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| Title | Date | Description | Subjects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group of students and faculty outside the rear of the Tacoma Japanese Language School, May 22, 1927 | 1927-05-22 | Written on photo: Tacoma Kokugo Gakko Kenchiku Kinen Narabina Shugiyoshiki. May 22nd, 1927. Translation: Commemoration of the construction of the school and closing ceremony for the end of the school year. Written on verso: Fujimoto. | |
| Large group of students and faculty outside the front of the Tacoma Japanese Language School on the 20th anniversary of the school, August 30, 1931 | 1931-08-30 | Written in Japanese (translation): 20th anniversary of the Tacoma Japanese Language School taken August 30, 1931. | |
| Large group of students and adults in front of the Tacoma Japanese Language School gathered to celebrate the visit of Duke Tokugawa, March 4, 1934 | 1934 | Written on photo in Japanese: SHoWA 9-NEN 3-GATSU 4-KA TOGUGAWA KoSHAKU KAKKA GOSHI KINEN SATUEI Translation: Commemorating the visit of his excellency Duke Tokugawa to Tacoma, WA on March 4, 1934. Handwritten on verso in Japanese: Fujimoto. | Japanese students--Washington (State)--Tacoma; School buildings--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Nihongo Gakko (Tacoma, Wash.)--Students; Portraits, Group--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Large group of students and faculty kneeling and standing outside the front of the Tacoma Japanese Language School, May 23, 1937 | 1937-05-23 | Handwritten on verso: HATA | Japanese students--Washington (State)--Tacoma; School buildings--Washington (State)--Tacoma; Nihongo Gakko (Tacoma, Wash.)--Students; Nihongo Gakko (Tacoma, Wash.)--Faculty; Portraits, Group--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Japanese Language School above Buddhist Temple (1979) | 1979 | Looking northeast | |
| Mitsuo Takasugi Oral History | 2005-01-09 | Mitsuo Takasugi reflects on his childhood growing up in Tacoma and attending the Japanese Language school. Takasugi contrasts his experiences attending American public school with the Japanese Language School. In addition to covering family history, Takasugi recounts the moral and cultural lessons he received at the school and examines what it means to be Japanese. | |
| Mitsuo Takasugi image | 2005-01-09 | ||
| Fumi (Sato) Hattori Oral History | 2005-01-27 | Fumi (Sato) Hattori looks back on her childhood, her family, and the role of the Japanese Language School on the Japanese community in Tacoma, Washington. Hattori notes how central the Japanese Language School was to culture, community, and social life, and how the school was unique to the time and place. Hattori connects this history with the stories of her parents, her siblings, her children, and her grandchildren. | |
| Fumi (Sato) Hattori image | 2005-01-27 | ||
| June Mieko (Shirozu) Hayashi Oral History | 2005-01-27 | June Mieko (Shirozu) Hayashi traces her family history from Japan to Tacoma, Washington. Hayashi explores the role of religion in Japanese culture and family life, noting the central role of the various churches in Tacoma in the community. | |
| June Mieko (Shirozu) Hayashi image | 2005-01-29 | ||
| Jack Kazuo Hata Oral History | 2005-01-30 | Jack Kazuo Hata recounts his childhood growing up in Tacoma and attending the Japanese Language School. Hata remembers his parents, including his mother who taught at the Japanese Language School, and his father, a well known community photographer. Hata also reflects on the impact of the Japanese Language School and how the school's lessons imparted cultural and moral values, including not shaming the larger Japanese community. | |
| Jack Kazuo Hata image | 2005-01-30 | ||
| Perry Yoshiaki Yano Oral History | 2005-03-10 | Perry Yoshiaki Yano recounts his childhood in Tacoma, including discussion of family relations, religion, education, and identity. Perry also describes his memories of Pearl Harbor and being sent to internment camps in California, as well as his family's move to the East Coast following World War II. | |
| Perry Yoshiaki Yano image | 2005-03-10 | ||
| Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka Oral History | 2005-03-10 | Hiroko "Betty" Fukuhara Yoshioka describes her experiences as a Nisei woman. She did not attend the Japanese Language School, but describes her experiences growing up in Tacoma, attending Central School and Stadium High School, having her father taken away after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, being sent to an internment camp, and ultimately moving to Chicago. Yoshioka especially recalls her parents and her five sisters, and she discusses how her children and grandchildren interact with their family identity and history. | |
| Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka image | 2005-03-10 | ||
| Kazuo Horita Oral History | 2005-03-11 | Kazuo Horita shares his unique family history and experiences, covering his father's initial arrival to the United States, growing up in Tacoma, and navigating post-camp life. Horita discusses playing baseball all around the country, attending college during World War II as a way to leave incarceration camps, and facing discrimination as a Japanese American in the aftermath of the war. Horita notably remarks on the unique, tight-knit nature of Tacoma's Japanese community due largely in part to the multiple religious institutions and the roles they played in cultivating a sense of community. | |
| Kazuo Horita transcript | 2005-03-11 | ||
| Kazuo Horita audio | 2005-03-11 | ||
| Kazuo Horita image | 2005-03-11 | ||
| Chizu Takaoka Oral History | 2005-03-12 | Chizu Takaoka traces her family history from Japan to Tacoma, Washington. She describes her experience at the Japanese Language School and her family life. Takaoka recounts her and her family's experience during and after World War II. | |
| Chizu Takaoka image | 2005-03-12 | ||
| Hanna Kae (Nakagawa) Torimaru Oral History | 2005-03-12 | Hanna Kae Nakagawa Torimaru recounts her family's experience growing up in Tacoma, WA, attending the Tacoma Secretarial School, witnessing anti-Asian sentiment and being held at a Japanese internment camp during WWII. She describes her time adjusting to life in Chicago after the war, Tacoma curfew restrictions and changes around Japanese language and traditions. | |
| Hanna Kae (Nakagawa) Torimaru image | 2005-03-12 |