Family

img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-380)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Magoichiro and Ume Sato family, who used to live in Parkdale [Oregon] Other than Mr. Sato, the only other person I recognize is Mark Kinya Sato. I'll guess that this picture was taken in 1927-28, because the Sato's youngest son, William Katsuya, was born in 1928, and he's in this photograph."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-380/

img Two Nisei brothers in front of a fence (ddr-densho-259-180)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a very cute picture of Kay and Ches [Yasui] when they were little boys. I will guess that Kay was 4 and Ches was 3 when it was taken."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-180/

img Family portrait (ddr-densho-259-552)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Senichi and Satoru Tomihiro family, with Chiye."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-552/

img Grandmother and grandchildren on a settee (ddr-densho-259-47)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Hisa Fujii Miyake, my maternal grandmother, with Saburo Miyake's three young children on a settee."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-47/

img Issei and Nisei men at railroad depot (ddr-densho-259-148)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui], Kay and Ches, together with an unidentified Japanese man, standing in front of the old Hood River Railroad Depot I will guess that Kay was 17 here, and Ches 16."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-148/

img Japanese mother and child wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-483)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese mother and child wearing kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-483/

img Boy wearing gi in Japan (ddr-densho-259-8)

Roku Yasui wearing Nihon gi in Nanukaichi, Japan.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-8/

img Portrait of Nikkei family (ddr-densho-259-488)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Shohei and Tei Endo family of Willow Flat, Oregon. There have been two spellings for their last name--Endo, as in the Oregon Japanese census of 1928, or Endow, as in Linda Tamura's book, The Hood River Issei. Shohei came to the U.S. in 1908, and Tei, his wife, in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-488/

img Family at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-294)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi, Fumi and Saburo Miyake at Miyajima, Japan, with the famous 'floating' torii [gate] in the background. This is considered to be one of the 3 most famous scenic views in Japan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-294/

img Japanese woman and girls wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-492)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese woman and two girls wearing kimono, posed with a stuffed dog.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-492/

img Nisei baby smiling (ddr-densho-259-103)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] as a baby. This may very well have been taken at [Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui's] first home, which was at Columbia Street in Hood River."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-103/

img Japanese woman and children (ddr-densho-259-494)

Unidentified Japanese woman and children wearing kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-494/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-289/

img Issei mother and baby (ddr-densho-259-209)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Mrs. Tatsu Emi holding a newborn infant wrapped in a Japanese quilt. Her husband, Dr. Shiro Emi, had a dental practice for a very short time in a side room of the first Yasui Brothers store on Third Street The baby is Seiji Emi."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-209/

img Nisei brother and sister (ddr-densho-259-461)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay and Yuka [Yasui] at the Third Street home [in Hood River, Oregon]."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-461/

img Portrait of Japanese American family (ddr-densho-259-301)

Portrait of an unidentified Japanese American family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-301/

img Caucasian family next to touring car (ddr-densho-259-395)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "John D. Young family next to their touring car."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-395/

img Japanese family on a ship to America (ddr-densho-259-122)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of [Renichi Fujimoto] and [Matsuyo Fujimoto] and another Japanese man, standing on the deck of a ship. Since Obasan is wearing a kimono, this must have been taken when she left for American with [Renichi, her husband]. They arrived in Seattle on March 10, 1931."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-122/

img Japanese Americans at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-279)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The reason why we were all [at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon] that summer was because along about 1929 [Masuo Yasui] developed an almost lethal case of lobar pneumonia [His wife, Shidzuyo] insisted that he quit work entirely and work on the business of getting well. To that end our whole family …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-279/

img Portrait of a boy in high school (ddr-densho-259-14)

Portrait of Shu Yasui as a high school student.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-14/

img Nisei baby (ddr-densho-259-383)

Portrait of an unidentified Nisei baby.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-383/

img Two Nisei children (ddr-densho-259-377)

Two unidentified Nisei children wearing school uniforms.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-377/

img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-280/

img Japanese American family in front of their home (ddr-densho-259-387)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Takeoka family in front of their home on NE Pacific Avenue, Portland, Oregon."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-387/

img Nisei brothers eating rice balls (ddr-densho-259-498)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Min[oru Yasui] & Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] eating what appears to be musabi, also sometimes called onigiri (cooked rice balls) with Mount Hood in the background."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-498/

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