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Family interrelations between mother and father
(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline


Sings traditional plantation labor song (ho-le ho-le bushi) in Japanese and Hawaiian
(b.1900) Issei plantation worker in Hawai'i.

Going back to Hawaii
An expert researcher and scholar on Japanese immigrant clothing.

Picture brides and karifufu
An expert researcher and scholar on Japanese immigrant clothing.

Grandmother's influence on decision to go to Japan
(b.1942) Japanese American ceramist, who has lived in Japan for over 30 years.

Impression of Japan upon arrival
(b.1935) American born Japanese. Retired businessman.

Working at the magazine
(b.1948) Nikkei from Southern California living in Japan.

Training for football by carrying 100-lb bags of grass over mountains
(b.1925) Nisei of Okinawan descent. Had a 38-year career in Japan as a baseball player, coach, scout, and manager.

Working in cane fields as teenager to supplement family income
(b.1925) Nisei of Okinawan descent. Had a 38-year career in Japan as a baseball player, coach, scout, and manager.

Kibei schoolchildren in Hiroshima, Japan
(b.1913) Kibei from California who served in the MIS with Merrill’s Marauders during WWII.

The reason he came to the United States (Japanese)
(1949 - 2019) Taiko player. Founded five taiko groups in Southern California
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