Postwar Japanese in Hawaii

[Japanese Americana]: [Iwanami Shoten Henshubu, editor]:

Nikkei Amerikajin. Hawai no [Japanese Americans in Hawaii].

Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1956. [64]pp. Illustrated with legions of black-and-white photographs. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled, 7.25 x 5 inches. Wrappers rubbed and a little soiled. Some small areas of paper abrasion to first and last leaves, otherwise clean internally. Very good. Item #12642

An informative midcentury publication on Japanese Americans in Hawaii, illustrated with over 200 black-and-white photographs, providing a vivid record of their lives in the years following the Pacific War. The work covers three generations - Issei, Nisei, and Sansei - capturing both continuity and change within the community. The photographs suggest that unions outside the community were still relatively uncommon at the time, while the lifestyles of Nisei families were shifting rapidly towards more “American” ways. At the same time, traditions such as religion and wedding customs remained central to community life. OCLC records seven copies worldwide, including one each in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and three in the United States, at Columbia, Yale, and the University of Washington.

Price: $450