Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita Passport Portrait

Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita Passport Portrait

Description

Title Proper Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita Passport Portrait
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1930
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
The image shows a studio portrait of a young girl seated dressed in a white dress and bonnet.
Name of creator
Yamashita Family : Shintaro Yamashita was born February 7, 1893 in Ogatamura, Hiroshima, Japan. He was the eldest son of Wakichi Yamashita and Yuki Hakata. Wakichi's surname was Fujii but he took the Yamashita name when he married. Wakichi was a successful businessman who sold fabrics. His business acumen however, suffered greatly due to his hospitable nature causing him to lose a lot of money to poor credit management. Yuki Hakata came from a samurai family and was a royal with wealth.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita Passport Portrait
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