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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![Japanese American family (ddr-densho-325-513)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a3/69/a369d47e7a9054be40dbb9c7c3ef2228.jpg)
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Japanese American family (ddr-densho-325-513)
Sumito Horiuchi poses with his three sons, Eddie, Raymond and Danny.
![Baby Shower (ddr-densho-325-376)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ec/7d/ec7dffcd82c0bdaf8cf8cdc50ca0ba12.jpg)
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Baby Shower (ddr-densho-325-376)
Written on back of photograph "Ethel's shower April 4, 1948 L.A."
![Father and son (ddr-densho-325-407)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e8/bc/e8bc435533e9db1c72cb28e1f91b94df.jpg)
![Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2d/4f/2d4f44ca80d751a36c5ec3c65dea9f1b.jpg)
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-5)
Photographs of Hisa's friends. A photograph of Hisa appears in the second row second from the right.
![Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-344)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b7/f0/b7f0c594f1952a39a3fc5e7f8848b049.jpg)
![Father and sons (ddr-densho-325-557)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d1/fd/d1fdf5dca7c26ef00089c1f716788822.jpg)
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Father and sons (ddr-densho-325-557)
Sumito Horiuchi (on far right) with two of his sons.
Written beneath the photograph "June 1966"
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-345)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/90/f6/90f62d6124d056eadfe77cd209231ee8.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-345)
Hisa Nimura and friend, Mickie walking down the sidewalk in Ocean Park.
Written on back of photograph "Mickie + Me Ocean Park [Long Beach is struck through]"
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-257)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0c/43/0c43b9ebe163f0b4b073f64c4b77875e.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-257)
Hisa Nimura and friends pose on front steps of house in California.
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-248)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/56/a3/56a36e40a40e76a44f95b7988d425160.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-248)
Hisa Nimura and friend
Written on back of photograph "Sept 11 '47 Pasadena"
![Portrait of Hisa Nimura (ddr-densho-325-142)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b2/80/b2806f195c88e172f3994cf31df727bd.jpg)
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Portrait of Hisa Nimura (ddr-densho-325-142)
Written on the front of the photograph is "Dear Sumito, [illegible] Hisa".
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-368)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8c/25/8c25df01ece75ee78b51ff61cf294df9.jpg)
![Sansei rides pony (ddr-densho-325-444)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/34/f1/34f19d498dd1eee41e57b5e52c2bce7b.jpg)
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Sansei rides pony (ddr-densho-325-444)
Hisa Nimura Horiuchi points to the camera as her son, Eddie Horiuchi, rides a pony.
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-277)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/cf/6e/cf6ec5c1b9200a2e9a00a4a7cf3df7a6.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-277)
Hisa Nimura and friend pose in front of car.
Written on back of photograph "Oct '47"
![Japanese American family (ddr-densho-325-502)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8c/25/8c259032bf80eef77c841b469d246d7e.jpg)
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Japanese American family (ddr-densho-325-502)
Hisa Nimura Horiuchi with her three sons, Eddie, Raymond and Danny.
![Nisei couple (ddr-densho-325-379)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4b/6a/4b6a95015b903152198d7645e6203555.jpg)
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Nisei couple (ddr-densho-325-379)
Sumito and Hisa Horiuchi
Written on the back of photograph "Spring of 1949"
![Nisei man (ddr-densho-325-589)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/16/4b/164baf4ee4e0fdbbc9d6d739c523c962.jpg)
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Nisei man (ddr-densho-325-589)
Sumito Horiuchi
Written on back of photograph "Dec. 3, 1979 60th birth"
![Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-238)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9e/86/9e86a61aed46fcc689d8b9cd9c79cbe4.jpg)
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Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-238)
A friend of Hisa Nimura poses while on a trip to Long Beach, California.
Written on back of photograph "Long Beach Sept. 7, 1947"
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-574)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bc/76/bc7670457c8eeb89e5130677d2a325d7.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-574)
Hisa Nimura Horiuchi (foreground) with an unidentified Nisei woman.
![Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-232)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/28/4b/284ba1bf21ba3889b1d65a92390579ba.jpg)
![Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-281)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/60/50/60502b49cc0c4eaaa1c262855457b760.jpg)
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Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-281)
Written on front of photograph "To Dearest Hisa - Always, [illegible]" and written on back of photograph "Oct. 5, 1947"
![Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-247)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9e/0f/9e0f8c0f1baa49a8cc56c6d5e6f73ff8.jpg)
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Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-247)
Hisa Nimura and friend pose on lawn of house in Pasadena, California.
Written on back of photograph "Sept 11 Pasadena"
![Mother and son (ddr-densho-325-399)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0f/f5/0ff5e53cb915c6ab82a1ac0f9bd006f9.jpg)