Item No: #361106 Directory: Hiroshima Keijin of Southern California, 1963 / Minami Kashu Hiroshima keiji jushoroku: Furoku Nanka Hiroshima Kenjinkai shi. Nanka Hiroshima Kenjinkai.
Directory: Hiroshima Keijin of Southern California, 1963 / Minami Kashu Hiroshima keiji jushoroku: Furoku Nanka Hiroshima Kenjinkai shi

Japanese American Prefectural Directory

Directory: Hiroshima Keijin of Southern California, 1963 / Minami Kashu Hiroshima keiji jushoroku: Furoku Nanka Hiroshima Kenjinkai shi

Notes: A directory of members of the Hiroshima Prefecture Society (Kenjinkai) of Southern California along with an introduction about the group. Kenjinkai—prefecture societies—were influential parts of the Japanese American community, and the Hiroshima group was one of the largest. More than 100 businesses advertised in this directory.

The entries are organized by the English last name of the head of household, with the name of spouses in parenthesis, followed by addresses and phone numbers. The information is repeated in Japanese, with the addition of a notation identifying American-born Nisei.

20, 173 pages [7] pages of plates

OCLC: 32124582

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). Near fine in illustrated boards (hardcover). No dust jacket, perhaps as issued.

Publication: Los Angeles: Hiroshima Kenjin-kai of So. Calif., Inc. / Nanka Hiroshima Kenjinkai, 1963.

Item No: #361106

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