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Hisako Hibi (Item 16 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Treasure hunting"”)
Collected by: eishida
After some time, the prisoners were allowed to go out on small, monitered excursions outside of the barbed wire boundaries. On these trips, some people found arrowheads belonging to native ...

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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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Hisako Hibi (Item 15 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "New Year's Mochi"”)
Collected by: eishida
Hisako's first New Year at Topaz concentration camp did not include mochi, which is traditionally made and eaten in the Japanese culture during New Year celebrations. So, Hisako painted this ...

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Jack Iwata Collection (Item 6 of 32, “Jack Iwata - Blankets”)
Collected by: eishida
It is probable that the goods required by the prisoners were shipped to the camps in bulk. This picture of the piles and piles of blankets suggests this. Although it ...

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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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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 7 of 20, “North American Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues' summer conference, San Diego, California, July 23, 1931”)
Collected by: eishida
The Buddhist Temple of San Diego was the first Buddhist Temple in the San Diego county, established in 1926, right in the middle of the Great Depression. Similar to enduring ...

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Buddhist Churches of America (Item 5 of 20, “North American Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues, Guadalupe, July 21-25, 1930”)
Collected by: eishida
The Guadalupe Buddhist Church was established in 1909 and finished in 1914. The first congregation was led by Jinjo Izumida. In 1910, 32.5% of the Guadalupe population was Japanese, so ...

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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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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 39 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Untitled"”)
Collected by: eishida
This is the Sugimoto's Naturalization ceremony, which took place in 1953. Sugimoto stands in the blue suit in the front row, facing the viewer. This is a deserving conclusion to ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 37 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Untitled (Stop Picture Bride)"”)
Collected by: eishida
Japanese men immigrated to the United States first, mostly to work and earn a sufficient amount of money, with the hopes of returning home. However, once in the U.S., many ...

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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 4 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Going to America"”)
Collected by: eishida
This piece was created long after World War II ended. It depicts the journey that the Issei took in immigrating from Japan to the United States. It was very likely ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 18 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Documentary-Nisei Soldiers Returning the Flag of 442nd to the President"”)
Collected by: eishida
This painting shows the 442nd Regiment returning their flag to President Harry S. Truman. With the nation's capitol visible in the background, it is clear that Sugimoto intended to show ...

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Henry Sugimoto Collection (Item 17 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Died in Battlefield"”)
Collected by: eishida
Unfortunately, because many young men went off to war, some of them failed to return, leaving their families with little more than memories of their sons, fathers, brothers and husbands. ...

２　移民を授業する　－　日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: 　２ エド・イチヤマさん (Item 3 of 6, “家族の物語”)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
　戦争中も戦後も私はしばらく兄が許せませんでした。アメリカ市民なのに、なぜ日本軍に従軍できるのか分かりませんでした。兄は南洋でオランダ人に捕まり、ジャワ島で１年間捕虜になっていました。戦争が終わっても、日本軍として戦争に参加したことを兄がどのように語るのかとても気になっていました。戦後、時間がたって兄と会う時、とても辛い気分でした。パンチ・ボウルで苦しかった胸のうちを語り合って涙した時、ようやく本当の兄弟に戻れました。 　戦争で勝つ人は誰もいません。誰もです。皆が何かを失います。戦争で何千もの若い兵士がこの世を去りました。何千もの母親たちや残された家族は凍りついたような感情を長く持ち続けなければなりません。