University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1038Arai, Tatsuya, 1864-1922Tatsuya Arai family
photograph albumapproximately 1860-1930294 photographs in 1 album and
1 folder spanning .48 cubic ftCollection materials are in
English and
Japanese.Photograph album
of Japanese-American family with images related to the Japanese-American
community in Seattle, circa 1860-1930Tatsuya 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.
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.Photographs remain in arrangement from the donor's family album. All
photographs are adhered to the bound photo album paper.
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Donor: Lillian S. Ogawa (Tatsuya Arai's daughter); received in
2009.
Processed by Heather Robbins ; processing completed in 2013.
Originally accessioned as PH2010-001.
Photograph albumsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)PhotographsJapanese AmericansSeattle
Tatsuya Arai family photograph
albumcirca 1890-192011aJapanese woman in Kimonoundated11bJapanese woman in kimono holding
infantundated12Tatsuya, Kan and Clarence Arai with
group in front of buildingcirca 1910 to 1912 13a-bJapanese baby in white gownundated13cTwo Japanese men lying on
grasscirca 1920 to 193014aJapanese man in Western dress with
bicycleundated 14bJapanese man and woman in Western
dress, sittingundated14cJapanese woman in kimono,
sittingundated15aJapanese man, woman, child in Western
dressundated15bJapanese man, woman, child in Japanese
dressundated16aFour Japanese children in Western
dressundated16bJapanese man in Western
clothingundated17aJapanese child in Japanese
dressundated17bJapanese woman and child in Japanese
dressundated18aJapanese man, woman, child in Western
dressundatedM.Yamato 18bTatsuya and Kan Arai in Western dress,
Kan wearing an elaborate hat with a perched bird.circa 1908 to 1910 19aJapanese man and woman in Western
dressundated19bJapanese man, and two woman in Western
dressundated 110aJapanese man, woman in Western
dressundated110bJapanese man in Western long dress coat
and woman in Japanese Kimonoundated 111aSeven Japanese men in Japanese dress in
front of a Japanese painted screenundated 111bJapanese infant in no
clothingundated111cTwo adolescent Japanese men; one in
Western and one in Japanese dressundated111dJapanese man woman in Western
dressundated111eJapanese man and woman in Western
dressundated112aThree Japanese children in Japanese
dressundated 112bMasajiro and Hatsu Furuya with daughter
in Western dressundated 113aJapanese man and woman in Western
wedding dressundated 113b- 14bJapanese men each in Western
dressundated115Large group of Japanese men in Western
clothing outdoors in front of unidentified brick building possibly in
Seattleundated 116aJapanese woman and child in Japanese
dressundated116bTatsuya Arai, two Japanese men, and
child outdoors in Western dressundatedIriki 117aJapanese man in Western dress, leather
head cap placed on his kneeundated117bJapanese woman in Japanese dress with
child in Western clothingundated117cJapanese woman in Western dress and
veiled hatundated117d-eJapanese woman in Japanese
dressundated117fCaucasian child in Western dress on a
rocking horseundated118aFive Japanese men in Western
dressundated 118bJapanese woman with young child and
infant all in Kimono dress, table with plant or statue at leftundated119Group of Japanese men, women, and
children outdoors at the Alaskan Yukon Pacific Exposition standing in front of
noodle restaurant1909Frank Nowell (Nowell x4771) 120aJapanese man, woman, child in Western
dressundated120bJapanese woman and three children in
Japanese dressundated120c-dYoung Japanese man in Western
dressundated 121aTwo Young Japanese women in Western
dressundated 121bJapanese man, woman, child in Western
dresscirca 1915 to 1919Toyo Studio, Seattle, WA 122Tatsuya Arai and fourteen other
Japanese men in a group photographcirca 1894 to 1922 123aArai Family; Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence,
Tom, Catherine and Arthur Arai in Western Summer dresscirca 1901 to 1911 123bJapanese man and woman in Western
wedding dressundated124aJapanese man at a sand bag embankment
wall wearing a uniformundated 124bGroup of Japanese adults and children
in Japanese and Western dress.undated Possible Buddhist garments worn by persons in back row.
