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Japanese Ethnicity Collection

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Traditional Japanese Woodblock Geishas in a Garden

Traditional Japanese Woodblock Geishas in a Garden
This print shows two Geishas tending to plants in a garden. There are several pots of different shapes and sizes

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Antique Japanese Woodblock, woman serving tea

Antique Japanese Woodblock, woman serving tea
This Japanese art print is a portrait of the tea house waitress Naniwaya Okita in a beautiful kimono serving a cup of tea, 1790. The print bears the artists signature

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Woodblock Print flowers and Dragon

Japanese Woodblock Print flowers and Dragon
Keisai Eisen (1790 - 1848) is an important ukiyo-e artist who studied under the similarly named Kikugawa Eizan

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Woodblock Print Woman and the Moon

Japanese Woodblock Print Woman and the Moon
Japanese scene from the master Utagawa Hiroshige 1797 - October 12, 1858 forms part of my own private collection of original woodblock prints

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Wedding Day
GIBRALTAR-3/24/69-: Japanese-born artist & singer Yoko Ono and musician John Lennon hold the marriage certificate following their registry office wedding here on March 21st

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Traditional Japanese Woodblock female by pond

Traditional Japanese Woodblock female by pond
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769, Edo - February 24, 1825, Edo) was born as the son of a puppet maker. He learned printmaking as a student of Toyoharu

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young couple with flashlights
young couple in the dusk, lighting at each other with flashlights

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Samurai Holding Spear

Samurai Holding Spear
(Original Caption) Ancient warrior of Japan. Undated photograph. BPA2# 3100

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Tokyo Factory

Tokyo Factory
Female factory workers manufacturing rubber insulated cables

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Tokyo Copper Factory

Tokyo Copper Factory
Bare copper wire manufacturing in Tokyo

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Tokyo Manufacturing Plant

Tokyo Manufacturing Plant
View of horizontal lead press at a factory responsible for manufacturing power cable in Tokyo

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Interior of Tokyo Factory

Interior of Tokyo Factory
Manufacturing rubber insulated cables: vulcanizers

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Family Washing Corpse for Burial

Family Washing Corpse for Burial
(Original Caption) Japan- Manners and customs: Washing a corpse for burial. Undated photograph

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Hirobumi Ito

Hirobumi Ito, four-time premier of Japan and drafter of the Meiji constitution, as well as being instrumental in the establishment of the national legislature (Diet)

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Early Portrait Of Isoroku Yamamoto

Early Portrait Of Isoroku Yamamoto
(Original Caption) Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto who is Japan's head delegate to the prelimonary Naval Conference which is scheduled to open in London in October

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Hideyoshi, the Napoleon of Japan- united all of Japan under one rule in 1590.SE NOTE

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Woodblock Print of Japanese Female Pearl Divers

Woodblock Print of Japanese Female Pearl Divers
(Original Caption) Japanese pearl divers swimming in the bay. Mid-19th century anonymous Japanese woodcut

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Women Fishers Carrying Basket of Fish

Women Fishers Carrying Basket of Fish
(Original Caption) Chiba, Japan- Japanese fisherwomen carry a basket of fishe as a fishing vessel returns to the beach after a day's work off Chiba Pref. near Tokyo. Undated photograph

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Novelist Yukio Mishima

Novelist Yukio Mishima
(Original Caption) Yukio Mishima, the Japanese novelist who committed harakiri- ceremonial suicide- in 1970 after an abortive attempt to return Japan to her pre-war glory

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Sazai Hall, 'Five Hundred Rakan' by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sazai Hall, "Five Hundred Rakan" by Utagawa Hiroshige
A print from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Hiroshige

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Women Carrying Japanese Umbrellas

Women Carrying Japanese Umbrellas
Two young woman carrying Japanese umbrellas walk along the moat-side of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on a rainy day

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Komako Kimura in Suffrage Parade

Komako Kimura in Suffrage Parade
(Original Caption) 10/27/1917-New York, NY: 20, 000 suffragists march on Fifth Avenue. In center is Madame Kimura, prominent Japanese suffragist

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Young Japanese Immigrants
(Original Caption) Japanese immigrants, children at Angel Island, California. Photo 1920

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Girls Wear Masks for Protection

