Tatsuya Arai family photograph album

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)
18601930
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: Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
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.

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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	Tatsuya, Kan and Clarence Arai with group in front of building	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	Japanese man in Western dress with bicycle	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	Japanese man, woman, child in Western dress M.Yamato (photographer)	undated
1	8b	Tatsuya and Kan Arai in Western dress, Kan wearing an elaborate hat with a perched bird.	circa 1908 to 1910
1	9a	Japanese man and woman in Western dress	undated
1	9b	Japanese man, and two woman in Western dress	undated
1	10a	Japanese man, woman in Western dress	undated
1	10b	Japanese man in Western long dress coat and woman in Japanese Kimono	undated
1	11a	Seven Japanese men in Japanese dress in front of a Japanese painted screen	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	Three Japanese children in Japanese dress	undated
1	12b	Masajiro and Hatsu Furuya with daughter in Western dress	undated
1	13a	Japanese man and woman in Western wedding dress	undated
1	13b- 14b	Japanese men each in Western dress	undated
1	15	Large group of Japanese men in Western clothing outdoors in front of unidentified brick building possibly in Seattle	undated
1	16a	Japanese woman and child in Japanese dress	undated
1	16b	Tatsuya Arai, two Japanese men, and child outdoors in Western dress Iriki (photographer)	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	Five Japanese men in Western dress	undated
1	18b	Japanese woman with young child and infant all in Kimono dress, table with plant or statue at left	undated
1	19	Group of Japanese men, women, and children outdoors at the Alaskan Yukon Pacific Exposition standing in front of noodle restaurant Frank Nowell (Nowell x4771) (photographer)	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	Young Japanese man in Western dress	undated
1	21a	Two Young Japanese women in Western dress	undated
1	21b	Japanese man, woman, child in Western dress Toyo Studio, Seattle, WA (photographer)	circa 1915 to 1919
1	22	Tatsuya Arai and fourteen other Japanese men in a group photograph	circa 1894 to 1922
1	23a	Arai Family; Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine and Arthur Arai in Western Summer dress	circa 1901 to 1911
1	23b	Japanese man and woman in Western wedding dress	undated
1	24a	Japanese man at a sand bag embankment wall wearing a uniform	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	Tatsuya and Kan Arai and two young men in Western dress	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	Tatsuya Arai with group of Japanese men, and several children in front of the Japanese Daily News North American Timesoffice building Japanese writing on banner reads: Hokubei Jiji-North American Times, 2000 issues.	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	Group of Japanese men and women outdoors in Japanese, Buddhist, and Western attire	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	Japanese woman, and two young girls in Japanese dress	undated
1	31a	Japanese woman and young girl in kimonos.	undated
1	31b	Tatsuya and Kan Arai with young child in Western dress	circa 1901 to 1904
1	32a	Japanese man, woman and children in a home parlor room in Western dress	undated
1	32b	Japanese man in formal Western, and woman in formal Japanese dress. Presumed to be a wedding photograph.	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	Japanese man, woman in Western dress	undated
1	33b	Japanese man, woman, children in Japanese and Western dress	undated
1	33c	Young Japanese woman in Japanese dress with Western hair style	undated
1	33d	Japanese man and woman in Western dress	undated
1	34a-b	Japanese man and woman in Western dress	undated
1	35a	Japanese man in Western dress	undated
1	35b	Japanese woman in Western dress	undated
1	36a	Japanese man, woman and child seated in a row boat at shoreline dressed in Western swimwear	undated
1	36b	Two Japanese women dressed in kimonos	undated
1	36c	Tatsuya Arai and six Japanese other Japanese men on a boat deck of theKamakura Maru	undated
1	36d	Japanese girl in kimono	undated
1	37a	Tatsuya Arai and six Japanese men in Western dress	circa 1894 to 1922
1	37b,d	Portrait of young Japanese man in Western dress	undated
1	37c	Group of Japanese men and women, young and old wearing Western and Japanese garments.	undated
1	38a-c	Portrait of a young Clarence Arai at different times in a three piece suit	undated
1	39a	Tatsuya Arai and four Japanese men in Western business attire	undated
1	39b	Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing	undated
1	40	The Arai family; Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Arthur with two other Adults outside in a formal portrait	circa 1914 to 1919
1	41	Large group in front of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist temple during a funeral	undated
1	42a	Portrait of three young Japanese adults, two men, and one woman	undated
1	42b	Japanese man, woman, and infant with woman and child in Japanese dress and the man in Western dress.	undated
1	43	Family portrait of the Arai family, Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Lillian, and Arthur	circa 1914 to 1922
1	44a-b	Young Japanese man in suit and tie	undated
1	45	Group of Japanese men outdoors all in Western dress	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	Portrait of three Japanese men in Western dress	undated
1	48	Collage of Japanese girl in different poses	undated
1	49	Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Lillian Arai with five others standing outdoors	circa 1912 to 1922
1	50a-b	Portrait of young Japanese men in Western dress	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	Young Japanese woman standing in Western dress including a fur stole and elaborate hat	undated
1	53a	Young Japanese woman in a kimono	undated
1	53b	Group of Japanese men in an office with a Great Northern Railway map on the wall behind them	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	Young Japanese man seated against architectural column	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	Three Japanese children and a young man in Western and Japanese dress	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	Young Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	57b	Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and four Japanese men in Western dress	1894 to 1922
1	58	Tatsuya Arai and group of Japanese men in Western dress	circa 1894 to 1922
1	59a	Young Japanese woman in white Western dress	undated
1	59b	Young Japanese man and woman in Western Summer dress	undated
