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91 items
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Issei woman taking her child for a walk (ddr-densho-259-44)
Shidzuyo Yasui taking Kay Yasui for a walk.
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Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."
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Japanese schoolgirls in kimono (ddr-densho-259-115)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] as a schoolgirl, with two friends."
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Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-98)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.
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Japanese women on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-101)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the center.
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"Japanese girls school beach outing" (ddr-densho-259-79)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese girls school beach outing, Sumoto School, Awaji, Japan." Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Beach at Sumoto Awaji where [Shidzuyo Yasui] taught. [Shidzuyo] 2nd row. 10th from the left."
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Japanese women and child with parasols (ddr-densho-259-106)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another picture of [Shidzuyo Yasui], this time holding a parasol."
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Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-99)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "4 posed group photographs in which [Shidzuyo Yasui] appears they must have been taken at Sumoto School in Awaji." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the second row, third from the left.
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Mother and children on the sidewalk (ddr-densho-259-40)
Shidzuyo Yasui with her children Tsuyoshi ("Ches") and Minoru.
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Two Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-104)
Shidzuyo Yasui (right) with an unidentified woman in Japan.
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Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-87)
Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the last row on the left. Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] and another woman standing in the back, are wearing formal black clothing bearing crests of some sort. The mon (crest) that [Shidzuyo] is wearing is too small to be identified. The Miyake [Shidzuyo's maiden name] family crest was the Chinese …
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Japanese women and a stork (ddr-densho-259-113)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] and a friend visiting Korakuen Park in Okayama ken [prefecture]. There is a Japanese stork (tsuru) shown in this photo also."
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Portrait of Japanese and white men and women in Japan (ddr-densho-259-149)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Very large portrait taken in Japan, which includes [Shidzuyo Yasui] It's intriguing because the group--which I suspect consists of teachers--are gathered in front of a large, two story, western-style wooden building wiith shutters. But of more interest are two Caucasian couples, and a dozen or so Japanese men." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured …
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Japanese woman in kapogi (ddr-densho-259-167)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo portrait of [Shidzuyo Yasui] in kimono, holding a budding twig in her right hand, and wearing what looks like a fancy kapogi (sort of a Japanese apron, but much nicer). This surely was taken in Japan before she emigrated to America."
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Portrait of women and children in Japan (ddr-densho-259-117)
Portrait of Shidzuyo Miyake with unknown woman and children in traditional Japanese attire.
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Teacher and students on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-126)
Shidzuyo Yasui (front row, second from left) with female students from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan.
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Woman in a kimono by a lake (ddr-densho-259-18)
Shidzuyo Yasui posed in a kimono in front of a lake.
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Graduating girls' class in Japan (ddr-densho-259-85)
Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, second from the right. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Maybe at the school in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan, where [Shidzuyo] had also taught for a short time in 1910. This also looks like a girls' graduating class, but [Shidzuyo] and the other teachers are dressed differently."
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Group of women and girls in Japan (ddr-densho-259-70)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Hundreds of young Japanese girls and women, together with a few men, posed in front of what appears to be a levee. This may represent a school for females in Japan. Our Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] is seated in the 4th row, 5th from right. Location, occasion and date unknown, but before Mom …
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Japanese teachers on Awaji Island (ddr-densho-259-125)
Shidzuyo Yasui (front row, center) with colleagues from the Sumoto School on Awaji Island, Japan.
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Two Japanese women posed with a dog (ddr-densho-259-107)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another picture of [Shidzuyo Yasui] with another young Japanese woman and an obvious studio prop dog."
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Japanese class picture (ddr-densho-259-109)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group picture of young Japanese women of which [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one. This may have been a class picture too, although in this case, there are a couple of young men standing in the top row." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the front row, second from the right.
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Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono playing the koto (ddr-densho-259-65)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo shots of [Shidzuyo Yasui] before she got married. She's dressed in kimono in each of the pictures, but each pose is somewhat different."
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Group of Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-69)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a group picture taken in Japan, of a bunch of young women dressed in kimono, with a couple of little kids in front and only one man. My guess is that this group represents graduating students or very young teachers, which [Shidzuyo Yasui] was at one time."
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Class at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-92)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group photo of what I will guess was [Shidzuyo Yasui's] class in Home Economics. I don't know where in Japan this was taken, but it doesn't look like the Sumoto School grounds." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured center.