Japanese Girls Wear Masks for Protection
Japanese school girls wear protective masks to guard against the influenza outbreak

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Brides Lining up for Inspection

Japanese Brides Lining up for Inspection
(Original Caption) Japanese picture brides arrive at Angel Island and are lined up for passport inspection before meeting their new husbands

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Immigrants Arriving Aboard the Ocean Liner Shinyu Maru

Japanese Immigrants Arriving Aboard the Ocean Liner Shinyu Maru
(Original Caption) 7/25/1920-San Francisco, California- Japanese immigrants arrive in San Francisco aboard the liner Shinyu Maru carrying their possessions

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Picture Brides at Immigration

Japanese Picture Brides at Immigration
Members of a Congressional committee look over passports of Japanese picture brides at the immigration station of Angel Island

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Immigrant Children Aboard Ship

Japanese Immigrant Children Aboard Ship
Three Japanese children stand on the deck of the Shinyo Maru as it arrives in San Francisco

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Ballplayer Kato Waseda

Japanese Ballplayer Kato Waseda
Portrait of Tanaka Kato, a hard-hitting baseball player for Waseda University in Japan

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Homeowner Pointing to Anti-Japanese Sign

Homeowner Pointing to Anti-Japanese Sign
In 1923, the Hollywood Association started a campaign to expel the Japanese from their community. Hollywood resident, Mrs. B. G. Miller, points to an anti-Japanese sign on her house

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Mothers Carrying Young Children in Kyoto

Mothers Carrying Young Children in Kyoto
Mothers from Kyoto gather in a temple park with their babies on a sunny day

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Crowd of Children with Flags

Japanese Crowd of Children with Flags
(Original Caption) 2/20/1924-Tokyo, Japan-THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE WEDDING, TOKYO

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Prime Minister Kato and Cabinet Members
Japanese Prime Minister Kato Takaaki (L) poses with his new Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Takahashi Korekiyo (C), and Minister of Communication, Inukai Tsuyoshi

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Woman with Golf Clubs

Woman with Golf Clubs
(Original Caption) 3/12/26-Japan- Springtime is golftime in Japan, as well as elsewhere in the West. This girl-movie actress is a devotee of the game imported from the West

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Ambassador and Family

Japanese Ambassador and Family
(Original Caption) April 9, 1928 - Washington: Photo shows the Japanese Ambassador and his family as they visited the cherry trees in Potomac Park

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Woman Wearing a Bunkin-Takashimada Headdress

Japanese Woman Wearing a Bunkin-Takashimada Headdress
(Original Caption) 6/14/1928- Coiffures among our eastern sisters

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Leaders Hamaguchi and Tanaka

Japanese Leaders Hamaguchi and Tanaka
Yuko Hamaguchi, leader of the Japanese opposition party Minseito, and the Japanese Prime Minister Baron Giichi Tanaka

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Herbert Hoover at White House with Japanese Admiral

Herbert Hoover at White House with Japanese Admiral
(Original Caption) 9/27/1929-Washington, DC-Photo shows President Herbert Hoover as he reviewed the Japanese midshipmen, who are visiting the United States, on the White House lawn

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Emperor And Mrs Hirohito Seated In Garde

Emperor And Mrs Hirohito Seated In Garde
(Original Caption) 10/1930-Emperor Hirohito and his Empress seated at table on patio of their palace garden. Photograph, 10/30

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: President Roosevelt and Japan's Delegation Members

President Roosevelt and Japan's Delegation Members
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Viscount Ishii of Japan and Japanese delegation members meet to discuss ways of ensuring the success of the London Economic Conference

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Man Who Attempted Assassination/Handcuff
(Original Caption) 11/14/1930-Tokyo, Japan: Tomio Sagoya (in handcuffs) shown in custody following his unsuccessful attempt upon the life of Premier Hamaguchi of Japan

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Emperor Hirohito
Japanese Emperor Hirohito in military uniform

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Picture Brides Leaving for Arranged Marriages

Japanese Picture Brides Leaving for Arranged Marriages
(Original Caption) 2/2/1931- Los Angeles, CA: Japanese picture brides in a row

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: May Day Labor Rally in Tokyo

