Tatsuya Arai family photograph album, approximately 1860-1930

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Arai, Tatsuya, 1864-1922
Title
Tatsuya Arai family photograph album
Dates
approximately 1860-1930 (inclusive)
Quantity
294 photographs in 1 album and 1 folder spanning .48 cubic ft
Collection Number
PH1038
Summary
Photograph album of Japanese-American family with images related to the Japanese-American community in Seattle, circa 1860-1930
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English and Japanese

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Tatsuya Arai (1864-1922) came to Seattle in 1894 and was joined by his wife, Kan Asaoka, in 1900. Their children included: Clarence Takeya Arai (1901-1963), Thomas Fumiya (1902-1966), Catherine T. Arai (1904-1919), Arthur Nobuya Arai (1907-1929), Lillian Sumi Arai (b. 1912), and Kathlyn Shidzuye Arai (1922-1974).

Tatsuya Arai worked in a management position in the Oriental American Bank. He served as the first president of the Japanese Association and belonged to the Japanese Commercial Club in Seattle, which was also known as the Japanese Businessman's Association. Tatsuya Arai was also involved with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in an unknown capacity.

Clarence Arai followed in his father's footsteps to become a community organizer. He was a scout master in 1925 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Washington in 1924. Clarence Arai was very influential in the Japanese American Citizens League founding and became President of its national council. Clarence Arai was also involved in local politics, serving as a Republican precinct committeeman and vice president of the Thirty-Seventh Legislative District Republican Club; he ran for a seat in the Washington State Legislative in 1934. After being sent to a incarceration camp, Clarence Arai's health began to deteriorate and decided to take up photography.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Arai family photograph album (1 volume) which includes photographs of: Tatsuya and Kan Arai; the Arai children, including Clarence T. Arai; businesses; organizations; and families relating to the Japanese American community in Seattle. The album includes photographs of Masajiro Furuya with his family, the North American Timesoffice, students at the Japanese Language School, the Buddhist Temple on Main Street, group portraits in front of the Consulate's house, the 1911 Golden Potlatch parade, and photographs from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, among others. Some photographs appear to have been taken in Japan.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Lillian S. Ogawa (Tatsuya Arai's daughter); received in 2009.

Processing Note

Processed by Heather Robbins ; processing completed in 2013.

