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Title
Imperial Japanese Government passport = 日本帝國海外旅券, Koyuta Masukawa
Creator
Japan. Gaimusho
Date Created and/or Issued
1909-09-04
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
A Japanese passport issued for Koyuta Masukawa from Hiroshima, Japan. English and French translations attached.
The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war.
Type
text
Format
Official documents
3 pages, 10.25 x 8 inches
application/pdf
Identifier
nao_05_03_001
csudh_nao_0508
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/16140
Language
Japanese
English
French
Subject
Identity and values--Issei
Japan--Pre-World War II
Immigration and citizenship--The journey
Immigration and citizenship--Arrival
Place
Japan
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2hrh/
George and Mitzi Naohara Papers

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