Yasui Family Collection ddr-densho-259
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-527)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of Ryusuke Watanabe, from Kanagawa ken, and his bride, Sen Tokuda, who was born in Tokyo. Ryusuke came to the U.S. in 1907 and Sen came in 1922 It's been said that Ryusuke was one of the four Issei men who were arrested by the FBI and sent to an …
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Portrait of Japanese couple (ddr-densho-259-528)
Portrait of Japanese couple, possibly Fumi Miyake and her husband.
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Portrait of Japanese couple (ddr-densho-259-531)
Portrait of Hisa Fujii Miyake and her husband Ichiro Miyake.
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Stage performance (ddr-densho-259-532)
Audience watching a performance onstage, some of the audience wearing school uniforms. The performance is an unidentified drama, possibly a kabuki play.
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Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-259-533)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party portrait of Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama. This photograph was probably taken in the parlor of Ernest C. and Alice Smith in Hood River."
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Multi-generational family portrait in Japan (ddr-densho-259-534)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait, presumably many of the extended Yasui clan in Nanukaichi, Japan. Prominent in the center is our uncle, Taiitsuro Yasui, and on his immediate right, his wife, Kameno Kawasaki Yasui. Our Yasui grandmother, Tsune [Tsuya?] Katayama Yasui, is on Taiitsuro's left. I think that that's Yasuo Yasui on Grandma Yasui's left--he was …
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Family picture in Japan (ddr-densho-259-535)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family picture of Saburo and Fumi Miyake with Daiichi Takeoka, of Portland, Oregon, in this group. Our maternal grandmother, Hisa Fujii Miyakie [Miyake] is in the center Presumably this photo was taken in their family home."
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Men in a field (ddr-densho-259-536)
Two pictures of unidentified men in a field. The man in the center of the upper image is possibly Masuo Yasui.
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"Group of three Nisei girls" (ddr-densho-259-537)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of three Nisei girls Chieko [Takasumi], who was called 'Chikie' was a very popular Nisei girl in the Hood River Nikkei community."
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Three Issei men in a field (ddr-densho-259-538)
Masuo Yasui with two unidentified Issei men, standing in a field.
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Nisei baseball players (ddr-densho-259-539)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] in baseball shin guards, with other presumed baseball players. This may well have been part of the Nisei Athletic Club baseball team."
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Young Nisei man and woman (ddr-densho-259-540)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] and unidentified Nisei girl. I don't know who this woman is, but it seems to me that it was taken when Ches went to Wapato, [Washington], to participate in a baseball game. In any case, Ches is clowning around, which he frequently did."
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Issei mother and children (ddr-densho-259-541)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a formal portrait of most of the Yasui family, taken in the Third Street home in Hood River [Shidzuyo] is holding Shu on her lap, Mihci is sitting in an adjustable child's chair, Roku is sitting on a rectangular leather-topped stool, and the older boys are gathered in front of …
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Farmhouse in Japan (ddr-densho-259-542)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A substantial farm house in Japan It must have been the home of a rich farmer."
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"Issei Christian church gathering" (ddr-densho-259-543)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A very large Issei Christian church gathering in Toppenish, Washington."
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"Issei men in a fancy living room" (ddr-densho-259-544)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A gathering of dignified-looking Issei men in a fancy living room with an imposing fireplace mantel and very fancy window drapes. I wonder if this could have been the Japanese Consul General's residence in Portland."
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Korakuen Garden in Japan (ddr-densho-259-546)
Photograph of Korakuen Garden in Okayama, Japan. Japanese caption: Okayama Korakuen.
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Okayama Castle in Japan (ddr-densho-259-548)
Okayama Castle in Okayama prefecture, Japan. Japanese caption: Okayama-ken Tenshu Kaku.
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Student orchestra (ddr-densho-259-549)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of an orchestra Maybe it was a grade school, or even a Hood River Junior High School orchestra."
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Two Nisei boys (ddr-densho-259-550)
Ches (Tsuyoshi) Yasui with an unidentified boy sitting on the fender of a car.