124cYoung Japanese man in Buddhist
garmentsundated125a-bJapanese children in Japanese
dressundated126aTatsuya and Kan Arai and two young men
in Western dresscirca 1894 to 1922 126bTwo Japanese people dressed in Buddhist
garmentsundated127Graduation photo of Japanese Language
School Students1916 Japanese writing imprinted on lower left of photograph
128Tatsuya Arai with group of Japanese
men, and several children in front of the Japanese Daily News
North American Timesoffice
buildingcirca 1894 to 1922Japanese writing on banner reads: Hokubei Jiji-North American
Times, 2000 issues.
129aJapanese man in Western
dressundated129bTatsuya Arai and unidentified man in
front of the Oriental-American Bank possibly in Seattlecirca 1894 to 1922Japanese writing on bank window reads: Toyo
Ginko-Oriental-American Bank.
129cTwo Japanese women outdoors in Japanese
dressundated129dGroup of Japanese men and women
outdoors in Japanese, Buddhist, and Western attireundated 130aJapanese man and woman in Japanese
wedding dressundatedJapanese writing reads: Kotobuki-presents; Shigeta-the person
who gave the presents.
130bJapanese woman, and two young girls in
Japanese dressundated 131aJapanese woman and young girl in
kimonos.undated131bTatsuya and Kan Arai with young child
in Western dresscirca 1901 to 1904 132aJapanese man, woman and children in a
home parlor room in Western dressundated 132bJapanese man in formal Western, and
woman in formal Japanese dress.undated Presumed to be a wedding photograph.
132cYoung Japanese girl in performing a tea
ceremony in Japanese style roomundated132dJapanese infant in Japanese
dressundated132eYoung Japanese woman in Japanese
dressundated133aJapanese man, woman in Western
dressundated 133bJapanese man, woman, children in
Japanese and Western dressundated 133cYoung Japanese woman in Japanese dress
with Western hair styleundated133dJapanese man and woman in Western
dressundated 134a-bJapanese man and woman in Western
dressundated 135aJapanese man in Western
dressundated135bJapanese woman in Western
dressundated136aJapanese man, woman and child seated in
a row boat at shoreline dressed in Western swimwearundated 136bTwo Japanese women dressed in
kimonosundated136cTatsuya Arai and six Japanese other
Japanese men on a boat deck of theKamakura Maruundated 136dJapanese girl in kimonoundated137aTatsuya Arai and six Japanese men in
Western dresscirca 1894 to 1922 137b,dPortrait of young Japanese man in
Western dressundated137cGroup of Japanese men and women, young
and old wearing Western and Japanese garments.undated 138a-cPortrait of a young Clarence Arai at
different times in a three piece suitundated 139aTatsuya Arai and four Japanese men in
Western business attireundated 139bPortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothingundated 140The Arai family; Tatsuya, Kan,
Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Arthur with two other Adults outside in a formal
portraitcirca 1914 to 1919 141Large group in front of the Seattle
Betsuin Buddhist temple during a funeralundated 142aPortrait of three young Japanese
adults, two men, and one womanundated 142bJapanese man, woman, and infant with
woman and child in Japanese dress and the man in Western dress.undated143Family portrait of the Arai family,
Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine, Lillian, and Arthurcirca 1914 to 1922 144a-bYoung Japanese man in suit and
tieundated 145Group of Japanese men outdoors all in
Western dresscirca 1914 to 1922 146Group of Japanese men outside of
building, some in Western dress, some in Buddhist garmentscirca 1914 to 1922Japanese writing on building reads: Seattle Buddhist Society,
Branch of Nishi Hongan Temple.
