Second Edition. Second edition, published the same month as the first. A guide to emigrating to Brazil with a section on managing a coffee plantation. After the US shut off immigration from Japan, Brazil became the most popular destination for overseas Japanese. This guide appears unrecorded. [12], 162, 36 pages including.....

First Edition. A brief history of the Japanese community in Los Angeles, with a particular emphasis on commercial activities, followed by several pages of statistical information. 36 leaves, mimeographed on rectos (front side) only, and bound with brass brads. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Apparently unrecorded. A very good copy, with some spotting.....

First Edition. The first edition of a Japanese American memoir, only recently published in English translation as An Internment Odyssey. Furuya, a native of Japan, emigrated to Hawaii in 1907 where he opened a successful furniture store. He also organized the Japanese language programming on a Hawaiian radio station and.....

First Edition. "A work on American society and U.S.-Japan relations. A graduate of U.S.C. and a long-time resident of Los Angeles, the Issei author analyzes American political, religious, and educational institutions as well as American racial attitudes and problems. He also writes about his participation in the Japan Society of.....

First Edition. "History and culture of Hawaii by an Issei author"—JANM Bibliography, 124. A thorough history of Hawaii from the earliest days, through the Cook expeditions, and the American period, with coverage of Japanese immigration in the final chapters. Printed in Japan. Illustrated with a few half-tone reproductions of photographs. [4], 2.....

First Edition. "A general historical survey of the 20-year Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Mission in Hawaii. Treats the opening of the mission headquarters and its activities and the many churches dispersed throughout the islands under it. The author was the head of the mission."—A Buried Past, 355. "History of the early stage.....

A brief survey of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles, with an overview of geography, agriculture, trade, working conditions, population, and businesses. With four folding tables of population statistics including comparisons of Issei and Nisei residents. This pamphlet was reprinted by Sumitomo Bank in 1932 from a larger report.....

An interesting example of Japanese nationalist criticism of American white supremacy in an attempt to weaken the US position abroad and put Japan's militarism on the side of freedom. This trend was set in motion when Japan's proposal to make the principle of racial equality part of the League of.....

First Edition. A noted Japanese watercolor artist who trained in the West describes a trip to the United States in 1924 and 1925; he also writes about a trip to Eastern Europe in 1930. On his US trip, Katsumi (1874–1954) visited Honolulu, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, and Washington DC. In.....

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 collection of miscellaneous essays which first appeared in the Hokubei Hochi [Seattle North American Post] from 1949–1954. Authored by a former Japanese language instructor at the University of Washington, they cover the wartime internment experience, American history and institutions, and other topics."—A Buried Past, 676. Matsushita (1892–1979), a......

First Edition. "The only comprehensive survey of the Japanese in agriculture. Compiled under the direction of Murai Ko, the president of the Beikoku Sangyo Nippo of Los Angeles, its core consists of his newspaper articles. Includes detailed information on agricultural techniques, brief histories of Japanese agriculture by state and locale.....