WAUAraiandOgawafamiliesPHColl1542.xmlGuide to the Arai and Ogawa Families Photograph Collection approximately 1880-1985Arai and Ogawa Families Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2019 (Last modified: 5/30/2024)

Seattle, WA 98195

University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1542Arai (Family : Arai, Tatsuya, 1864-1922)Arai and Ogawa families photograph collectionapproximately 1880-1985156 photographic prints (1 box)Collection materials are in English and Japanese.Photographs of Japanese-American families, including various friends and family, in Japan and Seattle, Washington

Tatsuya Arai (1864-1922) was a Japanese immigrant who became a prominent Seattle-area businessman, banker, and Japanese community leader. He led Japanese involvement during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, building "Streets of Tokio" with two other businessmen. His son, Clarence Arai (1901-1963) was a lawyer and activist with the Japanese American Citizens League, along with his wife, Yone (1906-2004).

. Other members of the Arai family include Tatusya's wife Kan Asaoka Arai (1880-1956), and the rest of their children: Thomas (1902-1966), Catherine (1904-1919), Arthur (1907-1929), Lillian (1912-2010), and Kathleen (b. 1922?).

Thomas Ogawa (1907-1991) was a Canadian-Japanese merchant, and husband to Lillian Arai. He was briefly an FBI informant concerning Japanese business interests in America. The Arai and Ogawa families were interned in the Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp.

Photographs spanning multiple generations of the members of the Arai and Ogawa families including Tatsuya Arai, Kan Asaoka, Lillian and Katherine Arai, Tom Arai and family, Tom Ogawa and family; also includes activities of the families and friends in Japan and the United States.

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Donor's copy rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Donor does not own copyright to most of materials

Shea Aoki, 2011.

Mrs. Aoki has donated materials relating to the Arai and Ogawa family to the University of Washington Libraries on their behalf. From Lillian Ogawa (Clarence Arai's sister?)

Processed by: Kate Rosendale, 2015; Melody Smith, 2018.

The Ogawa family album was disassembled to remove it from the poor quality magnetic album.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Arai family--ArchivesOgawa family--ArchivesArai family--TravelOgawa family--TravelArai family--Friends and associatesOgawa family--Friends and associatesArai, Tatsuya--ArchivesArai, Kan Asaoka--ArchivesArai, Clarence--ArchivesArai, Yone--ArchivesArai, Thomas--ArchivesArai, Katherine--ArchivesArai, Arthur--ArchivesArai, Lillian--ArchivesOgawa, Thomas--ArchivesArai, Kathleen--ArchivesKawasaki, Allan Burley--ArchivesPhotographs--SpecimensJapan--PhotographsSeattle (Wash.)--PhotographsPhotographsPhotographsJapanese Americans

Tatsuya Arai1/11Portrait of Tatsuya Arai in Japanese clothingBetween 1890 and 1900?T. Tanaka, Toyko, Japan 1/12Portrait of Tatsuya Arai with wife Kan Arai wearing kimonoBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Yokohama, Japan 1/13Portrait of Tatsuya AraiBetween 1898 and 1908?Lindahl, Tacoma, WA 1/14 Man and wife with infant, possibly Tatsuya and Kan Arai

Written on verso: Arai, Clarence('s?) Father + Mother, sister.

1/15Man and wife with child, possibly Tatsuya and Kan AraiBetween 1897 and 1907?F.C. Plummer, Hinckley Block, Seattle

Written on verso: Clarence Arai('s?) Father + Mother with sister

1/16Portrait of man, possibly Tatsuya AraiBetween 1896 and 1899Goodfellow, Atlantic City, N.J

Written on verso: Grandpa Arai, Clarence

1/17Portrait of man, probably Clarence AraiBetween 1890 and 1900?Kan Asaoka (Arai)1/28Portrait of Kan AsaokaBetween 1890 and 1900?K. Yukuda, Nogemachi, Yokohama, Japan 1/29Portrait of Kan Asaoka and sister in Japanese dress, reading a bookBetween 1880 and 1900?1/210Portrait of Kan Asaoka with 5 childrenBetween 1890 and 1900?G. Sakane, Yonesawa1/211Portrait of Kan Asaoka with brother, Bunsuke in western dress holding a dog1901?Mitono, Seattle 1/212Portrait of Bunsuke Asaoka in western dress1901?Mitono, Seattle 1/213Kan Arai standing in doorway of Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp Housing, Hunt, IdahoApril 2, 1944 1/214Kan Arai looking through photo albumBetween 1946 and 1956?1/215Kan Arai with friendBetween 1946 and 1956?

Written on verso: Arai-Clarence, Mother Arai, Sanders.

1/216Kan AraiBetween 1950 and 1956?Arai Women

These are women who are probably related to the Arai family.

