Yasuo Sakata papers, 1856-2015

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Summary

Creators:
Sakata, Yasuo, 1931-
Abstract:
Writings and grant proposal relating to nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Japanese immigration to the United States. Includes transcribed copies of documents from this period.
Extent:
72 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes (38.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Japanese and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sakata Yasuo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings and grant proposal relating to nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Japanese immigration to the United States. Includes transcribed copies of documents from this period.

Biographical / historical:

Yasuo Sakata has been a leading scholar of Japanese immigration and emigration studies for decades in the United States and Japan. He received a BA in history and PhD in East Asian History from the University of California– Los Angeles. He was instrumental in compiling the Japanese American Research Project and published A Buried Past: An Annotated Bibliography of the Japanese American Research Project Collection (University of California Press, 1974), with Yuji Ichioka, and Fading Footsteps of the Issei: An Annotated Check List of the Manuscript Holdings of the Japanese American Research Project Collection (Asian American Studies Center, University of California at Los Angeles, 1992). After returning to Japan in 1990, he taught in the Faculty of International Studies, Osaka Gakuin University. He also served as the president of the Japanese Association for Migration Studies. Other notable publications include Tairitsu to dakyō: 1930-nendai no Nichi- Bei tsūshō kankei (Conflict and compromise: US- Japan trade relationships in the 1930s) (Daiichi Hōki, Heisei 6, 1994), coedited with Kazuo Ueyama, and Meiji Nichi- Bei bōeki kotohajime: Chokuyu no shishi Arai Ryōichirō to sono jidai (The beginning of the Japan- US trade in Meiji: The era of Arai Ryoichiro, a pioneer of direct trade)(Tōkyōdō Shuppan, 1996).

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2017.
Arrangement:

Titles based on existing folder titles created by Sakata. Modified for clarity.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sakata Yasuo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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