Search Results | Densho Digital Repository

img College of Puget Sound Japanese American club (ddr-densho-109-38)

Front Row (L to R): Jack Hata, Aiko Kimura, Yoshiko Fujimoto, Yoshiye Jinguji, Margaret Yamamoto, Kenji Oyanagi. Back row (L to R): Tom Gato, Masayoski Jinguji, Jimmy Yoshioka, Hide Sato, Jimmy Yamamoto, Mine Tsuchikawa.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-109-38/

av Home movie footage of the wedding of Joanne Aiko Takeda and George Takata (ddr-ajah-4-76)

Home movie footage of the wedding of Joanne Aiko Takeda and George Takata at the Twin Towers Church in Alameda, California. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-76/

Narrator Aiko Tengan Tokunaga

Nisei female. Born September 8, 1943, in Naha, Okinawa, to a Nisei mother born in Hawaii and father from mainland Japan. Father was killed during World War II while serving in Okinawa in Japan's medical corps. Aiko barely survived infancy due to the devastation in Okinawa during the war. Moved to Los Angeles at the age …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/509/

img Higaki children (ddr-densho-458-5)

Six Higaki children, one in a stroller. Left to right: Juichi, Aiko, Emiko (seated), Harry, Naomi, and Shigeru. Caption on back in Japanese translated by donor as the children's names and date of August, 1931

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-5/

img Joo and Higaki family outside on a dirt road (ddr-densho-458-4)

Left to right: Masano Joo, Kishiro Joo, Asano Joo, Shigeru Higaki, Nobuo Higaki, Aiko Higaki, Motoko Higaki, Juichi Higaki, Tomiye Joo, and Emiko Higaki. Written on back: Taken January 21, 1946 / Joo and Higaki Family

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-4/

doc Postcard from Aiko to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara, September 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-166)

A postcard from Aiko, who is incarcerated in the Poston camp to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara in Glendale in Arizona. It was probably mailed in 1945. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_02_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-166/

img Interior of Higo Ten-Cent Store (ddr-densho-16-2)

The Higo Ten-Cent Store, located in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown), was owned and operated by Sanzo and Matsuyo Murakami. Established in the early 1900s, the store sold a wide variety of American- and Japanese-made goods to serve the surrounding Issei and Nisei community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-2/

img Exterior of Higo Ten-Cent Store (ddr-densho-16-1)

Sanzo and Matsuyo Murakami owned and operated the Higo Ten-Cent Store which was located on Weller Street in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. The Higo Ten-Cent Store is currently called the Higo Variety Store and continues to be a landmark business in Seattle's International District which was known as Nihonmachi before World War II. The store is …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-1/

img Interior of Higo Ten-Cent Store (ddr-densho-16-3)

The Higo Ten-Cent Store, established in the early 1900s by Sanzo Murakami and his wife Matsuyo, is one of the last prewar Japanese American businesses in Seattle's International District, formerly known as Nihonmachi. The store sold a wide variety of American- and Japanese-made goods to the surrounding Issei and Nisei community.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-3/

img Kumae and Fujitaro Kubota in Seattle (ddr-densho-354-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-354-23/

img Hayashi Family Portrait (ddr-densho-441-91)

Photograph of three generations of the Hayashi family. Standing left to right: Norman Makoto Hayashi, Aiko Takimoto Hayashi, Henry Taro Hayashi, and Gerald Saburo Hayashi. Seated left to right: Kin (Nakayawa) Hayashi, Patrick Saburo Hayashi, and Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-91/

doc Letter from Clifford I. Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga, January 11, 1988 (ddr-csujad-24-38)

A passionate letter from Clifford Uyeda to Aiko HerzigYoshinaga about the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) refusing to take a position on people who were arrested because of an allegation that they were involved with the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Uyeda argues that these people are being targeted for incarceration merely because of their ethnicity and that …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-24-38/

img Kaz Oshiki, Gladyce Sumida, and Kumao Toda, in foreground, Aiko Herzig (ddr-csujad-29-288)

Washington D.C. plaintiffs meet at the Capitol Hill Hotel. Photograph titled: "Named plaintiffs from the District of Columbia: Kaz Oshiki, Gladyce Sumida, and Kumao Toda; in foreground, Aiko Herzig." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P231

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-288/

doc Densho eNews, August 2008 (ddr-densho-431-23)

Article titles: "From the Director," "From the Archive: An Extraordinary Citizen: Aiko Yoshinaga Herzig," "Densho News: Teacher Resources: New Lesson on CD and Online," "2008 Sushi & Sake Fest," "Densho on the Road and in the News," "Recommended Resource: Preserving California's Japantowns."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-431-23/

vh Yuriko Hohri Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-353-23)

Meeting Jack and Aiko Herzig

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-353-23/

img Farewell party at Gyokyo Ken restaurant (ddr-densho-440-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-440-2/

img Kanekazu Okada with his family (ddr-njpa-4-1984)

Kanekazu Okada came to Hawaii on the Takieta Maru, the Imperial Consul General.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1984/

img Kanekazu Okada and his family wearing leis (ddr-njpa-4-1985)

Consul General Okada's family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1985/

img Kabuki performers on stage in costume (ddr-densho-383-436)

Written on back of photograph: "Sachi Kuniyuki passed away March 2004. Sumi Dangawa. Mom [Tamako Inouye] - 2nd from right". Tamako Inouye at fifteen years old.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-436/

img Women at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-263)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., circa 1950s Oban

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-263/

img Two men and a car (ddr-densho-356-69)

Photograph of two men standing in front of a car.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-69/

img Building (ddr-densho-356-65)

Photograph of a large building possibly a public building in concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-65/

img Road (ddr-densho-356-68)

Photograph of a road with buildings on one side.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-68/

img Dancers and instructors (ddr-densho-298-41)

Caption in album: "'Rec' #1908 Dance and be gay!' Tule Lake dance instructors and their proteges. Back row: Dollie Saito tap, Bill Kawada, Kay Uchihara ballet. Center: Lucy Tanaka, Jean Kawaguchi, Aiko Hirota, Molly Muranaka, Aki Saito. Front: Reiko Kumasaka, Keiko Onouye."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-298-41/

vh Rose Matsui Ochi Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-277-3)

Supporting Jack Herzig and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-277-3/

Filters

Narrator Aiko Tengan Tokunaga