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After Camp

After Camp

by Robinson, Greg

[Seer Among the Japanese in America: The Life of Kobayashi Masasuke] Zaibei doho no senkaku Kobayashi Masasuke den: Kyuseigun zaibei nihonjinbu no katsudo

[Seer Among the Japanese in America: The Life of Kobayashi Masasuke] Zaibei doho no senkaku Kobayashi Masasuke den: Kyuseigun zaibei nihonjinbu no katsudo

by Yamamuro, Boho

Tokyo: Yamamuro Gunpei Senshu Kankokai, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A biography of Major Kobayashi Masasuke, an early Issei pioneer who arrived in America in 1902 and who established Japanese units of the Salvation Army beginning in 1919. Includes reprints of his sermons and lectures and reminiscences of his friends and associates."-A Buried Past, 837. Masasuka "landed in the United States as a student-laborer in 1902. He first attended Stanford University briefly, and then became an... Read more about this item
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$420.00
[A Guide to Self-Supporting, Independent Study in North America] Hokubei yugaku annai: Dokuritsu jikyu

[A Guide to Self-Supporting, Independent Study in North America] Hokubei yugaku annai: Dokuritsu jikyu

by Yoshimura, Daijiro (James D. Yoshimura)

Osaka: Okashima Shoten, 1903. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A rare guide to coming to America published during the brief window during the first years of the 20th century when it was legal for Japanese citizens to emigrate to the United States, before the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement made the process much more difficult. Still, this book reflects the tenor of the times. In the section on clearing immigration on arrival in the US, one of the role-play examples (in English) is "Q: Are you an... Read more about this item
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$900.00
[California and the Japanese] Kariforunia to nihonjin

[California and the Japanese] Kariforunia to nihonjin

by Ebina, Kazuo

Tokyo: Rokko Shuppanbu, 1943. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A very scarce wartime history of the Japanese in California that argues that the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans was a symptom of the same pervasive anti-Japanese attitudes among Americans that had contributed to the Second World War. The author, according to Yuji Ichioka writing in Before Internment (p. 263), was an "Issei who had lived in California for many years, working as a newspaperman for Japanese immigrant... Read more about this item
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$2,220.00
[New Methods of Going to America] Shin tobeiho (also transliterated Shin to-Beiho)

[New Methods of Going to America] Shin tobeiho (also transliterated Shin to-Beiho)

by Shimanuki, Hyodayu

Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1912. Later printing. Trade paperback. Very good. One of several guides for emigrants to America written by Shimanuki, the founder of Nihon Rikkokai-the Japan Self-Help Society-a Christian group that helped poor Japanese from rural areas to study and work abroad. This is the first guide Shimanuki wrote after the Gentlemen's Agreement went into effect, significantly restricting immigration. At this stage, the Nihon Rikkokai encouraged potential American immigrants to study, learn a... Read more about this item
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$1,020.00
Resume of the Controversy Between Japan and the United States Arising Out of the California Question / Kashu mondai ni kansuru nichibei kosho tenmatsu

Resume of the Controversy Between Japan and the United States Arising Out of the California Question / Kashu mondai ni kansuru nichibei kosho tenmatsu

by [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade] Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka

[Tokyo]: Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka, 1920. First Edition. A bilingual pamphlet detailing the origins of and the official Japanese response to the 1913 Alien Land Law passed in California. The law prohibited foreigners who were not eligible to obtain citizenship from purchasing land or entering into leases longer than three years. It applied almost entirely to Asian immigrants, who were barred from becoming naturalized American citizens. This book opens with a brief introduction and the text of the... Read more about this item
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$1,800.00
[America Sideways: Cartoon Ramblings] Amerika no yokoppara: Manga mandan

[America Sideways: Cartoon Ramblings] Amerika no yokoppara: Manga mandan

by Shishido, Sako (Sagyo)

Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. An illustrated collection of comical adventures in the United States written and drawn by one of the key figures in the development of modern-day manga, Shishido Sako. Shishido's Supido Taro is widely cited as the first manga to incorporate storytelling techniques from American films, and it was one of the most popular comics in 1930s Japan. Shishido's adaptation of American newspaper comic strip style and camera angles from film is widely... Read more about this item
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$3,600.00
[A General Survey of the US] Beikoku tsukan

[A General Survey of the US] Beikoku tsukan

by Mizutani, Tomotsune

Tokyo: Yihikaku Shobo Hatsubai, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. An economic survey of the United States, covering geography, the political system, transportation, banking, insurance, agriculture (including chapters on specific crops), manufacturing (with sections devoted to more than twenty separate industries), newspapers, and religion, plus an appendix on Canada. The book makes few references to Japanese already in the US and is aimed at investors and entrepreneurs in Japan. Mizutani... Read more about this item
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$1,200.00
American Japanese Relations in California [typescript]

American Japanese Relations in California [typescript]

by Gulick, Sidney L

New York, 1917. 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 on these subjects in the 1910s and 1920s. This two-page mimeographed typescript describes the favorable responses of American labor union officials (who... Read more about this item
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$600.00
[History of the Japanese from Hiroshima Prefecture] Kashu Hiroshima kenjin hattenshi

[History of the Japanese from Hiroshima Prefecture] Kashu Hiroshima kenjin hattenshi

by Kaihara, Sakae

Sacramento, CA: Yorozu Shoten Shutchojo, 1916. 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 a Who's Who in California."-Buried Past, 311. In the author's introduction, he says work... Read more about this item
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$4,200.00
[The New Japanese American News 1959 Year Book] Zenbei Nikkeijin jushoroku 1959-nendo

[The New Japanese American News 1959 Year Book] Zenbei Nikkeijin jushoroku 1959-nendo

by Shin Nichibei

Los Angeles: Shin Nichibei Shinbunsha, 1959. Hardcover. Very good. A massive (nearly 1500 pages) national directory of Japanese Americans, primarily in California but with entries from around the United States. The directory is organized by state and then city, followed by the name, address, and phone number of the head of each household and of Japanese owned businesses. The directory was supported by more than 100 pages of ads from Japanese, Japanese-American, and Japanese-friendly businesses. The... Read more about this item
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$720.00
[Japan and the United States: Young Warriors] Nichibei moshi tatakawaba

[Japan and the United States: Young Warriors] Nichibei moshi tatakawaba

by Tamura, Shoichiro

Kyoto: Bunsen Shoin, 1929. A book tracing the history of US-Japanese relations focusing on the growth of anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States and the legal and diplomatic efforts to exclude and discriminate against Japanese immigrants. The author then turns to the growing possibility of a war in the Pacific between the two countries. The book fits into a nationalist, imperialist narrative that was growing in Japan throughout the 1920s which argued for the inevitability of a US-Japanese conflict... Read more about this item
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$600.00
[The Secret of Going to America] Tobei no hiketsu

[The Secret of Going to America] Tobei no hiketsu

by Katayama, Sen

Tokyo: Tobei Kyokai, 1906. Trade paperback. Very good. Third edition. "An updated and expanded guide to America which has information on employment, the Texas Japanese rice colony, and a special section on women. The 54-page appendix consists of basic English."-A Buried Past, 118. This is one of many guides to studying and immigrating to the United States by Katayama Sen that he published under a variety of similar titles with somewhat different content. This guide came out near the end of the brief... Read more about this item
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$1,500.00
[Anonymous White Paper: Against Anti-American Ideology] Mumei hakusho: Hanbei shiso ni koshite