147a-bPortrait of a young Japanese
manundated147cJapanese man and childundated147dPortrait of three Japanese men in
Western dressundated 148Collage of Japanese girl in different
posesundated149Tatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine,
Lillian Arai with five others standing outdoorscirca 1912 to 1922 150a-bPortrait of young Japanese men in
Western dressundated 151Tatsuya Arai and group of young
Japanese men in a group portraitcirca 1894 to 1922 Circular section removed from the upper right corner
152aPortrait of a young Japanese man
holding a small child on his lap, both in Western dressundated152bYoung Japanese woman standing in
Western dress including a fur stole and elaborate hatundated 153aYoung Japanese woman in a
kimonoundated153bGroup of Japanese men in an office with
a Great Northern Railway map on the wall behind themundated 153cTwo story home with two children seated
on the front stairwayundated154Tatsuya Arai Japanese group at AYPE
(Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)1909Webster and Stevens Studio, Seattle Imprinted onto recto at bottom right: Webster and Stevens
#3265
155aYoung Japanese man seated against
architectural columnundated 155bThree Japanese women and a group of
young children in Japanese dress outside of a wooden buildingundated155cYoung Japanese girl in
kimonoundated155dThree Japanese children and a young man
in Western and Japanese dressundated 156aJapanese grave memorial
stonesundatedJapanese writing on stone reads: Family grave of [?]kai.
156bTwo Japanese children in Japanese dress
in a Japanese styled setundatedJapanese text on recto at lower left
156cLandscape photograph of Inland Empire
Flour Mill and bridge in Spokane, Washingtonundated157aYoung Japanese woman in
kimonoundated 157bPortrait of Tatsuya Arai and four
Japanese men in Western dress1894 to 1922 158Tatsuya Arai and group of Japanese men
in Western dresscirca 1894 to 1922 159aYoung Japanese woman in white Western
dressundated 159bYoung Japanese man and woman in Western
Summer dressundated 159cPortrait of a young Japanese woman in a
kimono, table and bonsai plant at rightundated160Two young men in Western
dressundated 161aPortrait of a young Japanese man in
traditional Japanese dressundated161b-cJapanese child in Japanese
clothingundated161dJapanese woman in Western
clothingundated161eThree Japanese women in
kimonosundated161fJapanese man with two Japanese
boysundated 162aSeated Japanese woman in kimono with
standing Japanese man in uniformundated162bJapanese woman in kimonoundated162cJapanese woman and two children in
Western clothing with dogundated 162dHouses by river in JapanundatedJapanese 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.
163Tatsuya Arai with a group of Japanese
men, women, and children standing outside, probably in SeattleOctober 16, 1915Japanese writing on photo reads: Arai Haikanen souvenir photo.
Taisho 4 October 17th.
164aPortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothingundated164bJapanese woman in kimonoundated164cJapanese man in Western clothing
holding a childundated164dJapanese child in Japanese
clothingundated165aReligious card from Boumard Fils,
ParisundatedWritten on card: The tempest stilled. Lord save us, for we
perish. St. Matthew 8.25. Boumard Fils, Paris. Made in France.
165bPortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothing and Japanese woman in kimonoundated 166Group of Japanese men in front of Lung
Kee & Co. Garmentscirca 1910s 167Possibly Japanese delegation for the
AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)1909Japanese writing on banner reads: Friendship between Japan and
America.
Frank Nowell (Nowell x4280) 168Japanese prince surrounded by group at
consul's house during AYPE (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)1909 169Tatsuya Arai and a group of Japanese
men in front of the North American Times building1913 170Tatsuya Arai and group of Japanese men
seatedcirca 1910s 171aJapanese woman in kimono holding a
babyundated171bView of mountainundated 171cYoung Japanese man in Western clothing
seated outsideundated 171dPortrait of Tatsuya Arai in Western
clothing and Kan Arai in a kimonocirca 1890-1920171eThree Japanese women in traditional
Japanese dressundatedAiko Studios, Seattle 171fJapanese childundated172aPortrait of two Japanese men in Western
clothingcirca 1910s172bPortrait of Japanese man holding a
babycirca 1915-1925Toyo Studios, Seattle 172cA man and two small children seated
outsidecirca 1910s173aGroup of people in a small boat on the
shoreundated 173bJapanese boy in traditional
clothingundated173cPortrait of young Japanese girl in
Western clothingundated173dPortrait of young Japanese girl in
kimonoundated173ePortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothing with Japanese woman in kimonocirca 1910s174aJapanese men and women in traditional
clothing standing next to a tombstone with Japanese writingundatedJapanese writing on tombstone reads: Family grave of
Yamashita.
