Finding Aid for the Yasui Family Papers, 1907-1946 LSC.2010.20
Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection
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Title: Yasui Family papers
Creator:
Yasui family
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2010.20
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
(5 boxes, 2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1907-1946
Abstract: Satosuke Yasui was born in 1881 in Hiroshima Prefecture. He arrived in Hawaii in 1907, where he was a newspaperman, Japanese
language school principal and teacher, and publisher and editor of the Maui Shimbun. He also served as an officer of the Japanese
Association of Maui. The collection consists of personal papers, diaries, correspondence, instructional materials, informational
publications, sound recordings, artwork, and photographs related to the Yasui family. The collection also includes papers
related to the Japanese Association of Wailuku, Hawaii, and a notebook of sermon memos kept by Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest,
Taksuhiko Matsuda, at Tule Lake. Some materials in this collection are in Japanese.
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Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English, some materials are in Japanese.
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[Identification of item], Yasui Family Papers, Japanese American Research Project Collection (Collection 2010). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Japanese American Research Project of the Japanese American Citizens League, 1973.
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Biography
Satosuke Yasui was born in 1881 in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Hiroshima Normal School and arrived
in Hawaii in 1907. He was a newspaperman and Japanese language school principal and teacher. He was also publisher and editor
of the Maui Shimbun (1920-41). He served as an officer of the Japanese Association of Maui.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of personal papers, diaries, correspondence, instructional materials, informational publications, sound
recordings, artwork, and photographs related to the Yasui family. Personal papers consist of Satosuke Yasui's 18 notebook
diaries (1910-41), correspondence, and miscellaneous items such as practice sheets of calligraphy, instructional materials,
Japanese sound recordings, artwork, and a photo album. The collection also includes papers related to the Japanese Assn. of
Wailuku, Hawaii, a small amount of articles published in the Maui Shimbun, and a notebook of sermon memos kept by Jodo Shinshu
Buddhist priest Taksuhiko Matsuda, at Tule Lake.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Artwork
- Diaries
- Miscellaneous
- Organizational files
- Photographs
- Printed materials.
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings.
Family papers.
Photographs.
Japanese American families -- Hawaii -- Archives.
Teachers -- Hawaii -- Archives.
Diaries.
Japanese American Research Project (University of California, Los Angeles)
Yasui family
Yasui, Matsuno--Archives.
Yasui, Satosuke--Archives.
Artwork
1938; n.d.
General Physical Description note: 1 box (.5 linear ft.) and 1 flat box.
Scope and Contents note
Series consists of Japanese calligraphy, water colors, pencil sketches, and charcoal drawings.
box 147, folder 1-29
Japanese calligraphy by Matsuno Yasui--29
n.d.
General Physical Description note: [29 folders.]
box 723, folder 1
Pen and water color by Fujita
1938
box 723, folder 2
Pencil and ink on Japanese paper [artist unknown]
n.d.
box 723, folder 3
Water color [artist unknown]
n.d.
box 723, folder 4
Water color [artist unknown]
n.d.
box 723, folder 5
Water color and oil by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 6
Water color by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 7
Water color by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 8
Water color by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 9
Water color, abstract patterns, by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 10
Water color, abstract patterns, by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 11
Water color, people, places, things, by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 12
Pencil, composition of three-dimensional patterns, by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 13
Pencil sketches of still life by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 14
Pencil sketches of interior by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 723, folder 15
Charcoal drawing by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 874, folder 1
Pencil and Japanese ink by Iao Yasui
n.d.
box 874, folder 2
Calligraphy mounted on paper
n.d.
Diaries
1911-1941
General Physical Description note: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series consists of various diaries (sick bed, poetry, etc.). All are in Japanese.
box 148, folder 1
Kiyoko, Yasui--Notebooks and paper pads
1911-1915
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 148, folder 2
Yasui, Satosuke--Bound diaries
1916-1917
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 148, folder 3
Yasui, Satosuke--Bound diaries
1919, 1922
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 148, folder 4
Yasui, Satosuke--Various personal diaries
1910-1912, 1915, 1934-1935
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 149, folder 1
Yasui, Satosuke--Poetry diary--Nisshi uta
1939 January-October
Scope and Contents note
Poem composed in sick-bed. In Japanese.
box 149, folder 2
Yasui, Satosuke--Poetry diary--Nisshi uta
1939 November-1940 December
Scope and Contents note
Poem composed in sick-bed. In Japanese.
box 149, folder 3
Yasui, Satosuke--Poetry diary--Nisshi uta
1941 January-December
Scope and Contents note
Poem composed in sick-bed. In Japanese.
box 149, folder 4
Yasui, Satosuke--Sick-bed diary--Hakuajyo tobyo nisshi
1939 March-April
Scope and Contents note
Diaries includes the condition of his disease and diet. In Japanese.
box 149, folder 5
Yasui, Satosuke--Sick-bed diary--Hakuajyo tobyo nisshi
1939 May-August
Scope and Contents note
Diaries includes the condition of his disease and diet. In Japanese.
