The Lotus group, Young Buddhist Association (YBA) of the Seattle Buddhist Church

The Lotus group, Young Buddhist Association (YBA) of the Seattle Buddhist Church

Black and White photograph. The Lotus group, Young Buddhist Association (YBA) of the Seattle Buddhist Church, gathered for an entertainment fundraiser at Nippon Kan Hall, March 13, 1937. First row: Far left, George Mamiya; sixth from left, Osamu Hirata; eighth from left, George Ota. From right, Fumi Ishikawa; Seiko Fujuhara. Seventh from right, Tsu Peter Kusakabe. Second row: Far left, Paul Tomita; sixth from left, Rose Ninomiya; Momoye Mamiya; tenth from left, Okazaki. Sixth from right, Sachi Sumioka; fifth from right, Miye Ishikawa; second from right, Frank Kubo; far right, Howard Oda. Third row: From right, Hideo Mori; Teddy Tomita, of West Coast Printing; Noboru Saito. Fourth row: Far left, Kanemoto. Seventh from left, Minoru Tsubota; Nobuko Koba; tenth from left, Taeko Ishida; twelfth from left, Fumi Okimoto; Fumiko Nishimura; Noboko Ishida; Mr. Morishita. Eleventh from right, Martha Inouye (Oye); Tobo Matsuzaki, athlete; Shoichi Suyama, of City Produce Family; Frank H. Yoshitake. Third from right, Yamagawa; "Dango" Nakahiro; MIchio Shinoda. Fifth Row: From left, Jackson Sonoda, English editor of community daily newspaper; Mrs. Takahashi. Sixth from left, Bessie Teraoka (Tomita, of West Coast Printing); Mrs. Toyoji; Mrs. Tomita; Ayako Yamanaka; Iwao John Kusakabe; Kazue Shimzu; Nobue Shimzu; Mary Inouye; Mrs. Fukatani, flower arrangement teacher; unidentified; Kiyo ishikawa; Teru Hino; Kiki Hagimori; unidentified; Marcelline Uyeji; unidentified; Kats Iwamara; Budd Fukei, English editor of Northwest Time; Joe Matsazaki; George Inouye, prominent businessman; Ben Kasabuchi, Alaska salmon cannery foreman; "Nap" Nishisake. Sixth Row: From left, Hibiya, Japanese editor of community daily newspaper; Sansaku Sugiyama, president of Lotus Y.B.A.; Tosh Taniguchi, Nisei veteran, MIS of India Burma Theater; Genshi Nishimura; Harry Taniguchi; Tosh Nishimura; Taka Ono; Hideya "Heidi" Kumata; Kats Suzuki; Hiro Nishimura; Shigeto Ishikawa, family owned Wekame Hotel across HIGO; Haruo Kato; Molly Fukutani; Hino; unidentified; T.R. Goto; unidentified; Yash Harada; Haruo Fujino, Boy Scout leader at new Buddhist Church; unidentified; Min Koga; Tetsuo Kuramoto, new Buddhist Church volunteer carpenter; Satoru Sakuma; Ken Shimbo; unidentified; MR. Fukuhara; "Corky" Tsuyashi Kawasaki, head of relocation committee in Chicago assisting camp internees; George Mizumori.

Takano

March 13, 1937

2007.036.329

Negative, Film