174bPortrait of four Japanese women in
kimonosundated174cPortrait of young Japanese man in
Western clothingundated175aPortrait of Japanese man holding a
childundated175bThree Japanese children in traditional
Japanese dressundated175c-dYoung Japanese girl in
kimonoundated175ePortrait of young bespectacled Japanese
woman in kimonoundated 175fPortrait of three Japanese women in
kimonosundated176Tatsuya Arai with group of Japanese men
seated outsidecirca 1894-1922 177aJapanese man, woman, and
childundated177bJapanese man in Western clothing and
woman in kimonoundated177cJapanese girl in kimonoundated178aTatsuya Arai and two other
mencirca1894-1922 178bGroup of Japanese men, women, and
children outdoorsundatedAiko Photo StudioJapanese writing on photo reads: Children's sports day. Meiji,
43 May 7th. Donated by Aiko photo studio.
179aJapanese infant in traditional Japanese
clothingundated179b-cYoung Japanese girl in
kimonoundated179dJapanese man in Western
clothingundated180Group of Japanese men, women, and
children outdoorsundated 181Group of Japanese men, women, and
children at construction site in the woodsundated 182Group of Japanese men in front of the
Oriental Trading Company, probably in Seattle, Washingtonundated 183a-cJapanese men in Western
clothingundated 183dJapanese women and children in beach
clothingundated 184Tatsuya Arai and his wife and family
with others in front of housecirca 1908-1915185aJapanese man, woman, and two children
in Western clothingundated185bGroup of Japanese men with large saw
and axescirca 1894 186aTatsuya Arai and others near a
steamshipcirca 1894-1922 186bTwo women and a child next to a
creekundated 186cJapanese woman, possibly Tatsuya Arai's
motherundated 187aJapanese man in formal Western
clothingundated 187bGraduation portrait of Japanese
manundated 188aJapanese woman in kimonoundated188bJapanese man in traditional Japanese
clothing1909Japanese writing reads: Tokyo Kanda Awaji town. Egi head
store.
Yegi-Honten, Kanda Tokyo, Japan189Tatsuya and Clarence Arai and others
with Japanese prince at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition1909 190aJapanese man in Western
clothingundated 190bJapanese woman in Western
clothingundated 191aJapanese man outside with
dogundated 191bA child's funeral casketundated191cThe shipFalconon open water filled with passengersundated 191dJapanese man drinking from glass bottle
outsideundated Man pictured is same as in 91a.
192Group portrait at a funeralundated 193aPortrait of Japanese woman in portrait
in kimono and Japanese man in Western clothingundated 193bPortrait of Japanese man and woman in
traditional clothingundated 194aPortrait of infantundatedJapanese writing reads: Takayo, possibly family name of
Chigusa.
