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８　移民を授業する　－　日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: 吉永道也ジェイムスさん (Item 3 of 9)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
私の家族は終戦後、農地改革で農地をほとんど失い、生活も楽ではありませんでした。敗戦国日本は、住みやすい国ではありませんでした。

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Frank Kikuchi (Item 1 of 30, “Frank Kikuchi's Parents”)
Collected by: eishida
Frank Kikuchi's parents were Issei, his mother from Fukuoka and his father from Iwate. They came to the United States before the 1920's and were married after they arrived. Frank's ...

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Frank Kikuchi (Item 5 of 30, “Little Frank Kikuchi and Family”)
Collected by: eishida
Frank also had two half-siblings, one of whom is shown here. They were his father's children. George, Frank's half brother, is at the top left hand side of this family ...

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Hisako Hibi (Item 1 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Study for a self-portrait"”)
Collected by: eishida
Hisako painted this picture of herself. In it, she has on a collared shirt, and sits among what looks like a kitchen. She doesn't look enthused, probably due to the ...

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George Hoshida Collection (Item 10 of 21, “George Hoshida, "18 Hawaian fula dansu : Takahashi"”)
Collected by: eishida
This picture embodies the term, "shikata ga nai." This term refers to the attitude held by many of those incarcerated in Lordsburg, that their situations could not be helped, so ...

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George Hoshida Collection (Item 9 of 21, “George Hoshida, "Phonograph entertainment"”)
Collected by: eishida
This picture shows three men, one on top and two below, listening to the music on the phonograph as a form of entertainment on February 9, 1943.

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George Hoshida Collection (Item 12 of 21, “George Hoshida, "10-30-43"”)
Collected by: eishida
This sketch was done while George was at Jerome, Arkansas. It is of six different men, five of which have been identified. These men are shown engaged in various activities, ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 11 of 20, “Salinas Ochigo : building dedication celebration, California, November 27-28,1926”)
Collected by: eishida
A group of Issei came together in 1924 to discuss the need for a Buddhist temple in Salinas, CA. Construction began early in the year of 1926, and was completed ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 1 of 20, “Handa wedding portrait at Berkeley Buddhist Temple, Berkeley, California, 1925-1927”)
Collected by: eishida
Berkeley Buddhist Temple was started over 90 years ago by Issei pioneers. The formal dedication of this temple was on February 13, 1921. This wedding portrait was taken only 4 ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 29 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Phillip? (Phillip-PVT. U.S. Army)"”)
Collected by: eishida
Phillip, the young man in this painting, was Sugimoto's son, who served in the United States Army.

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 38 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Untitled"”)
Collected by: eishida
This is a portrait of four prominent Issei pioneers, Yaemon Minami, Keisaburo Koda, George Shima and Kyutaro Abiko. This was part of Sugimoto's later paintings in honor of the Issei.

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 1 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Self-Portrait"”)
Collected by: eishida
This self-portrait was created during Sugimoto's time in France, before World War II, during his formative years as an artist. The blank canvas in front of him may very well ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 27 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Susie Ironing Camp Room"”)
Collected by: eishida
This painting shows the activities of a typical woman at the camps, and also shows Sugimoto's increased ability to make people the focal point of his paintings. This is representative ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 28 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Susie in Camp Jerome"”)
Collected by: eishida
This work is unique, becase instead of showing Susie and Madeleine as two general figures together, as Sugimoto did in past paintings, he keeps the focus on only Susie, and ...