1/317Child in Asian dressBetween 1912 and 1922?

Written on verso: 1st child Arai Clarence sister.

1/318Portrait of child in kimonoBetween 1912 and 1922?1/319Portrait of two womenBetween 1920 and 1925?Takano Studio, Seattle

Written on verso: Arai, Lillian R, Kathrine L, Lillian sister younger.

1/320Portrait of womanBetween 1920 and 1930?Oriental P.I. Co. Tokyo, Japan

Written on verso: Clarence sister, Katherine.

1/321Two women in 1950s-1960s style clothingBetween 1950 and 1960?

Written on verso: L-12, Katherine Arai (sister Lillian), Sanders + children, grand child.

1/322Woman posing on patioBetween 1950 and 1960?Thomas AraiBetween 1940-1950?1/423Thomas Arai and woman seated by tableBetween 1950 and 1960?1/424Thomas Arai and woman in kimono standing outsideBetween 1950 and 1960? 1/425Same image as item 241/426Woman in kimono seated by windowBetween 1950 and 1960?1/427Thomas Arai standing outside holding a cameraBetween 1950 and 1960?Ogawa Family1/528Tom Ogawa with three menBetween 1930 and 1940?1/529Tom Ogawa on skis with four men with mountain in backgroundBetween 1930 and 1940?1/530Tom Ogawa, with wife Lillian, daughter Lila Mae (Furukawa), and son TaroBetween 1945 and 1955?

Written on verso: Lila Mae's name as Lilae.

1/531-33Tom and Lillian Ogawa at "Odenya"Between 1970 and 1980?1/534Tom and Lillian Ogawa with woman and three childrenBetween 1950 and 1960?

Written on verso: L->R Tom Ogawa, Lillian Ogawa (Arai), Katherine Sanders (Arai), & 3 Sanders Children.

1/535Young Taro Ogawa in a uniformBetween 1940 and 1950? 1/536Lillian, Lila, and Taro Ogawa with three people on couchBetween 1955 and 1965?Portraits by Toocoku

Possibly friends and relatives of the Arai family.

1/637Portrait of man in Western dress, woman and baby in Japanese dressBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, Yokohama1/638Portrait of man in Western dress, three boys in Japanese uniformBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, Yokohama 1/639Portrait of man, woman, child in Japanese dressBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, Yokohama 1/640Portrait of woman, two girls, and baby in Japanese dress, three boys in uniformBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, Yokohama 1/641Portrait of woman and babyBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, Yokohama1/642Portrait of woman and childBetween 1890 and 1900?Toocoku, Sakaicho, YokohamaLate 19th-Early 20th Century Portraits by Japanese Photographers1/743Portrait of woman and young girl, in Japanese dressBetween 1890 and 1990?

Written on photo: "Tanebaya hirwan ichibancho noojimachiru".

1/744Portrait of older and young woman in Japanese dressBetween 1890 and 1990?S. Akahoshi

Written on verso: Arai, 73-old, 1915- - 16 ys old daughter. Japanese script.

1/745Portrait of man in Western dress, woman in Japanese dressBetween 1900 and 1910?I.S. Suzuki, Kudanzaka, Tokyo, Masagocho, Yokohama, Japan 1/746Three women, two holding book Clarke's Short VoluntariesBetween 1890 and 1900?K. Kinbei, No. 7 Honcho, Yokohama, Japan1/747Portrait of three women in Japanese dressBetween 1900 and 1910?Esaki, Asakusa Park, Tokyo 1/748Portrait of woman in kimono with baby on lap in Japanese dress, young boy in Japanese uniform1900?

Written on verso: Japanese writing.

Note: possibly from Takeo Hirose to Tatsuya Arai, dated Meiji 33 (1900); Hirose was a Japanese war hero, and died in the early 1900's.

1/749Portrait of woman in Japanese dressBetween 1890 and 1900?ET. Nakashima

Written on verso: Japanese writing.

Relatives, Friends, and Aquaintences1/850Portrait of Japanese womanBetween 1900 and 1910?1/851Portrait of Japanese man, woman in outer wearBetween 1900 and 1910?1/852Profile portrait of Japanese woman with hat decorated with lace and flowersBetween 1900 and 1910?1/853Portrait of Japanese womanBetween 1900 and 1910?1/854Portrait of man, Chikusa Between 1900 and 1910?

Written on verso: Uncle Chikusa.

1/855Portrait of Japanese manBetween 1900 and 1910?1/856Portrait of Japanese womanBetween 1900 and 1910?Juatsuji1/957Japanese man, woman and young manBetween 1900 and 1910?1/958Japanese man with baby on lap, woman, and young boy in Japanese uniformBetween 1900 and 1910?1/959Japanese man with dog on lap, woman and two young menBetween 1900 and 1910?

