Tag: Yamagata
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Julian King
E10B, Julian King ‘94, Shigeko Hoshikawa, Grandmother, 1919, Shizuoka, Aichi, Yamagata, Manchuria My maternal grandmother lives in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture. I interviewed her by phone on November 30, 1992. I lived in Ichinomiya city near Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture, from 1940 to 1945, and then again from 1946 to 1952. Grandpa was forced to join…
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Miya King
F04B, Miya King ‘97, Shigeko Hoshikawa, Grandmother, 1920, Tōkyō, Aichi, Yamagata My maternal grandmother was born on August 3, 1920, and she is now 75 years old. I interviewed her in December 1995 Q: Could you describe your life when the war started?A: I was attending Kyōritsu Joshi Tandai [a women’s junior college] in Tōkyō.…
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Eri Yoshida
J12, Eri Yoshida ‘01, Kotoko Yoshida, Grandmother, 1921, Fukushima, Yamagata, Chiba I would like to introduce my grandmother briefly before starting to write about what I’ve learned from her. Kotoko Yoshida is my mother’s mother, and she was born in 1921, so she is 78 years old. Our interview took place in her room, and…