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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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-13)
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, woman in western dress, and child. One portrait is taken at "Toyo Studio" in Seattle, Washington. Also include a photograph probably taken at …
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-28)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Two photographs are pasted on the page. Both photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a family portrait and a portrait of a Japanese woman in western dress. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_028
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-38)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Three photographs are pasted on the page. Includes a Japanese man, Japanese women in western dress, and Japanese children. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_038
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-58)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include Japanese men in academic dress and a man in suits. Also include a photograph of a Japanese family, capturing a man in suits holding an infant, a …
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-47)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Four photographs are pasted on the page. Include photographs of the Japanese community at a picnic probably in Washington taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_07_01_047
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Tamesaburo Taenaka and his family (ddr-csujad-25-202)
A photograph of Tamesaburo Taenaka, Kamie Taenaka, and their daughter and grandchild taken at Sequoia National Park in 1943. 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_074
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Taenaka family, Japanese American community in Los Angeles, California (ddr-csujad-25-269)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenaka family taken with the local Japanese American community in Los Angeles, California. In these photographs, the female children are dancing in kimono. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1930s. See this object in the California State …
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Japanese women and child (ddr-csujad-25-349)
A portrait of two Japanese women and a child in western clothing. It is probably taken between 1900 and the 1930s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_011
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Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-149)
A photograph of the local Japanese, most likely taken in Totsugawa, Japan. They 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_021
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Kamie Taenaka or Sadae Umeda, grocery store (ddr-csujad-25-243)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a photograph of Kamie Taenaka or her sister, Sadae Umeda, and her child inside a grocery store. It appears that she is serving a Caucasian customer in the store. It is probably taken in Los Angeles, California between 1915 and 1925. See this …
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Portraits of Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-17)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Six photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to have been taken in the early 1900s in Washington. Include portraits of Japanese men in costume and Japanese woman in kimono. Also include a photograph of steam locomotive 2022. See this object in the California State …
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Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-194)
A group photograph of local Japanese men and woman taken in Japan around 1955. They are the Taenakas' relatives, including Ukichi Taenaka's son. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_066
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-34)
A page from an album containing Japanese family photographs. Two photographs are pasted on the page. Those photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a portrait of a Japanese man and woman in kimono and a Japanese infant dressed for a Japanese traditional ceremony for newborns. See this object in the …
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Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-183)
A group photograph of the local Japanese taken in Suita, Japan after the war. Probably they are 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_055
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Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-226)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka [Shibuya]. Include Haruko and Tamesaburo Taenaka. The photographs are taken around the early 1910s in Los Angeles, California. Also include Kamie Taenaka's photographs most likely taken in Japan before the marriage. See this object in the California State …
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Japanese family (ddr-csujad-25-293)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Men and children are included. The photographs were most likely taken in the early 1900s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_001
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Bishop Matsukage (ddr-csujad-11-26)
This photograph depicts Bishop Matsukage dressed in traditional clothing along with a procession on Buddhist Day on Treasure Island near San Francisco. From page 13 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_13_001
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Bishop Ryotei Matsukage (ddr-csujad-11-24)
A photograph of men dressed in suits sit together on the grass. Includes Bishop Ryotei Matsukage. From page 12 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_12_001
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Tazu and Chisano Kawamoto (ddr-csujad-11-199)
Photographed are Tazu Kawamoto posing with another woman, perhaps her mother, Chisano Kawamoto. This photograph might have been taken at the Gila River incarceration camp, Arizona. From page 80 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_80_001
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Family "portraits," Mother and daughter (ddr-csujad-11-160)
Photographed are Tazu Kawamoto and her mother, Chisono Kawamoto, standing in front of their house. From page 57 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_57_003
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Reverend Tansai Terakawa (ddr-csujad-11-25)
A photograph of men dressed in suits sit together on the grass. Includes Reverend Tansai K. Terakawa. From page 12 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_12_002
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Two people in a park (ddr-csujad-11-178)
A man and a woman pose together in a park or garden. The caption reads: June 1943, Rivers Arizona. From page 64 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_64_001
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Family "portraits," soldier comes home (ddr-csujad-11-159)
A family portrait with a soldier. From page 57 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_57_002
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Reverend Tokuno (ddr-csujad-11-132)
A photograph of a man and woman. The man in the photograph is identified as Reverend Tokuno. From page 48 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_48_007
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Day at the Fair with Father (ddr-csujad-11-94)
A man and two women are photographed together. The woman to the left of the man is most likely Tazu Kawamoto. The man is therefore her father, Sadaichi Kawamoto, as the caption reads: Day at the Fair with Father. The fair she is referring to is the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. The woman to the …