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1930 Japanese American portraits

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Hello all,

I recently purchased a few photos for my Japanese American collection. Fortunately, there are captions. Unfortunately, I don't speak Japanese. This first photo is a portrait by Japanese photographer Sadaichi Imada of Los Angeles, California. I think it dates to about 1930 and there is an inscription to the photograph folder. Would someone be kind enough to translate for me?
 

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This portrait might be from the same time period but it came with the Imada photo. Taken by Japanese photographer N. Igarashi of a young couple. Inscription included. I am completely unfamiliar with the photographer.
 

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the first post
昭和八年十月廿二日
光征夫妻


南川光舟
〃?月 様

October 22, 1933
Mr.and Mrs. Mitsuyuki
(Mitsuyuki is usually a male given name.)

Presented to
Minamikawa Kōshū/Mitsufune
Minamikawa ?


second
加藤高雄 三十三才
ツル 二十九才

Katō Takao 33 years old
Tsuru 29 years old
 
Toritoribe,


Many thanks! Very pleased I can catalog these photos with this information. Looking forward to further research on the first couple. There is a great deal of information available on the Japanese Americans who were imprisoned during the war.


Is ' Minamikawa Kōshū/Mitsufune ' a full name? or is this a name followed by a location?

thank you,
BH
 
That's a full name. I suppose it might be his artist name or something, as same as his wife's name.
 
Toritoribe,


Many thanks! Very pleased I can catalog these photos with this information. Looking forward to further research on the first couple. There is a great deal of information available on the Japanese Americans who were imprisoned during the war.


Is ' Minamikawa Kōshū/Mitsufune ' a full name? or is this a name followed by a location?

thank you,
BH
You might like this novel if you're interested in what it was like in America for Japanese people around that era.
 
Thank you, Lothar! Will add to my Amazon wish list. Fortunately there are a lot of great books on the subject out there for people like myself.
 
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