WAUSeihokuNippoPHColl687.xmlGuide to the Seihoku Nippo Photograph Collection 1924-1951Seihoku Nippo Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2009 (Last modified: 2/16/2024)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0687Seihoku Nippo photograph collection1924-195118 black and white photographs ; various sizesCollection materials are in English.Photographs of large groups of Japanese at several sports events in Washington, Japanese actors and actresses, and portraits of the Imperial Family

Begun in about November of 1948, the Seihoku Nippo newspaper (西北日報 ), also called "The Northwest daily", was considered the only daily newspaper at that time printed in Japanese in the Northwest. It was owned by Martin K. Miyata, Gentaro Ohye, and Noboru Date until 1949, when Date left the partnership. One of the Newspaper's owners, Martin Kazue Miyata, had spent several years at the Santa Fe Detention Station in New Mexico, deemed an alien enemy during the Japanese relocation and evacuation in World War II. He was arrested in 1941 in Seattle, where he ran a Japanese weekly newspaper named "Taishu", because during the few years before World War II some pro-Japan articles had appeared in the paper. The newspaper reportedly had as many as 1500 subscribers by 1950, but at this time it was also having financial difficulty. The paper ceased publication in 1952.

Photographs of large groups of Japanese at several sports events in Washington, Japanese actors and actresses, and portraits of the Imperial Family. Includes a group photograph which features Martin Miyata, one of the founding owners of the Seihoku Nippo.

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Donor: Clyde McKale, March 9, 1972.

Processed by Tom Dobrowolsky, 2005.

The photographs were relocated from the Seihoku Nippo Records, Manuscripts Accession No. 1987-001 in the repository, on August 9, 1990.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Miyata, Martin K.--PhotographsSeihoku Nippo (Seattle, Wash.)PhotographsJapanese AmericansSports and RecreationPerforming Arts

 

Community life in Washington State11Japanese men and women at a banquetOctober 5, 1951 12"Mr. Miyata" -- group of Japanese men outdoorsundated 13Newspaper clipping of snowman image, labelled "This is Grandpa," including captionJanuary 17, 1950M2714Panoramic group portrait of Japanese men, women, and children, probably at Sick's Stadium baseball field, SeattleApril 20, 1924Toyo

Two of the men are dressed in baseball uniforms with "Meiji" across the front of the jerseys.

M2715Panorama photograph of large gathering of Japanese men, women, and children at a sports eventJune 29, 1924Toyo

The banner says "Washington State Shinano Overseas Association Athletic Meeting Place", which took place in Washington state. The banner also indicates that this was the second one.

XH56-7Panorama photograph of a large gathering of Japanese men, women, and children at a sports eventJune 21, 1925T.H. Ito

The banner says "Washington State Shinano Overseas Association Athletic Meeting Place" 3rd annual.

Japanese actors and royalty18-13Japanese actors and actressesundated

Scanned image is Nobuko Otowa and Kazuo Hasegawa, possibly in the film "A Tale of Genji", circa 1951.

114-18Members of the Imperial Familyundated