A propaganda press image showing an interned Japanese American working in an American flag factory during the Second World War. This is an original silver gelatin photograph captioned on the back (verso) with the following mimeographed label: "The main wish of Mrs. Yoshiye Abe, an American of Japanese ancestry, is.....

First Edition. A novelization of the life of the Chinese emperor Guangxu (Kwang Hsu) by a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Der Ling was three-quarters Chinese and one-quarter American. Her father was a Chinese diplomat and her maternal grandfather was a a Boston merchant. She learned English and French.....

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.....

Sidney Gulick, a Congregational minister, spent twenty-five years in Japan working for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. When he returned to the US, in 1913, he advocated for better US-Japanese relations and the end of discrimination against Japanese immigrants in America. He published several books and pamphlets.....

"A guide to America which provides general information as well as specific facts on the American educational system, matriculation requirements, and curricula, especially of colleges and universities. The appendix consists of a list of selected American colleges and universities."—A Buried Past, 113. The author may be Rippo Eitaro Iijima, a......

First Edition. "The earliest work treating the Japanese from Hiroshima Prefecture in California which stresses agricultural activities. Provides statistics for the years 1912–1913 broken down into Gun origins, data on the distribution of those engaged in agricultural pursuits, and information on the various prefectural organizations throughout the state. Concludes with.....

This is one of many guides to studying and immigrating to the United States by Katayama Sen published under a variety of similar titles with somewhat different content. Katayama spent a dozen years in the United States, returning to Japan in 1896. He discovered socialism while in America and became.....

First Edition. The first collection of short stories by a Japanese American writer in English. The stories are interconnected and offer an intimate look at Issei and Nisei family life in the 1920s and 1930s. The book was scheduled for publication in 1942, but it was postponed by the outbreak.....

Third Edition. The third edition, after much shorter versions published in 1928 and 1929. This is a promotional publication printed at a Japanese-language press in Seattle, intended to encourage pan-Pacific trade through the port of Seattle. Chapters are devoted to manufacturing, commercial business, the current state of Seattle trade, trade.....