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Japanese diaspora oral history project records
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Ashizawa, Philip 2017 March 10

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Language of Material: English.

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The third generation owner of Soko hardware store, which opened in the 1920s. Obtained a copy of his father's memoir.
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Hanabusa, Kazue 2017 May 24

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Member of the Buddhist church in Palo Alto. Born in Hilo, Hawaii, and moved to San Francisco.
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Inoue, Keith Paul 2017 April 21

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Resident minister of Wesley Methodist Church, San Jose.
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Iwatsubo, Akemi 2017 May 3

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Volunteer at the Buddhist church in Palo Alto.
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Kashiwagi, Hiroshi 2017 February 24 March 3 2017

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Born in Loomis, CA. His father ran a fish store. His mother and children were about to return to Japan, but his father opened a store, so they remained in the U.S. No-no boy at Tule Lake camp. Published books and screen plays. Librarian at San Francisco City Library.
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Kuramoto, Shirley Toshiko 2017 April 21

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Honoree of senior appreciation brunch at the Sakura matsuri, San Francisco, in 2017 for her contributions as an active community member: screen writer at Yu-Ai Kai, docent at Japanese American National Museum.
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Kurotaki, Koshi 2017 March 1

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Language of Material: Japanese.

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Born in Aomori, Japan, as the second son of a Soto temple. Decided to work as a Soto priest in the U.S. after his older brother succeeded the temple.

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Kurotaki discusses how to maintain the temple as a traditional religious place for Issei and Japanese expats and to find solutions to evolve as the Japanese American community changes.
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Matsueda, June 2017 May 3

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Member of the Buddhist church in Palo Alto. Born in the U.S. and went to Japan on her husband's Fulbright scholarship.
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Okumura, Sakaye 2017 June 6

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Language of Material: English.

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A family member of chrysanthemum grower in Redwood City.
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Thow, George 2017 April 27

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Language of Material: English.

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Ministerial assistant, Buddhist Churches of America, Enmanji Buddhist Temple, Sebastopol.
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Tolosa, Joanne 2017 March 10

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Language of Material: English.

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Head minister, Konko Church of San Francisco. A Chinese philippina who converted from Catholicism to Konko, which is neither shinto nor Buddhist.

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Tolosa discusses how the Konko church's open door policy and egalitarian system resonated with her, and how the Japanese service is now combined with the English service, as the members have become predominantly English speakers.
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Yamaichi, Jimi 2017 May 19

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Language of Material: English.

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Curator of the Japanese American Museum, San Jose.
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Yano, Jane 2017 May 3

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Language of Material: English.

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Volunteer at the Buddhist church in Palo Alto.
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Yasuko, Fukuda 2017 February 27 March 10 2017

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Language of Material: English.

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Kibei. Born in Sacramento to a Buddhist priest father. His mother took the children to take care of their temple at Fukui/Shiga. Returned to the U.S. in the 1950s without any English. Married a Kibei who died at 38, leaving two children.
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Yasutake, Joseph 2017 May 16

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Language of Material: English.

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Board member of the Japanese American Museum, San Jose.
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