[Anonymous White Paper: Against Anti-American Ideology] Mumei hakusho: Hanbei shiso ni koshite

by Tomimoto, Iwao

Tokyo: Kokusai Heiwa Sangyokai, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Biographical sketches of John Aiso, Hiroshi Miyamura, Ben Kuroki, and Mike Masaoka; interviews with Fujioka Shiro and Mike Masaoka; and profiles of 300-odd Issei and Nisei. Includes brief essays on the exclusion movement, internment, and the second generation."-A Buried Past, 633.1. The subjects of the book are the highest ranking Japanese American officer during World War Two and the first Nisei judge in the contiguous 48 states (Aiso); a... Read more about this item
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$900.00
[Shadow of Time: An Anthology] Toki no kage: Shoyo manpitsushu

[Shadow of Time: An Anthology] Toki no kage: Shoyo manpitsushu

by Abe, Toyoji

San Francisco: Abe Yuka, 1968. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. A collection from Abe Toyoji's (1880-1946) "Shadow of Time" newspaper column which was the most widely circulated Japanese column in the United States in the 1930s (see Shin Sekai Asahi Shinbun, January 24, 1937). He completed the manuscript for this book in early 1941 but its publication was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. Abe edited the Portland newspaper Oshu Nippo for half a dozen years, beginning in 1909. He... Read more about this item
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$600.00
[The New Japanese American News 1966 Year Book] Zenbei Nikkeijin jushoroku 1966-nendo

[The New Japanese American News 1966 Year Book] Zenbei Nikkeijin jushoroku 1966-nendo

by Shin Nichibei

Los Angeles: Shin Nichibei Shinbunsha, 1966. Hardcover. Near fine. A massive (nearly 1200 pages) national directory of Japanese Americans, primarily in California but with entries from 35 states and the District of Columbia. The directory is organized by state and then city, followed by the name in Roman letters, address, and phone number of the head of each household and of Japanese owned businesses. The directory was supported by more than 100 pages of ads from Japanese, Japanese-American, and... Read more about this item
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$600.00
[Photograph of the Dedication of Nichiren Buddhist Church, in Portland, Oregon]

[Photograph of the Dedication of Nichiren Buddhist Church, in Portland, Oregon]

Portland, OR: (n.p.), 1932. Ephemera. Very good. 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 was held at the office of Dr. Tanaka with 40 people in attendance. Rev. Okihara discussed organizing a church for Portland. On... Read more about this item
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$480.00
[The Enactment of the 1924 Immigration Act and the Course of Japanese-American Negotiations (with the supplement) Official Documents and Related English Sources] Senkyuhyakunijuyonen Beikoku iminho seitei oyobi kore ni kansuru Nichi-Bei kosho keika [with] .... kobunsho Eibun fuzokusho

[The Enactment of the 1924 Immigration Act and the Course of Japanese-American Negotiations (with the supplement) Official Documents and Related English Sources] Senkyuhyakunijuyonen Beikoku iminho seitei oyobi kore ni kansuru Nichi-Bei kosho keika [with] .... kobunsho Eibun fuzokusho

by [Ministry of Foreign Affairs ] Gaimushu

Tokyo: Gaimushu (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1924. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A Japanese Foreign Ministry publication which compiles into one volume the communications between the Foreign Ministry and the Japanese Embassy on the 1924 Immigration Act and other proposed discriminatory legislation. Also contains Japanese translations of English materials relating to the Act and other proposed legislation and the Japanese government's formal protest notes."-A Buried Past, 210 and 211 ("A... Read more about this item
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$1,020.00
Talking with Japanese Brethren in the United States [Zaibei doho to kataru]

Talking with Japanese Brethren in the United States [Zaibei doho to kataru]

by Nagata, Shigeshi

Tokyo: Nihon Rikkokai, 1940. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. This book combines the author's philosophical views on Japanese immigration with excerpts from interviews of Japanese American immigrants. Nagata lived for many years in the United States, and returned to Japan when anti-Asian laws in California began to make life difficult for him and his compatriots. In Japan, he became the leader of the Nihon (or Nippon) Rikkokai, a Christian organization that promoted immigration to the poor in... Read more about this item
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$600.00
The Pacific Era and the United States (English title) / Taiheiyo jidai to Beikoku: Kyokuto ninshiki, yoron, seiji, keizai, bunka no doko kenkyu

