Mr. Setsu Fukazawa] (ddr-csujad-25-352)

A photograph of the late Mr. Setsu Fukazawa who died at the age of 57 on March 5, 1937 in Salt Lake, Utah, along with his family members. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_014

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-352/

img Funeral (ddr-csujad-25-354)

A group photograph of the attendees of a funeral held at a Buddhist temple in Salt Lake, Utah. It is taken probably in 1930s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_016

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-354/

img Kamie Taenaka, family reunion (ddr-csujad-25-150)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and the local Japanese children taken probably in Totsugawa, Japan. Those children appear to be the Taenakas' relatives. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_022

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-150/