Oregon Buddhist Church 50th Anniversary Celebration Chigo Procession

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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Frank C. Hirahara Collection

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, Rick Saito, Nancy (Matsunaga) Sakuragi, Sueo "Buddy" Ikata and remaining unidentified.

1953

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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