Prefectural Association History and Directory

[History of the Fifty-year Struggle of the Japanese from Koshu in America] Zaibei koshujin funto goju nenshi

Hirose, Shurei

Publication: [Los Angeles]: Nanka Yamanashi Kaigai Kyokai, 1934 (Showa 9). First Edition.

Notes: "A work on the Japanese from Yamanashi Prefecture, especially in California. Presents a history of the Japanese from this Prefecture, including their contributions to Japanese language newspapers, financial institutions, the laundry business; five biographical sketches of leading pioneers; and an outline of the Yamanashi Prefectural Associations of Northern and Southern California. Concludes with an address directory and a Who's Who in America and Canada."—A Buried Past, 308.

"Provides a history of Yamanashi people in the U.S., as well as a general introduction of Japanese immigration into the U.S. and Canada. The latter part contains a list of people and profiles of selected individuals."—JANM bibliography, 168.

Koshu, referred to in the title, is a region in Yamanashi Prefecture.

2, 2, 14, 557 pages.

OCLC: 20879674; 835355848 (Waseda)

Edition + Condition: First edition. A very good copy in a tanned, but very good printed slipcase.

Item No: #308071

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