194bPortrait of young girl with
dollundatedF. Matsui, New York195aPortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothingundated195bPortrait of Japanese man and woman in
traditional clothingundated195cFour Japanese men in Western
clothingundated 195dJapanese man and woman in traditional
dress seated on bamboo mats with teaundated 196aJapanese man, woman, and three
childrenundated 196bTwo Japanese women with young boy in
"Rose" baseball uniformundated 197Tatsuya Arai and group outside in front
of buildingcirca 1894-1922 198aInfant in pramundated198bTwo Japanese men and one
womanundated198cPortrait of Japanese group in
traditional clothingundated 199a-bPortrait of Japanese man in Western
clothingundated199cJapanese group on stairsundated 199dCaucasian boy seated outside with
dogundated 1100a-bJapanese family in Western clothing on
stairs in front of houseundated 1101aJapanese man in Western
clothingundatedAiko Studio, Seattle 1101bJapanese man, woman, and child in
Western clothing outsideundated 1101cFour Japanese men outside in front of
houseundated 1101dGroup in a row boatundated 1101e-fJapanese woman in kimonoundated1102aJapanese woman in kimono reading a
bookundated 1102bPortrait of five Japanese men in
Western clothingcirca 1915-1925Toyo Studio, Seattle 1103aTatsuya, Kan, Clarence, Tom, Catherine,
Lillian, and Arthur Araicirca 1914-1922 1103bJapanese woman outdoorsundated1103cPortrait of Japanese woman in kimono
and parasolundated 1104Tatsuya Arai and Japanese
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expositioncirca 1909Frank Nowell, Seattle (Nowell x4278) 1105Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and group of
men, some with instruments in front of buildingcirca 1894-1922 1106Portrait of Tatsuya Arai and group
standing outside in snowcirca 1894-1922 1107aJapanese man and woman in traditional
clothingundated1107bThree children in traditional Japanese
clothingundated1107cPortrait of Japanese woman in
kimonoundated1107dPortrait of Japanese child in
traditional clothingundated1107eJapanese man seated at deskundated1108aPortrait of Japanese man, woman, and
infant in Western clothingundated1108bPortrait of Japanese woman in Western
clothing 1109Portrait of Japanese man and woman in
wedding clothingundated 1110aPortrait of Japanese man, woman, and
three children in traditional clothingundated 1110bPortrait of Tatsuya Arai and two other
mencirca 1894-1922 1110cPortrait of Japanese woman and young
girl in kimonosundated1110dPortrait of Japanese manundated1111aOnlookers near a flying chair ride on
boardwalk probably at the AYP (Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition)circa 1909 1111bPortrait of Japanese man and woman in
Western clothing1913Tsutsui Studio, Seattle, WA 1111cPortrait of young Japanese girls in
kimonosundated1111dPortrait of Japanese woman in western
clothingundated 1112Tatsuya Arai family with others at
picnic at Crystal Springs1915Japanese writing reads: At Crystal Spring, Tohuku jinkai
picnic 1915.
1113aTatsuya Arai and other men gathered for
a meal, Seattle, Washington1911Japanese writing reads: Tohukujinkai New Year party.
1113b-dPortrait of Japanese children in
traditional clothingundated1114aThree Japanese men in Western
clothingundated1114bJapanese woman in kimonoundated1114cTwo Japanese men and woman
outsideundatedDuplicate of 98b.
1114dJapanese man in Western clothing
leaning on pillar outsideundated 1114eJapanese group in traditional Japanese
clothingundated1114fTwo young Japanese girls in
kimonosundated1115aTwo Japanese men and one woman in front
of waterfallundated 1115bJapanese infantundatedThibault1115cJapanese woman in kimonoundated1115dSix young Japanese men in Western
clothingundated 1115ePortrait of four Japanese women in
kimonosundated1116Tatsuya Arai and a large ceremonial
group on shipcirca 1894-1922 1117aPortrait of Tatsuya, Kam, Clarence,
Tom, Catherine, Arthur, and Lillian Araicirca 1914-1922 1117bTatsuya Arai and others in front of
Queen City Hotel, Seattlecirca 1894 1117cPortrait of Japanese woman in
kimonoundated1117dJapanese woman holding a baby in a
boatundated1118Seattle Golden Potlatch
Parade1911 1119Tatsuya Arai and other Japanese men in
front of Japanese signcirca 1894-1922 1120Seattle Golden Potlatch
Parade1911 1121Tatsuya Arai and other Japanese men on
street outsideundated Loose photos from the Tatsuya Arai family photo
album1/1122Portrait of Japanese woman, infant and
toddler in Japanese dress, the toddler wears a patent leather capundated1/1123Young Japanese woman, possibly Kan
Arai, in Western wedding dress or all-white lace garmentundated Written on verso: Mother, Arai - Clarence, Grandma to Taro
Agawa
1/1124Portrait of Lillian Arai, wearing a
white hair bow and heart locketundated Written on verso: Lillian Arai Agawa, Taro Agawa's mother