Written on verso: Grandpa & Grandma Arai.

1/960Japanese man, woman and three young childrenBetween 1900 and 1910?1/1061Four Japanese menBetween 1900 and 1910?1/1062Two seated Japanese men, one standing Japanese manBetween 1900 and 1910?1/1063Nine men at Japanese-style dinner partyBetween 1900 and 1910?1/1164Japanese woman standingBetween 1920 and 1930?1/1165Japanese woman sittingBetween 1920 and 1930?1/1266Portrait of two young Japanese children in Western outfitsBetween 1915 and 1925Toyo Studio, Seattle, WA 1/1267Portrait of Japanese man and woman in Japanese dressBetween 1900 and 1910?Boyd, 713 First Ave, Seattle 1/1268Japanese man with baby in lap, young girl, boy on stool, all in Western dress1901?T. Mitono, Seattle 1/1369Thirty-four Japanese children with Caucasian woman outside building Between 1942 and 1946

Note: possibly at Minidoka War Relocation Center.

1/1370One man in Japanese dress, four men in Western dress, and two boys outsideBetween 1940 and 1950?1/1471Photo folder with portraits of Jackie and StephenNovember 19, 1954

Written inside: Merry Xmas! Mr. & Mrs. Tom Ogawa.

Photos labeled: Jackie - 7 yrs 4 mo., Stephen 3 yrs [?] mo.

Sanders FamilyBetween 1950 and 1960?1/1572Katherine Sanders and childrenBetween 1950 and 1960?1/1573a,bSchool portraits of girlBetween 1950 and 1960?

73b in Color.

1/1574School portrait of David SandersBetween 1950 and 1960?Arai/Ogawa Family Dinner Party1/1675-83, 85-89, 91-94Japanese-style dinner party; Tom Ogawa, Lillian Ogawa, Tom Arai presentBetween 1950-1960?1/1684Tom Arai and woman at Japanese-style dinner partyBetween 1950-1960?1/1790Tom and Lillian Ogawa at dinner partyBetween 1955-1965?

Written on verso: Mr. & Mrs. T. Ogawa, at "gakuro".

Grandma Arai1/1895Two women standing by hospital bed, older woman lying in the bedBetween 1950-1960?

Written on verso: Katherine is youngest child of the Arai Family, Photo's - Katherine and her daughter by her mother Arai bedside.

1/1896Woman and man by hospital bed, woman lying in bedBetween 1950-1960?1/1897Altar with photograph of hospitalized woman from 95-96Between 1950-1960?

Written on verso: Grandma Arai.

Friends and Family of the Ogawa's1/1998Clarence, Yone Arai, Elmer Ogawa, and two women at the "Birthplace of Seattle"Between 1940 and 1950?

Written on verso: L.R. Clarence Arai his wife Yone Arai, Two Ladies - Elmer Ogawa, writer for the 5ACL newsletter, for until 1967 - or 1968.

1/1998aTwo women in housecoats outside buildingBetween 1940 and 1950?1/2099People viewing bonsai trees set up on tables around gymnasiumBetween 1950 and 1960?

Written on verso: Bonsai club [illegible], Yone Arai.

1/21100Christmas card From Kashiwa Family to Ogawa family, with photograph of older woman and seven children Between 1970 and 1980?

Names around photo: "Taro-8yrs, Jau-9yrs, Hauky 7yrs, Jody 6yrs, Toby 5mos, Missy 3yrs, Bucky 4yrs".

1/21101Group seated behind dinner tableBetween 1970 and 1980?

Written on verso: Taken at Matsutake party - Amy, Okunado-san, Mauo-san, Adam 4yrs, Jai, Jan 2yrs, Emiko.

1/22102Group of men, women, and children outside August 1976

Written on verso: Taro's backyard in Toronto, Amy, Pat Alps, Ji Lindsay, Jan Lindsey, Taro Alps, Trina Alps, Ian Lindsay, Adam Lindsay.

1/22103Group seated behind dinner tableNovember 8, 1978

Written on verso: Goh Shimizu (Student from Japan), Ian Lindsay (age 3), Jan Lindsay, Pat Alps, Jay Lindsay, Adam Lindsay (age 5), Lillie (Chinese), Ohi-san's friend Okumoto-san (student from Japan).

Trina Alps (age 5), Taro Alps, Amy.

To Lillian & Tom, taken at 421 Clarenda St.

1/22104Group outside of a house1979

Written on verso: To Lillian & Tom, 1979, Taro Alps, Trina Alps, Pat Alps, Amy, Ian Lindsay 4yrs. old, Jay Lindsay, Jan Lindsay, Adam Lindsay 6yrs old.

1/23105Christmas card with photograph of familyBetween 1970 and 1980?

