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Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-459)
Renichi Fujimoto at the Hood River railroad station.

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Issei men at train depot (ddr-densho-259-157)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Hood River Depot, Chan [Renichi Fujimoto], Dad [Masuo Yasui]."

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Japanese American family on a farm (ddr-densho-259-171)
Kay Yasui, Tsuyoshi (Ches) Yasui, Renichi Fujimoto, Masuo Yasui, and Michi Yasui sitting outside.

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Issei man on a train (ddr-densho-259-460)
Renichi Fujimoto on a train, preparing for a journey to Japan to return with his wife, Matsuyo.

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Japanese family on a ship to America (ddr-densho-259-122)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of [Renichi Fujimoto] and [Matsuyo Fujimoto] and another Japanese man, standing on the deck of a ship. Since Obasan is wearing a kimono, this must have been taken when she left for American with [Renichi, her husband]. They arrived in Seattle on March 10, 1931."

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Japanese American family at train station (ddr-densho-259-210)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] and all eight of the Yasui children seeing [Renichi Fujimoto] off at the Hood River train depot."

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Japanese American family on a hillside (ddr-densho-259-203)
The Yasui family and friends in Mosier, Oregon. Counterclockwise from top: Reverend Isaac Inouye, Masaki Asai, Renichi Fujimoto, Shu Yasui, Roku Yasui, and Masuo Yasui.

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Family on an engawa in Japan (ddr-densho-259-120)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Rare photo of [Matsuyo and Renichi Fujimoto] sitting on a veranda (engawa) in Japan, with three young kids and an elderly Japanese couple [Renichi's] adoptive mother, Haru Yasui Fujimoto, was born on July 24, 1848; and his adoptive father, Chojiro Fujimoto, was born on September 5, 1844, in Aono. Chojiro's father was …

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Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-458)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Can [Renichi Fujimoto] and Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] at the Hood River railroad station, where Chan left for Japan in late 1929 to get his wife, Matsuyo."

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Issei man and children at train station (ddr-densho-259-195)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Min[oru], Michi, Roku, Shu, Homer & Yuka standing with Chan [Renichi Fujimoto] at the Hood River train depot. This was probably taken in the winter of 1929, when Chan went back to Japan to bring Obasan [Matsuyo Fujimoto] home to Hood River."

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Issei men in feudal Japanese costumes (ddr-densho-259-454)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Issei men dressed in feudal Japanese costumes These ancient Japanese costumes represented the samurai, and possibly some of the entourage of a daimyo (a samurai lord); some of the priestly class; the artisan class represented by men in workmen's clothing and carrying framing squares; and interestingly, a couple of …

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Issei men in feudal Japanese costumes (ddr-densho-259-229)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Issei men dressed in feudal Japanese costumes These ancient Japanese costumes represented the samurai, and possibly some of the entourage of a daimyo (a samurai lord); some of the priestly class; the artisan class represented by men in workmen's clothing and carrying framing squares; and interestingly, a couple of …

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Seven Issei men in suits (ddr-densho-259-196)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Issei, from left to right: Kozo Karasawa, Yoshitomo Kyono, Ikutaro Takagi, Kamematsu Norimatsu and [Renichi Fujimoto]. I can't identify the two men who are crouching in the front."

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Issei and Nisei family (ddr-densho-259-200)
Portrait of the Yasui family on the courthouse lawn in Hood River, Oregon. Shidzuyo Yasui, Yuka Yasui, Masuo Yasui, and Renichi Fujimoto are in the back row. Homer, Roku, Shu, Michi, Minoru, and Ches (Tsuyoshi) Yasui are in the front row.

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Group of Issei and Nisei gathered in front of a train (ddr-densho-259-198)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese standing beside a couple of cars of a passenger train. [Renichi Fujimoto] is standing a little off to himself on the left in the shade, and from left to right are: Homer [Yasui] (looking up at [Shidzuyo Yasui]), Shizue Iwatsuki, Katsusaburo Tamura on the steps of …

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Japanese American extended family (ddr-densho-259-105)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group picture of the Hood River Yasui family and relatives In the first row, George Katayama is seated on a tricycle Kay [Yasui] is seated on the toy dog, also in the first row. In the second row, left to right, is Shizuyo Katayama; Ches [Yasui] on the lap of Shintaro Yasui …

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Nikkei at a train depot (ddr-densho-259-236)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some [Hood River] Nikkei next to a train, maybe seeing the Rev. Uemura's off."

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"Girls from Dee" (ddr-densho-259-272)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Five Nisei girls who lived in Dee [Oregon]. This picture was taken on the south side of the old Dee Japanese Community Hall. I can identify Mikie Kageyama and Hannah Kinoshita but I don't recognize the other three."