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Description
A photograph including Yetsuko Sakai with her family members. It was probably taken when she was leaving for the U.S. This photograph is found on page 17 of "Yetsuko Kiyomi photo album" (csudh_yet_0001). Contains a family photo album compiled by Yetsuko Kiyomi, who is a Kibei Nisei born to Japanese immigrant parents, Misaburo and Sayo Sakai, and raised in the Japanese farming community in the town of Holland, Clarksburg, Yolo County, California. She returned to Kumamoto, Japan where she was educated and resided from pre-war through post-war, and sailed back to the U.S. and married to Genjiro Kiyomi in 1957. The included photographs depict her life in two countries, the U.S. and Japan. Additional materials in the collection include: a group photograph of her 6th grade Mifune Elementary School, her mother's side family trees, and her husband's biographical information.
Japan--United States civilians Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Kibei Identity and values--Women Identity and values--Family Immigration and citizenship
Place
Kumamoto, Japan
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
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