Originally accessioned as PH2010-001.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Tatsuya Arai family photograph album, circa 1890-1920Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box item
1 1a
Japanese woman in Kimono
undated
1 1b
Japanese woman in kimono holding infant
undated
1 2 circa 1910 to 1912
1 3a-b
Japanese baby in white gown
undated
1 3c
Two Japanese men lying on grass
circa 1920 to 1930
1 4a undated
1 4b
Japanese man and woman in Western dress, sitting
undated
1 4c
Japanese woman in kimono, sitting
undated
1 5a
Japanese man, woman, child in Western dress
undated
1 5b
Japanese man, woman, child in Japanese dress
undated
1 6a
Four Japanese children in Western dress
undated
1 6b
Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 7a
Japanese child in Japanese dress
undated
1 7b
Japanese woman and child in Japanese dress
undated
1 8a undated
1 8b circa 1908 to 1910
1 9a
Japanese man and woman in Western dress
undated
1 9b undated
1 10a
Japanese man, woman in Western dress
undated
1 10b undated
1 11a undated
1 11b
Japanese infant in no clothing
undated
1 11c
Two adolescent Japanese men; one in Western and one in Japanese dress
undated
1 11d
Japanese man woman in Western dress
undated
1 11e
Japanese man and woman in Western dress
undated
1 12a undated
1 12b undated
1 13a undated
1 13b- 14b
Japanese men each in Western dress
undated
1 15 undated
1 16a
Japanese woman and child in Japanese dress
undated
1 16b undated
1 17a
Japanese man in Western dress, leather head cap placed on his knee
undated
1 17b
Japanese woman in Japanese dress with child in Western clothing
undated
1 17c
Japanese woman in Western dress and veiled hat
undated
1 17d-e
Japanese woman in Japanese dress
undated
1 17f
Caucasian child in Western dress on a rocking horse
undated
1 18a undated
1 18b
Japanese woman with young child and infant all in Kimono dress, table with plant or statue at left
undated
1 19 1909
1 20a
Japanese man, woman, child in Western dress
undated
1 20b
Japanese woman and three children in Japanese dress
undated
1 20c-d undated
1 21a undated
1 21b
Japanese man, woman, child in Western dress
Toyo Studio, Seattle, WA (photographer)
circa 1915 to 1919
1 22 circa 1894 to 1922
1 23a circa 1901 to 1911
1 23b
Japanese man and woman in Western wedding dress
undated
1 24a undated
1 24b
Group of Japanese adults and children in Japanese and Western dress.
Possible Buddhist garments worn by persons in back row.
undated
1 24c
Young Japanese man in Buddhist garments
undated
1 25a-b
Japanese children in Japanese dress
undated
1 26a circa 1894 to 1922
1 26b
Two Japanese people dressed in Buddhist garments
undated
1 27
Graduation photo of Japanese Language School Students
Japanese writing imprinted on lower left of photograph
1916
1 28 circa 1894 to 1922
1 29a
Japanese man in Western dress
undated
1 29b
Tatsuya Arai and unidentified man in front of the Oriental-American Bank possibly in Seattle
Japanese writing on bank window reads: Toyo Ginko-Oriental-American Bank.
circa 1894 to 1922
1 29c
Two Japanese women outdoors in Japanese dress
undated
1 29d undated
1 30a
Japanese man and woman in Japanese wedding dress
Japanese writing reads: Kotobuki-presents; Shigeta-the person who gave the presents.
undated
1 30b undated
1 31a
Japanese woman and young girl in kimonos.
undated
1 31b circa 1901 to 1904
1 32a undated
1 32b undated
1 32c
Young Japanese girl in performing a tea ceremony in Japanese style room
undated
1 32d
Japanese infant in Japanese dress
undated
1 32e
Young Japanese woman in Japanese dress
undated
1 33a undated
1 33b undated
1 33c
Young Japanese woman in Japanese dress with Western hair style
undated
1 33d undated
1 34a-b undated
1 35a
Japanese man in Western dress
undated
1 35b
Japanese woman in Western dress
undated
1 36a undated
1 36b
Two Japanese women dressed in kimonos
undated
1 36c undated
1 36d
Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 37a circa 1894 to 1922
1 37b,d
Portrait of young Japanese man in Western dress
undated
1 37c undated
1 38a-c undated
1 39a undated
1 39b undated
1 40 circa 1914 to 1919
1 41 undated
1 42a undated
1 42b
Japanese man, woman, and infant with woman and child in Japanese dress and the man in Western dress.
undated
1 43 circa 1914 to 1922
1 44a-b undated
1 45 circa 1914 to 1922
1 46
Group of Japanese men outside of building, some in Western dress, some in Buddhist garments
Japanese writing on building reads: Seattle Buddhist Society, Branch of Nishi Hongan Temple.
circa 1914 to 1922
1 47a-b
Portrait of a young Japanese man
undated
1 47c
Japanese man and child
undated
1 47d undated
1 48
