First Edition. The first volume in the most avidly collected Usagi Yojimbo graphic novel format, the signed, numbered issue of the Dark Horse omnibus series. "This volume collects issues #1–#16 of the Mirage Publishing, Inc., comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two and issues #1–#6 of the Dark Horse comic.....

First Edition. "Autobiography of an Issei journalist affiliated with the Nippu Jiji of Honolulu. Covers the years 1896 to 1953, it includes major socio-political events during the time period and the author's wartime internment."—A Buried Past II, 1756. "Historical essays on the Japanese community over the preceding fifty years, by the.....

First Edition. A two-volume history of the Japanese in Brazil by a one-time California resident who helped open Brazil for the Japanese. The first Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil in 1908, not coincidentally the year after the Gentleman's Agreement restricted immigration to the United States. The new arrivals mostly pursued.....

First Edition. "An autobiography of an Issei leftist, a native of Tokyo and a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin. The first volume covers the period prior to World War II and includes his years in the Soviet Union; the second treats his wartime internment experience and his service to the American.....

First Edition. A reprint of an article entitled "Issei, Nisei, and Kibei" from Fortune magazine, April 1944. The tone is gently critical of internment on procedural grounds and sympathetic to the incarcerated American citizens, but it rather lacks compassion for the real people involved. Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist who.....

First Edition. "A collection of public school talks and essays by the second generation."—Buried Past, 455. "Compilation of 26 graduation addresses and essays by Nisei students in California schools in 1932."—JANM bibliography, 47. But for the names of the speakers, this collection of high school and college graduation speeches could have been.....

A large photograph of the opening ceremony of the Nichiren-shu Buddhist temple in 1932, in Portland. According to the website of the temple, "In November of 1924, Rev. Ryushin Okihara, resident minister of the Nichiren Buddhist Church in Seattle, conducted the first organized Nichiren Shu service in Portland, Oregon. The service.....

A directory of Japanese Americans and Japanese American-owned businesses, primarily on the West Coast, but including listings for many other states and the provinces of Canada. The Hokubei Mainichi (North American Daily) was a bilingual newspaper for the Japanese American community in San Francisco. It began publishing in 1948, soon.....

First Edition. "This contains essays, speeches, and commentaries on anti-Japanese exclusion and U.S.-Japan relations by Japanese immigrant leaders and white Americans. The appendix describes origins of various historical matters and Issei social customs, as well as pioneering individuals and organizations in the mainland and Hawaii."—Annotated Bibliography of Japanese Americans in.....

First Edition. An example of kokumin gaiko, or people's diplomacy, in support of the Japanese Army's occupation of China. Dodo was the editor of Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese daily in Los Angeles, and according to newspaper accounts at the time, a frequent lecturer in support of Japan's activities in.....

First Edition. 44 pages, including 9 pages of ads. The show included nearly 200 prints from photographers from around the US, along with work from a few Canadians, a handful of Europeans, and even a photographer from China. Of particular current interest are the three images reproduced in the catalogue.....