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img Beach sunset (ddr-densho-397-256)

The caption in the photo album reads "Sunset in Kamakura". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Beach in Japan (ddr-densho-397-144)

The caption in the photo album reads "Kamakura Beach Nov. 1946".\n Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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img Sunset (ddr-densho-397-143)

The caption in the photo album reads "Sunset in Kamakura Nov. '46". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.

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doc Letter from Hiroshi to Tomoye Nozawa (ddr-densho-410-347)

Letter written aboard the ship Kamakura Maru on way to Japan. In envelope addressed to Tomoye Nozawa from Henri Takahashi. Includes postcard of ship. Set of photos in envelope in photograph collection: ddr-densho-426-1380-1385

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img Takiko Mizunoe (ddr-njpa-4-743)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Takiko Mizunoe in Kamakura."

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img Takiko Mizunoe (ddr-njpa-4-737)

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img Kamakura Buddha Statue (ddr-one-2-25)

Black and white enlarged photographic print of Kamakura Buddha statue, with two unidentified men facing statue in foreground.

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img Shiuko Sakai (ddr-one-2-22)

Black and white photographic print of Shiuko Sakai standing in front of a monument.

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img Kamakura Buddha Statue (ddr-one-2-24)

Black and white photographic print of a crowd walking on a path to and from a large Kamakura Buddha statue, with monument visible on the right side of the image.

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img Kamakura Buddha Statue (ddr-one-2-23)

Black and white photographic print of a crowd in front of a large Kamakura Buddha statue with building gable visible on the right side of the image.

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img Wedding Procession (ddr-one-2-20)

Black and white photographic print of the backs of three women and one man in traditional dress walking down the side of road to a wedding ceremony with houses in background, taken during the Donor's weekend drive to Kamakura, outside of Yokohama.

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img Wedding Procession (ddr-one-2-21)

Black and white photographic print of three women in traditional dress walking down the side of the road to a wedding, with older woman facing photographer, and building in background. Inscribed on back: "KAMA 3 MAR 49."

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img View of shoreline (ddr-densho-326-298)

Caption: Kamakura Beach

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img Large statue of Buddah (ddr-densho-326-302)

Caption: Image of Budda (sic)

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img View of beach (ddr-densho-326-306)

Caption: Kamakura Beach and Mt. Fuji in the distance

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img Three figures stand next to the Great Buddha of Kamakura (ddr-densho-404-150)

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img Man and woman beside a vehicle (ddr-densho-433-1052)

The inscription reads: Ofuna, Japan, October - '45.

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img Enmanji Temple (ddr-csujad-23-16)

Postcard depicting the Enmanji Temple. The structure was originally built for the Manchurian Railroad Company to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair in 1932. When the building was brought to Sonoma County and rebuilt as the Buddhist Church, Chief Abbot Ohtani of Japan granted it the title of "Temple," the only building in the United …

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img Bokoku homon kinen [Memory of visiting home country] (ddr-csujad-25-128)

An album titled as Bokoku homon kinen [Memory of visiting home country] containing mainly photographs taken during Kamie Taenaka's trip to Japan. Kamie Taenaka participates in the Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party tour in 1955, which is arranged by Koyasan Los Angeles Branch and conducted by Nihon Kotsu Kosha, a Japanese tourist agency. She also …

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img Article regarding Hidemichi Kira's arrival in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-4-406)

Caption on front: "Hidemichi Kira, New Japanese Consul, Arrives. Consul Hidemichi Kira arrived here from Tokyo by Pan American Clipper yesterday afternoon to join the local Japanese consulate-general staff. He was accompanied by his wife, Setsuko, and their daughter, Michiko, who is three years and seven months old. Consul Kira will succeed Consul Hiroshi Hitomi, who …

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doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-161)

English translation of the annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 12: [Right] Japan declared a war, and Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When the war broke out, Yuta Masukawa was visiting Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He rode on a streetcar to get to Little Tokyo and bought a record, "Shina no …

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doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-2)

English translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 4: [Left] Several meetings were held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, prior to moving to the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. I attended those meetings. What was announced was that all Japanese Americans residing in California and the West Coast should move to …

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