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Portrait of an Issei man in Western clothing

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Yasui Family Collection

Portrait of Masuo Yasui as a young man wearing Western clothing. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Masuo Yasui came to the United States alone, departing from Yokohama, Japan on the Ryojun Maru, at the age of 16-1/2 years. He arrived in Seattle on June 4, 1903."

1903-1910

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Courtesy of the Yasui Family Collection

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