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Title
Ofu Heigen no nishiki = Brocade of Sacramento Valley
Creator
Kaihara, Gou: editor
Sakuranishikisha: publisher
Nichi-Beisha
Date Created and/or Issued
1911-09-15
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
This item is in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Description
An illustrated photo album. The item lacks a title page and cover. The title, "Ofu Heigen no nishiki," is handwritten on the colophon. An English sub-title was provided as: Japanese in California: a pictorial history. The album depicts the Japanese American businesses and families in the agricultural region of the Sacramento Valley, including City of Sacramento, Sacramento Suburbs, Florin, Freeport, Clarksburg, Courtland, Vorden, Walnut Grove, Ryde, Isleton, Sherman Island and Franks Tract, Loomis, Penryn, Newcastle and Auburn, Lodi and Acampo, Marysville and Woodland, Colusa and Red Bluff, Vacaville, and Suisun and Winters.
Ofu Heigen no nishiki [Brocade of Sacramento Valley] is a 267 page illustrated photo album published by Nichi Bei Times in 1911. The album depicts Japanese American businesses and families in the agricultural region of the Sacramento Valley. Text is in Japanese with some translated notations handwritten in English.
Type
image
Format
Books
1 volume (267 pages), illustrations, 7 x 10.25 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
Vault-13061
chs_vault13061_0001
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/50102
Language
Japanese
Subject
Identity and values--Issei
Geographic communities--California--Sacramento
Community activities--Nihonmachi ('Japantowns')
Place
Sacramento, California
Source
California Historical Society;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Ofu Heigen no nishiki [Brocade of Sacramento Valley]

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