Documenting the Great Struggle

History of the Japanese in Hawaii [Hawai nihonjin shi]

Kihara, Ryukichi

Notes: "A standard prewar history of the Japanese in Hawaii with sections on history, demography, print media, finance, commerce, agriculture, religion, education, and community organizations. Includes descriptions of Hawaiian geography, society, customs, commerce, industry, and history. Also includes an Issei Who's Who."—A Buried Past II, for the Bunsei Shoin reprint (1994).

"One of the 'standard' histories of the Japanese in Hawaii, written by a former newspaper reporter. Divided into three parts: (1) a survey of history, geography, and current conditions; (2) history of change in various aspects of Japanese life; and (3) a collection of historical anecdotes relating to the Hawaiian Japanese, chronologically arranged. Many statistical tables are provided, drawn from Hawaii government and Japanese consular documents as well as from old newspapers and published books."—The Japanese in Hawaii: An Annotated Bibliography of Japanese Americans, p. 193.

Kihara (1898–1973) provides a very detailed history of Japanese settlement in the island, with considerable focus on discrimination and unfair treatment of immigrants. In the May 1, 1935 issue of the Jitsugyo no Hawai newspaper, this book was advertised as an account of "the great struggle of the Japanese in Hawaii."

[10 halftone plates], 2, 2, 2, 4, 18, 891, 32 (ads) pages, with many halftone plates of prominent Japanese men and businesses are included in the pagination.

OCLC: 35024506, 33586308, 675909542

Edition + Condition: First edition. A very good copy in stiff canvas covers. Some wear and loss to fore-edges and some foxing, but generally very good. In a very good example of the publisher's paper slipcase.

Publication: Tokyo: Bunseisha, 1935 (Showa 10).

Item No: #360874

Price: $1,500