Browse Items (37212 total)

Japanese Paper Dolls: Shimotsuke Hitogata

Shimotsuke paper dolls are dolls made of paper by a traditional method of the Snimostike area (Tochigi Prefecture). Doll making illustrations.

Japanese Passport with Photo

Passport and photo of Yasuhei Takekawa of Nagano-ken. Originally immigrated to US in 1908. Arrived back in Seattle, WA May 14, 1920 with new bride Kaneji Takekawa. In Japanese and English.

Japanese Patient Hangs Self in Room

A Japanese woman was found hanged in her room at the Meadows Sanitorium. Coroners ruled the death a suicide.

Japanese Pays 'U.S. Agent' $500

A Japanese man said he gave $500 to someone posing as a "U.S. Agent," who said he was collecting the money for the U.S. government

Japanese Pioneers Journeyed East To Develop the West

100th anniversary of Japanese Immigration to the United States