Signed by: Hank & Mernie.

1/23106Photo of Henry Kashiwa kneeling with baby James Davis McManus in backyard of Keaderwood1980 1/23107Tom and Lillian Ogawa with man, woman, and three childrenOctober 29, 19781/23108Two older women with young woman and man in living room decorated for Christmas, and gifts1/24109Jan and Taro playing in canoe, lower half on their father rowingJuly 19511/24110Mernie holding Jody, with Jank, Jau, and Taro on stoopMay 1951

Written on verso: This was taken at entrance to our apts. - we live one flight up.

1/24111Portrait of Hank Jr.1967

Written on verso: Old Forge N.Y., Hank Jr. (senior) 17 yrs old - 1967.

1/24112Alps and Lindsay families around couchDecember 25, 1982

Written on verso: Taro Alps, Pat Alps, Amy, Jan Alps Lindsay, Jar Lindsay.

Adam Lindsay 9 yrs. old, Trina Alps 9 yrs old, Ian Lindsay 7 yrs. old.

1/24113Newspaper clipping, headline "Hank Kashiwa Wins"February 4, 1980

Article about Kashiwa's return to competition skiing, victory in Denver Cup slalom event.

1/24114Japanese-American family outside in the snow1966

Written on verso: Our lovely family: Jody, Bucky, Hank, Gannon, Dad, Mama. Missy.

In front of Amy's house in Syracuse, N.Y.

1/25115Daijiro and Cherrie Natsukawa1976

Printed on verso: DEC 9 1976.

1/25116-117Same photo as 115, different print paper19761/25118Daijiro and Cherrie Natsukawa1983

Printed on verso: APR 5 1983.

1/25119Tom and Lillian Ogawa with Daijiro and Cherrie Natsukawa seated at dining table1983

Printed on verso: APR 5 1983.

1/26120Daijiro NatsukawaApril 5, 1983

Natsukawa was a prolific Japanese movie actor, active from 1919-1969.

1/26121Young Japanese couple1983

Printed on verso: APR 5 1983.

1/26122Daijiro Natsukawa eating bentoMarch 1984

Written on verso: at Kawasaki, Daijiro Saito Natsukawa, actor, Cherrie's husband.

1/26122aTwo of Chiori's children at Kawasaki homeNovember 3, 1984

Written on verso: 2 of 4 Cherrie's grandchildren.

1/26122bTwo of Chiori's children at Kawasaki homeNovember 3, 1984

Written on verso: 2 of 4 Cherrie's grandchildren.

Japan Trips1/27123Man standing in front of Japanese shrineDecember 19761/27124Man in front of Buddha statueDecember 19761/27125Lillian Ogawa and family by Japanese cemetery1983

Stamped on verso: APR 5 1983.

1/27126Tom and Lillian Ogawa, woman, and two girls in Japanese cemetery1983

Stamped on verso: APR 5 1983.

Allan Burley Kawasaki1/28127Baby Allan Burley Kawasaki in front of "Merry Christmas" banner1970

Written on verso: Born 2/24/70.

1/28128Allan Burley Kawasaki Kindergarten portrait, age 5 1/219751/28129Allan Burley Kawasaki 1st grade portrait, age 619761/28130Allan Burley Kawasaki 2nd grade portrait19771/28131Poloroid of Allan Burley Kawasaki, 3rd grade, age 819781/28132Allan Burley Kawasaki 5th grade portrait, age 101980 1/28133Allan Burley Kawasaki 6th grade portrait, age 11 1/219811/29134Allan Kawasaki with woman1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/29135Allan Burley Kawasaki 4th grade portrait, age 919791/29136Christmas thank you note from Allan Kawasaki to Tom and Lillian Ogawa19781/29137Japanese man in turtleneck and glasses1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

Kawasaki Children1/30138Allan Kawasaki and young girl in living room1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/30139Girl in kimono1970

Stamped on verso: JAN 1 1970.

1/30140Allan Kawasaki and young girl in front of bookcase1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/30141Three children, one boy in kimono1969

Stamped on verso: JAN 1 1970.

1/30142Young girl at holiday meal1969

Stamped on verso: JAN 1 1970.

Family Holiday Photos1/31143Woman with glasses in house decorated for the holidays1969

Stamped on verso: JAN 1 1970.

1/31144-145Four children, one girl in kimono1969

Stamped on verso: JAN 1 1970.

1/31146-147Man with glasses and beard in kimono1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/32148Girl in kimono, Lillian Ogawa in corner1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/32149Woman and two girls making pastry at tableDec 18, 19761/32150Girl in kimono with Lillian Ogawa1976

Stamped on verso: JAN 4 1976.

1/32151-152Family swinging mallets possibly for Mochitsuki traditionDec 18, 1976