Tag: c 1920
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Miki Ōshima
B10, Miki Ōshima ‘86, Mrs Nagata, Grandmother, c 1920, Kyōto In May 1985, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mrs Nagata, about Kyōto during the war. She was born around 1920 and was already married with young children during the worst years of the war. Q: What was the experience that made the strongest impression on…
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Mami Yamamoto
E20C, Mami Yamamoto ‘94, Hideo Kawamata, Grandfather, 1917, Yukie Kawamata, Grandmother, c 1920, Manchuria, China, Taiwan, Tōkyō My maternal grandmother and grandfather are Yukie and Hideo Kawamata. In 1941 (Shōwa 16), they were not yet married. My grandfather went for a government inspection when he turned 20 years old, as all men did at that…
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Jeetu Rangwani
H17I, Jeetu Rangwani ‘00, Mr Yamada, Neighbor, c 1920 I interviewed my next-door neighbor, Mr Yamada, because he joined the Japanese Army during World War II. He lives really close, and he is a very jolly man, and so when I approached him for this interview, he wasn’t reluctant at all. Mr Yamada is about…