May Day Labor Rally in Tokyo
(Original Caption) 5/16/1931-Tokyo, Japan-A scene at a meeting in Tokyo on May Day, which preceeded the longest labor parade ever held in Japan

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Charles Lindbergh Standing on Wing of His Lockheed Sirius

Charles Lindbergh Standing on Wing of His Lockheed Sirius
Charles Lindbergh stands on the wing of his Lockheed Sirius following his landing in Kasumigaura, northeast of Tokyo

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Hirohito Riding On Horse

Hirohito Riding On Horse
(Original Caption) 12/2/1931-Tokyo

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyosi

Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyosi
(Original Caption) 1932: Japanese Premier Tsuyoshi Inukai shown seated and in traditional kimono in this photograph. He was assassinated by ultranationalist army officers

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Olympic Equestrian Shunzo Kido in Cowboy Garb

Japanese Olympic Equestrian Shunzo Kido in Cowboy Garb
Shunzo Kido, of the 1932 Japanese Equestrian Olympics Team, dressed in cowboy garb

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Babe Didrikson Competing in 80-Meter Hurdle Race

Babe Didrikson Competing in 80-Meter Hurdle Race
(Original Caption) 8/5/1932-Los Angeles, CA- Breaking world and Olympic records seems to be a pastime for Babe Didrikson of the U.S

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Chuhei Nambu Competes in 1932 Olympics

Chuhei Nambu Competes in 1932 Olympics
(Original Caption) 8/6/1932-Los Angeles, CA- Chuhei Nambu of Japan, winner of the Olympic hop, step, and jump event, is seen here in the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Olympic Swimmers Diving into Pool

Olympic Swimmers Diving into Pool
(Original Caption) This photo shows the start of the 400 meter free style (Mens), finals in the event of the Olympiad. They are: J. Taris, of France, Lane 1, second place; T

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Helene Madison Diving in the 4x100-Meter Relay

Helene Madison Diving in the 4x100-Meter Relay
(Original Caption) 8/14/1932-Los Angeles, CA- Helene Madison of the United States tightens up before diving into the water to race the last lap of the 400-meter relay event, as Mrs

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Colonel Hayakawa and Others

Colonel Hayakawa and Others
Japanese soldiers after planting a Japanese flag on the "First Gate Under Heaven", Shanhaiguan, the first gate of the Great Wall

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Imperial Japanese Army Reserves Cheering

Imperial Japanese Army Reserves Cheering
(Original Caption) Japanese Approve League Stand

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Teens Wearing Kimonos

Japanese Teens Wearing Kimonos
Three teenage girls wear kimonos to watch the Japanese-American Day Parade in Los Angeles

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Baseball Players Traveling to Japan for Exhibition Game
(Original Caption) Lefty O'Doul, Giants slugger, (L), is shown with Moe Berg (R), Cleveland Indians catcher, and Sotaro Suzuki, of the Tokyo Baseball Club, aboard the liner Empress of Japan

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Portrait of Admiral Yeisuke Yamamoto

Portrait of Admiral Yeisuke Yamamoto
(Original Caption) Emperor invited naval officers to luncheon...Admiral Yeisuke Yamamoto, Naval councillor, who had been on the special naval inspection to the 3rd Squadron, and his followers

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Prince Akihito at Two Years Old

Prince Akihito at Two Years Old

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese and Philippino Leaders Conference

Japanese and Philippino Leaders Conference
(Original Caption) 9/19/1935-Tokyo, Japan- As a result of a meeting of two famous party leaders shown above

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Emperor Hirohito of Japan on Horseback

Emperor Hirohito of Japan on Horseback
(Original Caption) 1936- Emperor Hirohito (1901- ) of Japan on his favorite white horse "Shirayuki"

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Erwin Sietas, Tetsuo Hamuro, and Koike

Erwin Sietas, Tetsuo Hamuro, and Koike
(Original Caption) 1936 Olympics. 200 Meter Breast Stroke winners, left to right: Sietas, of Germany, gives heil salute; Hamuro of Japan; Koike of Japan

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Girls Pose in Kimonos with Fans

Japanese Girls Pose in Kimonos with Fans
A group of Japanese girls pose in kimonos with fans. These dancers will take part in the Ondo dance, used in the Festival of Chrysanthemums, at the Southern California Flower and Garden Show