Collage of Japanese girl in different poses
undated
1 49 circa 1912 to 1922
1 50a-b undated
1 51
Tatsuya Arai and group of young Japanese men in a group portrait
Circular section removed from the upper right corner
circa 1894 to 1922
1 52a
Portrait of a young Japanese man holding a small child on his lap, both in Western dress
undated
1 52b undated
1 53a
Young Japanese woman in a kimono
undated
1 53b undated
1 53c
Two story home with two children seated on the front stairway
undated
1 54
Tatsuya Arai Japanese group at AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)
Webster and Stevens Studio, Seattle
Imprinted onto recto at bottom right: Webster and Stevens #3265
1909
1 55a undated
1 55b
Three Japanese women and a group of young children in Japanese dress outside of a wooden building
undated
1 55c
Young Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 55d undated
1 56a
Japanese grave memorial stones
Japanese writing on stone reads: Family grave of [?]kai.
undated
1 56b
Two Japanese children in Japanese dress in a Japanese styled set
Japanese text on recto at lower left
undated
1 56c
Landscape photograph of Inland Empire Flour Mill and bridge in Spokane, Washington
undated
1 57a undated
1 57b 1894 to 1922
1 58 circa 1894 to 1922
1 59a undated
1 59b undated
1 59c
Portrait of a young Japanese woman in a kimono, table and bonsai plant at right
undated
1 60 undated
1 61a
Portrait of a young Japanese man in traditional Japanese dress
undated
1 61b-c
Japanese child in Japanese clothing
undated
1 61d
Japanese woman in Western clothing
undated
1 61e
Three Japanese women in kimonos
undated
1 61f undated
1 62a
Seated Japanese woman in kimono with standing Japanese man in uniform
undated
1 62b
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 62c undated
1 62d
Houses by river in Japan
Japanese writing printed on photo reads: Iwashiro Iizaka hot springs. Scenery from Taki no yu (fall of hot water) hot spring inn Kadoya. Telephone number 6-106.
undated
1 63
Tatsuya Arai with a group of Japanese men, women, and children standing outside, probably in Seattle
Japanese writing on photo reads: Arai Haikanen souvenir photo. Taisho 4 October 17th.
October 16, 1915
1 64a
Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 64b
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 64c
Japanese man in Western clothing holding a child
undated
1 64d
Japanese child in Japanese clothing
undated
1 65a
Religious card from Boumard Fils, Paris
Written on card: The tempest stilled. Lord save us, for we perish. St. Matthew 8.25. Boumard Fils, Paris. Made in France.
undated
1 65b undated
1 66 circa 1910s
1 67
Possibly Japanese delegation for the AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)
Japanese writing on banner reads: Friendship between Japan and America.
Frank Nowell (Nowell x4280) (photographer)
1909
1 68 1909
1 69 1913
1 70 circa 1910s
1 71a
Japanese woman in kimono holding a baby
undated
1 71b undated
1 71c undated
1 71d
Portrait of Tatsuya Arai in Western clothing and Kan Arai in a kimono
circa 1890-1920
1 71e
Three Japanese women in traditional Japanese dress
Aiko Studios, Seattle (photographer)
undated
1 71f
Japanese child
undated
1 72a
Portrait of two Japanese men in Western clothing
circa 1910s
1 72b
Portrait of Japanese man holding a baby
Toyo Studios, Seattle (photographer)
circa 1915-1925
1 72c
A man and two small children seated outside
circa 1910s
1 73a undated
1 73b
Japanese boy in traditional clothing
undated
1 73c
Portrait of young Japanese girl in Western clothing
undated
1 73d
Portrait of young Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 73e
Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing with Japanese woman in kimono
circa 1910s
1 74a
Japanese men and women in traditional clothing standing next to a tombstone with Japanese writing
Japanese writing on tombstone reads: Family grave of Yamashita.
undated
1 74b
Portrait of four Japanese women in kimonos
undated
1 74c
Portrait of young Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 75a
Portrait of Japanese man holding a child
undated
1 75b
Three Japanese children in traditional Japanese dress
undated
1 75c-d
Young Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 75e undated
1 75f
Portrait of three Japanese women in kimonos
undated
1 76 circa 1894-1922
1 77a
Japanese man, woman, and child
undated
1 77b
Japanese man in Western clothing and woman in kimono
undated
1 77c
Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 78a circa1894-1922
1 78b
Group of Japanese men, women, and children outdoors
Aiko Photo Studio (photographer)
Japanese writing on photo reads: Children's sports day. Meiji, 43 May 7th. Donated by Aiko photo studio.