Miscellaneous
1909-1945
General Physical Description note: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series consists of various items including a small amount of correspondence, clippings, blueprints, lecture notes, scrapbook,
notebook, and phonograph records.
box 147, folder 30
Phonograph records--School song/national anthem--Royaru Saiho Jyogakko koka [Royaru Girls School for Sewing School Song],
Kimigayo hensokyoku(Jyo)[National Anthem of Japan]
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Four copies of Royaru Saiho Jyogakko koka.
box 147, folder 31
Phonograph records--School song--Royaru Saiho Jyogakko koka [Royaru Girls School for Sewing School Song]
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
78 rpm records.
box 149, folder 6
Yasui, Satosuke--Sick-bed diary--Hakuajyo tobyo nisshi
1939 September-1941 January
Scope and Contents note
Diaries includes the condition of his disease, diet, list of visitors. In Japanese.
box 150, folder 1
Correspondence--to Yasui Family
1911-1932
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 150, folder 2
Correspondence--From Satosuke to Matsuno
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Written instructions by Satosuke to his bride, Matsuno, explaining what to bring, how to behave, and where to stay, etc.,
when the latter was coming to Hawaii as a bride. In Japanese.
box 150, folder 3
Financial papers
1908-1916
box 150, folder 4
Clippings of women's magazine & sewing patterns
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 150, folder 5
Lecture notes from English classes
1936 October-1937 May
box 150, folder 6
Lecture notes from sewing classes
1936 September-1937 March
Scope and Contents note
For Matsuno Yasui.
box 150, folder 7
Lecture notes--various subjects
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 150, folder 8
Draft of various plays/skits
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
"Visit flight to 50 Japanese cities, 1929", "Lazy man", "A drummer boy", "Zeppelin", "Ski tournament", "Reconstruction of
Tokyo", "Aiming at the glory". In Japanese.
box 150, folder 9
Poems, musical notes
n.d.
box 150, folder 10
Results of a Judo tournament
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Record book of a Judo tournament. 1 notebook, and three papers are placed in clear folder
box 150, folder 11
Three blueprints and a photograph of memorial stones
n.d.
box 150, folder 12
Notebook--Translation of Dr. Sidney L. Gulick's article on the Sino-Japanese War by Yukihira Tsuyoshi
1937
box 874, folder 3
Scrapbook--Santa Anita Assembly Center--Drawings and writings about the Santa Anita Assembly Center by Shinichi Furuya
1942, 1945
Organizational files
1911-1931
General Physical Description note: (.25 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series contains small amount of miscellaneous papers related to various organizations.
box 150, folder 13
Appointment paper of Satosuke Yasui
1911 May
Scope and Contents note
Appointment paper of Satosuke Yasui as principal and teacher of a Buddhist Japanese language school in Papaiko, Hawaii. In
Japanese.
box 151, folder 1
Company Daily Reports "Maui Shinbunsha nikki" [Maui Newspaper Publisher Diary]
1923 January 1-1925 February 27; 1940 May 19-October 24
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 151, folder 2
Japanese Association of Wailuku--Issen-kyu-hyaku-sanjyu-nendo Wairuku Nihonjin-kai jinmeihyo [Membership list of the Japanese
Association of Wailuku, 1937]
1937
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 151, folder 3
Japanese Association of Wailuku--check book
1918 November 25-1931 January 3
box 151, folder 4
Japanese Association of Wailuku--receipts
1930 January-1931 January
box 151, folder 5
Twenty-First Maui County Fair--List of awards in the Vegetable Section
n.d.
box 151, folder 6
Wailuku Honganji Buddhist Temple--Wairuku Honganji Gojikai Riji Senkyo Tohyo Yoshi [Ballot for the election of Board Members
of the Association to provide support to the Wailuku Honganji Buddhist Temple]
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
Photographs
1907-1964
General Physical Description note: (.25 linear ft.)
Scope and Contents note
Series consists of one photograph album and small amount of prints.
box 874, folder 4
Reception for Ishii Kikujiro, head of the Commerce Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan during Meiji period, who visited
West Coast, September, 1907 Photo taken in Tacoma, Washington
1907 September 6
box 874, folder 5
Group photograph, Suto nursery
1909, 1932, 1953, 1964
box 151, folder 8
Text book--Methods of intelligent test for the Japanese children in Hawaii
1925
Scope and Contents note
By Kondo Kikujiro, the original title is Hawaii Jido Chinokensa-ho [Intelligence test for Hawaiian children]. In Japanese.
box 151, folder 9
Bukkyo gairon [Introduction to Buddhism]
1945
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 151, folder 10
Bukyo no tachiba to Jyodoshinu yosetsu [Principles of Buddhism and introduction to the Jodo Shinshu Sect]
1945
Scope and Contents note
In Japanese.
box 151, folder 11
Selected Sunday sermons
1945
Scope and Contents note
Written in Japanese, Sentoku Howa Soka Zuisoroku [A Record of Sermons by the Virtuous Persons of Yore, Flowery Thoughts, and
Random Notes]
box 151, folder 12
Emergency Service Committee--Final report of the Emergency Service Committee
1946
box 151, folder 13
Territory of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations--Trends and Totals
1940
box 874, folder 6
Reproduced Japanese calligraphies
box 874, folder 7
Reproduced portrait of the emperor of Japan
1910
box 874, folder 8
Reproduced photographs and pictures of California, Egypt, and Japan
1913, 1931
box 874, folder 9
Reproduced photographs and pictures of Hawaii
n.d.
box 874, folder 10
Reproduced pictures
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Whistler(1834-1903)'s "My Mother" and Kverne(1905-)'s "We"
box 874, folder 11
Reproduced pictures mounted on paper
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Jan Vermeer's "The Girl with the Red Hat", Winston Homer's "The Wreck", "The Gulf Stream" and "Driftwood", William Davis's
"Good Companions", pictures of Bali, Reindel's "New England Harbor" and "Net Menders".
box 874, folder 12
Reproduced photographs and pictures mounted on paper
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Animal and sceneries.
box 874, folder 13
Newspapers--
The Nippu Jiji,
The Hawaii Hochi, Special edition for 8th Anniversary for Buddhist Youth Conference, Maui Shinbun
1935, 1937