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Students Practicing Kendo

Students Practicing Kendo
Students wearing traditional clothes, practice the fencing sport Kendo for display at a Japanese festival in Los Angeles

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Champion Teaching Boys Kendo

Champion Teaching Boys Kendo
Kendo champion Torao Mori teaches three boys, wear traditional clothes, the fencing sport Kendo for display at a Japanese festival in Los Angeles

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Musicians at Japanese American Festival

Musicians at Japanese American Festival
Traditional flutists and koto players perform during a Japanese American festival held at Griffith Park in Los Angeles

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Soldiers Eating Watermelon Together

Soldiers Eating Watermelon Together
A group of young Japanese soldiers enjoy slices of watermelon in Nankow, North China

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Soldiers Climbing Great Wall

Japanese Soldiers Climbing Great Wall
A Japanese regiment march over a section of the Great Wall of China in Peiping on November 5, 1937

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Troops Enter Kaifeng

Japanese Troops Enter Kaifeng
Japanese troops enter the Chinese city of Kaifeng on their way to Zhengzhou, both cities along the Yellow River, during Japan's long invasion of China. 1938

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Soldiers in Training Exercises

Soldiers in Training Exercises
(Original Caption) 2/25/38: Japanese soldiers are pictured doing exercises to keep themselves physically fit - the better to fight the Chinese

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Agricultural Students Going to Fields

Agricultural Students Going to Fields
(Original Caption) 9/7/1938-Tokyo, Japan: Forming a picure worthy of a Millet with surrealistic tendencies, these Japanese girl students of agriculture school near Tokyo

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Airmen Drinking Toast

Japanese Airmen Drinking Toast
(Original Caption) 2/8/1939-Nanking, China: One of the strange customs observed in the Japanese Air Force is shown here as these airmen, just having returned from a bombing raid on Chungking

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Yamamoto Isoroku

Yamamoto Isoroku, Admiral and Commander-in-chief of the Japanese Fleet, receives a medal, circa 1940

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Soldiers Holding a Flag

Japanese Soldiers Holding a Flag
Japanese troops raise their swords and a Rising Sun flag in the Philippines during World War II

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Admirals Yeisuke Yamamoto and M. Osumi

Admirals Yeisuke Yamamoto and M. Osumi of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Man and Woman in Traditional Dress

Japanese Man and Woman in Traditional Dress
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Boys and Girls Exercising

Japanese Boys and Girls Exercising
(Original Caption) 8/29/1940 - Tokyo, Japan: Strong bodies for Nippon

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Dignitaries Leaving The State Department

Dignitaries Leaving The State Department
Secretary of State Hull

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Troops Advance on Chinese Army

Japanese Troops Advance on Chinese Army
(Original Caption) 11/27/1941-Honan Battlefront, China: The famous Mori Unit of the Japanese army pushes its way forward in the area North of the Yangtze River in pursuit, says the Japanese caption

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Premier Tojo's Cabinet

Premier Tojo's Cabinet
The cabinet of Tojo Hideki (front and center), effective military dictator of Japan, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Troops Enter Singapore

Japanese Troops Enter Singapore
Picture just received shows triumphant Japanese Troops, hoisting their flag over Singapore, after the British surrender

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: World War II Poster with Japanese Caricature

World War II Poster with Japanese Caricature
(Original Caption) 3/23/1942-Santa Monica, CA: Hundreds of posters like this, together with special movies and shop demonstrations

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Soldiers Celebrating

Japanese Soldiers Celebrating
Japanese soldiers celebrate the fall of the Philippines to Japanese forces in April 1942, brandishing katanas and waving flags bearing the rayed rising sun

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: American Officers Meeting with Japanese to Surrender

American Officers Meeting with Japanese to Surrender
Major General Edward P. King (second from left) discusses preliminary terms of surrender on Bataan with Japanese officers following battles along Bataan and Corregidor

Background imageJapanese Ethnicity Collection: Japanese Soldiers on Captured American Gun

Japanese Soldiers on Captured American Gun
(Original Caption) 11/16/1942-Philippines: Apparently the Japs knew nothing of the rules of the prize ring, as regards fair fighting or scoring by rounds



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