undated
1 79a
Japanese infant in traditional Japanese clothing
undated
1 79b-c
Young Japanese girl in kimono
undated
1 79d
Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 80 undated
1 81 undated
1 82 undated
1 83a-c undated
1 83d undated
1 84
Tatsuya Arai and his wife and family with others in front of house
circa 1908-1915
1 85a
Japanese man, woman, and two children in Western clothing
undated
1 85b circa 1894
1 86a circa 1894-1922
1 86b undated
1 86c undated
1 87a undated
1 87b undated
1 88a
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 88b
Japanese man in traditional Japanese clothing
Japanese writing reads: Tokyo Kanda Awaji town. Egi head store.
Yegi-Honten, Kanda Tokyo, Japan (photographer)
1909
1 89 1909
1 90a undated
1 90b undated
1 91a undated
1 91b
A child's funeral casket
undated
1 91c undated
1 91d
Japanese man drinking from glass bottle outside
Man pictured is same as in 91a.
undated
1 92 undated
1 93a undated
1 93b undated
1 94a
Portrait of infant
Japanese writing reads: Takayo, possibly family name of Chigusa.
undated
1 94b
Portrait of young girl with doll
F. Matsui, New York (photographer)
undated
1 95a
Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 95b
Portrait of Japanese man and woman in traditional clothing
undated
1 95c undated
1 95d undated
1 96a undated
1 96b undated
1 97 circa 1894-1922
1 98a
Infant in pram
undated
1 98b
Two Japanese men and one woman
undated
1 98c undated
1 99a-b
Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing
undated
1 99c undated
1 99d undated
1 100a-b undated
1 101a
Japanese man in Western clothing
Aiko Studio, Seattle (photographer)
undated
1 101b undated
1 101c undated
1 101d undated
1 101e-f
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 102a undated
1 102b
Portrait of five Japanese men in Western clothing
Toyo Studio, Seattle (photographer)
circa 1915-1925
1 103a circa 1914-1922
1 103b
Japanese woman outdoors
undated
1 103c undated
1 104
Tatsuya Arai and Japanese Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Frank Nowell, Seattle (Nowell x4278) (photographer)
circa 1909
1 105 circa 1894-1922
1 106 circa 1894-1922
1 107a
Japanese man and woman in traditional clothing
undated
1 107b
Three children in traditional Japanese clothing
undated
1 107c
Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 107d
Portrait of Japanese child in traditional clothing
undated
1 107e
Japanese man seated at desk
undated
1 108a
Portrait of Japanese man, woman, and infant in Western clothing
undated
1 108b
1 109 undated
1 110a undated
1 110b circa 1894-1922
1 110c
Portrait of Japanese woman and young girl in kimonos
undated
1 110d
Portrait of Japanese man
undated
1 111a circa 1909
1 111b
Portrait of Japanese man and woman in Western clothing
Tsutsui Studio, Seattle, WA (photographer)
1913
1 111c
Portrait of young Japanese girls in kimonos
undated
1 111d undated
1 112
Tatsuya Arai family with others at picnic at Crystal Springs
Japanese writing reads: At Crystal Spring, Tohuku jinkai picnic 1915.
1915
1 113a
Tatsuya Arai and other men gathered for a meal, Seattle, Washington
Japanese writing reads: Tohukujinkai New Year party.
1911
1 113b-d
Portrait of Japanese children in traditional clothing
undated
1 114a
Three Japanese men in Western clothing
undated
1 114b
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 114c
Two Japanese men and woman outside
Duplicate of 98b.
undated
1 114d undated
1 114e
Japanese group in traditional Japanese clothing
undated
1 114f
Two young Japanese girls in kimonos
undated
1 115a undated
1 115b
Japanese infant
Thibault (photographer)
undated
1 115c
Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 115d undated
1 115e
Portrait of four Japanese women in kimonos
undated
1 116 circa 1894-1922
1 117a circa 1914-1922
1 117b circa 1894
1 117c
Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono
undated
1 117d
Japanese woman holding a baby in a boat
undated
1 118 1911
1 119 circa 1894-1922
1 120 1911
1 121 undated

Loose photos from the Tatsuya Arai family photo albumReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1 122
Portrait of Japanese woman, infant and toddler in Japanese dress, the toddler wears a patent leather cap
undated
1/1 123
Young Japanese woman, possibly Kan Arai, in Western wedding dress or all-white lace garment
Written on verso: Mother, Arai - Clarence, Grandma to Taro Agawa
undated
1/1 124
Portrait of Lillian Arai, wearing a white hair bow and heart locket
Written on verso: Lillian Arai Agawa, Taro Agawa's mother
undated

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)