Nisei

The Nisei (second generation) felt the pull of two cultures. American born, attending public schools, and influenced by American popular culture, they shared the same idols, favorite songs and sports heroes as most other children of their generation. Wanting to fit in, many Nisei with Japanese first names dropped them for Western ones that their non-Japanese friends could easily pronounce. Yet, most grew up in Japanese neighborhoods, and their parents taught them the customs and values of the old country.

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img Japanese American boy (ddr-densho-26-50)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-50/

img Japanese American boy (ddr-densho-26-75)

Akio Yanagihara posing in front of house. Written in bottom right hand corner is "1934" and a Japanese caption on the back.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-75/

img Japanese American man in front of statue (ddr-densho-26-192)

Japanese American man standing in front of the Fountain of Time statue. Written on the back is "Fountain of Time" in English and a Japanese caption. Fountain of Time was completed in 1920 and dedicated in 1922. Located in Washington Park in Chicago.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-192/

img Japanese American child (ddr-densho-26-96)

Imprint in the corner of photograph: "H. Ishitsuka"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-96/

img Japanese American child (ddr-densho-26-91)

Minidoka camp photograph

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-91/

img Japanese American children picking cherries (ddr-densho-26-54)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-54/

img Japanese American boy (ddr-densho-26-213)

Written on the back "Akio 3-15-1947"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-213/

img Japanese American children (ddr-densho-26-56)

Akio and Mitsue Yanagihara pose in front of storefront.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-56/

img Japanese American girl (ddr-densho-26-199)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-199/

img Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-26-176)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-176/

img Japanese American children picking cherries (ddr-densho-26-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-55/

img Japanese American family (ddr-densho-26-214)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-214/

img Japanese American child (ddr-densho-26-95)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-95/

img Japanese American family (ddr-densho-26-185)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-185/

doc Correspondence regarding the formation of the Valley Civic League (ddr-densho-277-17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-277-17/

doc A Tule Lake Interlude (ddr-densho-291-1)

This collection of poems and stories related to life in Tule Lake was published on concentration camp's first anniversary.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-291-1/

doc Album 4 (ddr-densho-287-609)

Milton Maeda's pre-war college album

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-609/

doc Album 1 (ddr-densho-287-21)

Molly (Kageyama) Maeda's red photo album containing images of young nisei at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University), graduation portaits, and images of life at Minidoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-21/

doc Album 2 (ddr-densho-287-151)

Milton Maeda's brown photo album of pre-war life including photographs of travel to Salem, Oregon; Yakama, Washington; and Alaska to visit friends and work in canneries, and college life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-151/

doc Gidra, Vol. I, No. 7 (October 1969) (ddr-densho-297-7)

Selected article titles: "Issei Centennial" (p. 2), "Introspect" (p. 3), "Okinawa" (p. 5), "Shhh!: A Nisei Is Speaking" (p. 6), "The Emergence of Yellow Power in America" (p. 8-9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-7/

doc Gidra, Vol. II, No. 1 (January 1970) (ddr-densho-297-10)

Selected article titles: "Soldiers Oppose War" (p. 2), "Remember 1942?" (p. 2), "Chuck Smokes Hi Pot" (p. 3). Prof Says - 'They're Quiet'" (p. 3), "Panthers 'Vamped' Again" (p. 3), "Rebel with a Cause . . ." (p. 6-7), "Tutorial Project" (p. 12-13).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-10/

doc Gidra, Vol. I, No. 8 (November 1969) (ddr-densho-297-8)

Selected article titles: "Moratorium Day" (p. 2), "1969 Internal Security Act" (p. 2), "Pioneer Center Opens in Little Tokyo" (p. 3), "Yellow and Proud" (p. 5), "Revelance of Ethnic Studies" (p. 5), "The High Cost of Saving Face the American Way" (p. 8-9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-8/