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  • Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

    In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …

    Oregon History Project

  • Traditional Japanese Dance

    This photograph was taken by Folklife Coordinator Leila Childs in 1998 to document Sahomi Tachibana (foreground) teaching Chisao Hata (background) traditional Japanese dance.  The two …

    Oregon History Project

  • Daiichi Takeoka (1882–1954)

    Seventeen-year-old Daiichi Takeoka arrived in Portland in 1900 with a limited education from his home in a rural section of Hiroshima, Japan. By the 1920s, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japantown, Portland (Nihonmachi)

    Portland's Japantown, or Nihonmachi, is popularly described as having existed before World War II in the area known today as Old Town-Chinatown, between Northwest …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Minoru Yasui (1916–1986)

    Minoru Yasui was born in Hood River on October 16, 1916, the third son of Japanese immigrants Shidzuyo and Masuo Yasui. In 1939, Yasui became …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Ethnic Diversity in the City

    Though Portland was described by journalists as a city dominated by native-born Americans, its ethnic diversity reflected that of most frontier cities. The proportion of …

    Oregon History Project

  • Shinzaburo Ban (1854-1926)

    Shinzaburo Ban was a Japanese businessman who was instrumental in bringing people of Japanese ancestry to Oregon. Though primarily known as a labor contractor, he …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Masuzo Maruyama (1903–1941)

    Masuzo Maruyama boarded the Iyo Maru in Kobe, Japan, on March 15, 1903, his twenty-fifth birthday. When he went ashore in Seattle ten days later, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum

    The Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario is a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the history of the western Treasure Valley. “Four Rivers” refers to …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Railroads, Race, and the Transformation of Oregon

    As symbols of the Industrial Revolution, railroads were powerful centralizing and dispersing mediums, concentrating populations in urban areas while also scattering people and communities across …

    Oregon History Project

232 results

  • Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

    In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …

    Oregon History Project

  • Traditional Japanese Dance

    This photograph was taken by Folklife Coordinator Leila Childs in 1998 to document Sahomi Tachibana (foreground) teaching Chisao Hata (background) traditional Japanese dance.  The two …

    Oregon History Project

  • Daiichi Takeoka (1882–1954)

    Seventeen-year-old Daiichi Takeoka arrived in Portland in 1900 with a limited education from his home in a rural section of Hiroshima, Japan. By the 1920s, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japantown, Portland (Nihonmachi)

    Portland's Japantown, or Nihonmachi, is popularly described as having existed before World War II in the area known today as Old Town-Chinatown, between Northwest …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Minoru Yasui (1916–1986)

    Minoru Yasui was born in Hood River on October 16, 1916, the third son of Japanese immigrants Shidzuyo and Masuo Yasui. In 1939, Yasui became …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Ethnic Diversity in the City

    Though Portland was described by journalists as a city dominated by native-born Americans, its ethnic diversity reflected that of most frontier cities. The proportion of …

    Oregon History Project

  • Shinzaburo Ban (1854-1926)

    Shinzaburo Ban was a Japanese businessman who was instrumental in bringing people of Japanese ancestry to Oregon. Though primarily known as a labor contractor, he …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Masuzo Maruyama (1903–1941)

    Masuzo Maruyama boarded the Iyo Maru in Kobe, Japan, on March 15, 1903, his twenty-fifth birthday. When he went ashore in Seattle ten days later, …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum

    The Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario is a nonprofit organization dedicated to telling the history of the western Treasure Valley. “Four Rivers” refers to …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Railroads, Race, and the Transformation of Oregon

    As symbols of the Industrial Revolution, railroads were powerful centralizing and dispersing mediums, concentrating populations in urban areas while also scattering people and communities across …

    Oregon History Project