The Pacific Era and the United States (English title) / Taiheiyo jidai to Beikoku: Kyokuto ninshiki, yoron, seiji, keizai, bunka no doko kenkyu

by Dodo, Masao

Los Angeles: Rafu Shinposha / Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, 1933. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. 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 China. This book, published for a Japanese American audience, justifies the Japanese invasion of... Read more about this item
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$480.00
Eureka

Eureka

by Wong, Martin

Arcata, CA: Bug Press, 1977. First Edition. Fine. A collection of reproductions of Wong's Human Instamatic drawings of people and places in and around Eureka, California. Mostly printed offset in black; a few have an overprinting in red for his chop. One reproduces Wong's "Human Instamatic" blindstamp. Wong lived in Old Town, Eureka, at the time this book was published, and his exuberant drawings of the run-down sections of Eureka show his clear love of shabby splendor. He would take that aesthetic... Read more about this item
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$7,200.00
Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook [Issues 1 to 15]

Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook [Issues 1 to 15]

by Sakai, Stan

(N.-pl.): (the author), 2018. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. The first fifteen issues of these short (24 to 48 pages) collections of sketches, ideas, and Usagi Yojimbo drawings. The first twelve issues were black and white; numbers 13 to 15 include color reproductions. All issues are signed by Sakai. This set includes signed, numbered, and sketched copies of nos. 1 and 2; another copy of no. 2, signed and sketched, but not numbered; signed and sketched copies of nos. 3-11 and 15. No. 14 is also signed... Read more about this item
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$1,800.00
[Origins: History of the Development of the People in Southern California from Mie Prefecture] Hassho: Nanka Mie kenjin hatten kinenshi

[Origins: History of the Development of the People in Southern California from Mie Prefecture] Hassho: Nanka Mie kenjin hatten kinenshi

by [Southern California Mie Prefectural Society]

San Pedro, CA: Nanka Mie Kenjinkai [Southern California Mie Prefectural Society], 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A very scarce Japanese-American history and Who's Who printed in Los Angeles in the Taisho era. Many Japanese immigrants to the US participated in organizations centered around their family's native prefecture. This book was published by the Mie Prefectural Association, an organization of Japanese immigrants from the central southern coast of Japan. Not surprisingly, given their... Read more about this item
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$4,200.00
[History of the Japanese from Miyagi Prefecture in America] Zaibei Miyagi kenjinshi

[History of the Japanese from Miyagi Prefecture in America] Zaibei Miyagi kenjinshi

by Yatsu, Riichiro

Los Angeles: Zaibei Miyagi Kenjinshi Hensan Jimusho, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A history of the Japanese from Miyagi Prefecture. Contains a short background on emigration from this prefecture, some population statistics, and a list of Japanese from Miyagi living in Southern California. Also includes brief histories of the Southern California Miyagi Prefectural Association and the Northern California Tohoku Association. Concludes with over 200 biographies and a directory."-A Buried... Read more about this item
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$2,220.00
[Record of the Fighting Spirit of the Japanese in North America] Zaibei toshiroku

[Record of the Fighting Spirit of the Japanese in North America] Zaibei toshiroku

by Nakagawa, Musho (editor)

Los Angeles: Hakubundo Shoten, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Part history, part literary anthology, this large volume by an Issei historian devotes chapters to the Japanese exclusion laws, the history of Japanese American farming, particularly in California, and Japanese language schools. The bulk of the book is an anthology of Japanese American poetry (in Japanese) and first-person accounts by Japanese immigrants of life in the United States, mostly in California but with some... Read more about this item
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$3,000.00
The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Book 1 [Signed, Numbered]

The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Book 1 [Signed, Numbered]

by Sakai, Stan

Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 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 book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three." With an introduction by Jamie S. Rich. This includes the story sequences Origin Tale, Daisho, and... Read more about this item
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$600.00
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