1	59c	Portrait of a young Japanese woman in a kimono, table and bonsai plant at right	undated
1	60	Two young men in Western dress	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	Japanese man with two Japanese boys	undated
1	62a	Seated Japanese woman in kimono with standing Japanese man in uniform	undated
1	62b	Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	62c	Japanese woman and two children in Western clothing with dog	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	Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing and Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	66	Group of Japanese men in front of Lung Kee & Co. Garments	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	Japanese prince surrounded by group at consul's house during AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)	1909
1	69	Tatsuya Arai and a group of Japanese men in front of the North American Times building	1913
1	70	Tatsuya Arai and group of Japanese men seated	circa 1910s
1	71a	Japanese woman in kimono holding a baby	undated
1	71b	View of mountain	undated
1	71c	Young Japanese man in Western clothing seated outside	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	Group of people in a small boat on the shore	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	Portrait of young bespectacled Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	75f	Portrait of three Japanese women in kimonos	undated
1	76	Tatsuya Arai with group of Japanese men seated outside	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	Tatsuya Arai and two other men	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	Group of Japanese men, women, and children outdoors	undated
1	81	Group of Japanese men, women, and children at construction site in the woods	undated
1	82	Group of Japanese men in front of the Oriental Trading Company, probably in Seattle, Washington	undated
1	83a-c	Japanese men in Western clothing	undated
1	83d	Japanese women and children in beach clothing	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	Group of Japanese men with large saw and axes	circa 1894
1	86a	Tatsuya Arai and others near a steamship	circa 1894-1922
1	86b	Two women and a child next to a creek	undated
1	86c	Japanese woman, possibly Tatsuya Arai's mother	undated
1	87a	Japanese man in formal Western clothing	undated
1	87b	Graduation portrait of Japanese man	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	Tatsuya and Clarence Arai and others with Japanese prince at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition	1909
1	90a	Japanese man in Western clothing	undated
1	90b	Japanese woman in Western clothing	undated
1	91a	Japanese man outside with dog	undated
1	91b	A child's funeral casket	undated
1	91c	The shipFalconon open water filled with passengers	undated
1	91d	Japanese man drinking from glass bottle outside Man pictured is same as in 91a.	undated
1	92	Group portrait at a funeral	undated
1	93a	Portrait of Japanese woman in portrait in kimono and Japanese man in Western clothing	undated
1	93b	Portrait of Japanese man and woman in traditional clothing	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	Four Japanese men in Western clothing	undated
1	95d	Japanese man and woman in traditional dress seated on bamboo mats with tea	undated
1	96a	Japanese man, woman, and three children	undated
1	96b	Two Japanese women with young boy in "Rose" baseball uniform	undated
1	97	Tatsuya Arai and group outside in front of building	circa 1894-1922
1	98a	Infant in pram	undated
1	98b	Two Japanese men and one woman	undated
1	98c	Portrait of Japanese group in traditional clothing	undated
1	99a-b	Portrait of Japanese man in Western clothing	undated
1	99c	Japanese group on stairs	undated
1	99d	Caucasian boy seated outside with dog	undated
1	100a-b	Japanese family in Western clothing on stairs in front of house	undated
1	101a	Japanese man in Western clothing Aiko Studio, Seattle (photographer)	undated
1	101b	Japanese man, woman, and child in Western clothing outside	undated
1	101c	Four Japanese men outside in front of house	undated
1	101d	Group in a row boat	undated
1	101e-f	Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	102a	Japanese woman in kimono reading a book	undated
1	102b	Portrait of five Japanese men in Western clothing Toyo Studio, Seattle (photographer)	circa 1915-1925
1	103a	Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Lillian, and Arthur Arai	circa 1914-1922
1	103b	Japanese woman outdoors	undated
1	103c	Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono and parasol	undated
1	104	Tatsuya Arai and Japanese Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Frank Nowell, Seattle (Nowell x4278) (photographer)	circa 1909
1	105	Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and group of men, some with instruments in front of building	circa 1894-1922
1	106	Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and group standing outside in snow	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	Portrait of Japanese woman in Western clothing
1	109	Portrait of Japanese man and woman in wedding clothing	undated
1	110a	Portrait of Japanese man, woman, and three children in traditional clothing	undated
1	110b	Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and two other men	circa 1894-1922
1	110c	Portrait of Japanese woman and young girl in kimonos	undated
1	110d	Portrait of Japanese man	undated
1	111a	Onlookers near a flying chair ride on boardwalk probably at the AYP (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)	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	Portrait of Japanese woman in western clothing	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	Japanese man in Western clothing leaning on pillar outside	undated
1	114e	Japanese group in traditional Japanese clothing	undated
1	114f	Two young Japanese girls in kimonos	undated
1	115a	Two Japanese men and one woman in front of waterfall	undated
1	115b	Japanese infant Thibault (photographer)	undated
1	115c	Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	115d	Six young Japanese men in Western clothing	undated
1	115e	Portrait of four Japanese women in kimonos	undated
1	116	Tatsuya Arai and a large ceremonial group on ship	circa 1894-1922
1	117a	Portrait of Tatsuya, Kam, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Arthur, and Lillian Arai	circa 1914-1922
1	117b	Tatsuya Arai and others in front of Queen City Hotel, Seattle	circa 1894
1	117c	Portrait of Japanese woman in kimono	undated
1	117d	Japanese woman holding a baby in a boat	undated
1	118	Seattle Golden Potlatch Parade	1911
1	119	Tatsuya Arai and other Japanese men in front of Japanese sign	circa 1894-1922
1	120	Seattle Golden Potlatch Parade	1911
1	121	Tatsuya Arai and other Japanese men on street outside	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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