Japanese American identity

img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-373)

Black and white photographic negative of four women sitting at a picnic table eating with chopsticks at a community picnic at Viking Park hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). From left to right: Frances (Kinoshita) Mayeda, Sumi "Sue" (Kaga) Hasegawa, Mrs. Kiyomura, and Jean (Kiyomura) Tamiyasu.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-373/

img Oregon Buddhist Church Annual Lotus Bazaar- Roulette Table (ddr-one-1-718)

Black and white photographic print of a crowd playing Roulette at the Oregon Buddhist Church's Annual Lotus Bazaar. The Oregon Buddhist Church is now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple. For negative please see ONLC 2908 (ddr-one-1-107)

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img Prize Table (ddr-one-1-424)

Black and white photographic negative of a large prize table at a bingo event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now know as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). Woman bent over on left side is Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, man sitting on far right side facing camera is identified as Zenzaburo Ochiai.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-424/

img Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet (ddr-one-1-413)

Black and white photographic negative of the head table at the Northwest Buddhist Convention banquet dinner in the Seattle Buddhist Church's basement. From left to right: Reverend Tatsuya Ichikawa (from Seattle, Washington), Reverend Eiyu Terao (from Spokane, Washington), Reverend Shinjo Ikuta (from Vancouver, British Columbia), Reverend Tesshin Shibata (from White River, Washington), Reverend Akira Jotetsu Ono …

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img Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-336)

Black and white photographic negative of three unidentified women outside Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington for a Buddhist convention. George Oba is coming up from behind the women. Woman on the far right is holding a program with the date Feb 29- Mar 2, 1952 written on the cover.

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img Dance (ddr-one-1-350)

Black and white photographic negative of unidentified couples dancing in front of large windows with blinds drawn.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-350/

img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-233)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing in front of crowd. Dancer in center of image with butterflies on kimono is Phyllis Midori (Ando) Muramatsu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was taken at …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-233/

img Japanese American Workshop (ddr-one-1-585)

Color slide of an unidentified Japanese American man inside a workshop- one hand is resting on his knee as he looks at the camera.

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-228)

Black and white photographic negative of five Obon dancers performing in front of a crowd that is partially enclosing them. Dancers from left to right: Joe Shiraishi, Harue Akiyama, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, and Thomas "Tom" Honma. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-198)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in front of a crowd with arms raised. Obon dancers: second from the left is Yori Tomita, third from the left is Tomi Tsujimura, fourth from the left is Noboru Takashima, fifth from the left is Shizuko "Shiz" (Ninomiya) Onishi, eighth from the left is Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) …

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img Lunch Break (ddr-one-1-692)

Black and white photographic negative of a four unidentified Japanese American men sitting at a table with their heads down. A small box is in front of each of them.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-692/

img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-296)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dance rehearsal at Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, Carol (Takeda) Smith, and unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-296/

img Sunday School (ddr-one-1-629)

Black and white photographic negative of a Sunday school class leaning around a table looking at the teacher standing at the head of the table. Image of Buddha hangs on the wall, not at Oregon Buddhist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-629/

img Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Chigo Procession (ddr-one-1-67)

Color slide of two children in traditional Japanese costumes with gold headdresses. Children are carrying pink flowers and are part of a Chigo "Children's" procession past the US Custom's House in Northwest Portland. The children are followed by an unidentified Buddhist priest. From left to right: Joanne (Furukawa) Longfeldt and Joyce (Matsunaga) McMahon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-67/

img Obon Festival- Mayoral speech (ddr-one-1-206)

Black and white photographic negative of Portland Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee giving a speech at the Portland Obon festival while dancers and spectators watch. Photographers are taking pictures near the podium. Man behind stairs leading up to the podium is Matsutaro Muramatsu. Woman on right edge of image behind a photographer is Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka. A …

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img Obon folk musicians (ddr-one-1-111)

Black and white photographic negative of four unidentified men playing traditional Japanese instruments at the Obon Festival in front a microphone. All are dressed in happi coats and have tenugui (light cotton towel) headbands. Sitting behind the sound system is Henry Matsunaga. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-111/

img Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet (ddr-one-1-419)

Black and white photographic negative of six women preparing the Northwest Buddhist Convention banquet dinner in the kitchen of the Seattle Buddhist Church. From left to right: Kiyo (Ishikawa) Harada, May Matsumoto, Noriko (Ichikawa) Kurashige, Betty Kurimoto Yamasaki, and Irene (Yamauchi) Tatsuta.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-419/

img Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-73)

Color slide of unidentified Japanese Americans outside performing a Odori (traditional Japanese folk dance) at night.

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img Boy Scouts (ddr-one-1-91)

Black and white photographic negative of an unidentified boy scout troop at Obon Festival. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-91/

img Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Chigo Procession (ddr-one-1-53)

Color slide of Chigo "children's" procession past the US Custom House building in Northwest Portland. Children carry flowers and are accompanied by Buddhist ministers in black or white robes. Adults from left to right: Bishop Daiyu Y. Henjyoji, unidentified, Reverend Shoko Masunaga from Seattle and Reverend Eiyu Terao from Spokane. Children from left to right: unidentified, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-53/

img Obon Festival- Dancers (ddr-one-1-275)

Black and white photographic negative of three unidentified Obon dancers posing for the camera. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-275/

img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-297)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers form two circles, leader of outer circle is Tomi Tsujimura, leader of inner circle is Harue Akiyama, the Odori dance teacher. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-297/

img Children at Odori (ddr-one-1-64)

Color slide of two posing children in their Odori (traditional Japanese folk dance) costumes. Second from the left is Janice (Ikata) Marks.

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img Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-66)

Color slide of four unidentified women in yukatas or kimonos with Japanese straw hats performing Odori (traditional Japanese folk dance) at night.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-66/

img Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet- Kitchen (ddr-one-1-428)

Black and white photographic negative of women plating food in the kitchen of the Seattle Buddhist Church for the Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet. Behind the stove from right to left: Irene (Yamaguchi) Tatsuta, Betty Kurimoto Yamasaki, Noriko (Ichikawa) Kurashige, and May Matsumoto, others unidentified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-428/

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