The collection primarily documents multiple generations of the Sakai, Kozawa, Kawakami, and related families in the Los Angeles area from approximately 1890 to 2017 and the family business, Tokio Florist.

The Sakai, Kozawa, and Kawakami families represented in the collection span four generations and lived primarily in Southern California, though some extended family members lived in Japan. Asakichi Kawakami (1865-1945) and his wife Ura Shibuya Kawakami (1866 or 1867-1942) arrived in the United States in 1900 and 1913 respectively. Their daughter Yukiko (Yuki) (1894-1994) also arrived in the U.S. in 1913 and married Masao Sakai (approximately 1884-1926) in July 1914 in Los Angeles; the couple had five children: Sumiko (Sumi) Lillian (1916-2016), Hisako Pansy (1917-1999), Etsuko Rose (1918-2002), Akira Dan (1920-1941), and Miyoko Violet (born 1925). Sumi Sakai married Frank Ukio (or Yukio) Kozawa (1920 or 1922-2007) in 1948 in Santa Ana; they had one daughter, Susan (Susie) Kozawa (born 1949).

69.06 Linear Feet (55 boxes, 4 oversize folders)

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