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18 items
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Portrait of Japanese family in kimono (ddr-densho-259-309)
Hisa Fujii Miyake and Ichiro Miyake and their son Saburo Miyake.
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Portrait of Japanese family in Nanukaichi (ddr-densho-259-495)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal portrait of the Saburo and Fumi Miyake Midori (Saburo & Fumi's firstborn child), Goro, Shiro, Saburo, and Saburo/[Shidzuyo Yasui]'s mother, Hisa Fujii Miyake."
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"Saburo Miyake factory, Nanukaichi" (ddr-densho-259-551)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Saburo Miyake factory, Nanukaichi [Japan]."
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"Family portrait of a young Japanese family" (ddr-densho-259-181)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of a young Japanese family." Fumi and Saburo Miyake, the brother and sister-in-law of Shidzuyo Miyake, and their daughter, Midori Miyake.
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Family portrait in Japanese cemetery (ddr-densho-259-241)
Portrait of the Miyake family in a cemetery in Japan, including Hisa Fujii Miyake and Saburo Miyake. A Shinto priest wears a lacquered hat and holds a wooden baton (shaku).
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Japanese man in a school uniform (ddr-densho-259-182)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "I think that this was my Uncle Saburo Miyake, [Shidzuyo Miyake's] brother, because there is a similarity to the man in the preceding photograph Here he was much younger, and he was wearing a school uniform."
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Japanese men at Diet Building in Tokyo (ddr-densho-259-313)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese man and two Japanese students standing in front of a stone building. This is Saburo Miyake and his two boys, Shiro and Goro. The building is the Diet Building in Tokyo."
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Family portrait in Japanese garden (ddr-densho-259-134)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Part of the Miyake family in Japan, before [Shidzuyo] left to start teaching school. Pictured are Grandma Hisa Fujii Miyake, Grandpa Ichiro Miyake, Great Grandma Tsuno Sato Miyake, Uncle Saburo and Mom [Shidzuyo]. There's a little girl in this picture, but she's unidentified."
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Grandmother and grandchildren on a settee (ddr-densho-259-47)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Hisa Fujii Miyake, my maternal grandmother, with Saburo Miyake's three young children on a settee."
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Family at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-294)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi, Fumi and Saburo Miyake at Miyajima, Japan, with the famous 'floating' torii [gate] in the background. This is considered to be one of the 3 most famous scenic views in Japan."
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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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Japanese relatives with a Shinto priest (ddr-densho-259-497)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portrait of Japanese relatives, with a Shinto priest I don't know the reason for this family gathering of representatives from both sides of our family, but I will guess that it had to do with the deification of one of our ancestors--maybe even Ichiro Miyake."
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Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)
Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."
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Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."
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Japanese woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-114)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Midori Miyake taken in Japan in kimono. She is our first cousin, who was born in Hood River, Oregon (actually, Pine Grove, on our family farm), where her father Saburo Miyake, worked the orchard and the berry field."
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Funeral gathering of family (ddr-densho-477-722)
Photograph of family members gathered food at a memorial service for Takeo Isoshima. From left to right: Saburo Nakahara, Elaine (Isoshima) Nakahara, Naomi (Isoshima) Nakahara, Fumiyo Miyake, Mike Nakahara, Wistaria (Nakamoto) Nakahara, and Helen Shimizu. The caption below the photo reads "Sab, Elaine, Naomi, Mrs. Miyake, Wis, Mike, Helen" in black ink.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 25 (December 21, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-51)
Selected article titles: "Ishihara had plenty to say on any subject but himself" (p. 3), "Immigrants and an Incredible Law" (p. 4), "Nisei became aware of prejudice on Dec. 7" (p. 5), "Ken Utsunomiya: a legacy of courage and faith" (p. 6), "Interest of other Asian ancestry groups in United States necessary" (p. 7), "Six San …
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Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.