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Yoshiko Uchida's novel, titled Picture Bride (1987), tells the story of a fictional Japanese woman named Hana Omiya, a picture bride sent to live with her new husband in Oakland, California in 1917. The novel also focuses on her experiences in a Japanese internment camp in 1943.
- Yoshiko Uchida
- 1987
Learn about the system of picture brides, where Japanese women married American men based on photos, and the challenges they faced in the United States. Explore the image of newly arrived picture brides at Angel Island and the related resources on immigration policy and resistance.
May 27, 2014 · The term picture bride refers to a practice in the early twentieth century by immigrant workers who married women on the recommendation of a matchmaker who exchanged photographs between the prospective bride and groom. Arranged marriages were not unusual in Japan and originated in the warrior class of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868).
Picture Bride is a 1995 American Japanese-language feature-length independent film directed by Kayo Hatta from a screenplay co-written with Mari Hatta, and co-produced by Diane Mei Lin Mark and Lisa Onodera.
A professional portrait of a Japanese American woman and her child | Image Courtesy of the USC Digital Archives. In the early 20th century, marriage through picture brides was the only way for issei Japanese pioneers in the U.S. to start a family.
Oct 31, 2023 · Between 1908 and 1920, an estimated 10,000 Japanese picture brides immigrated to the United States. Many came through the Port of San Francisco and were temporarily detained on Angel Island. Read the story of picture bride Kou Yuki Kitano.
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Matchmakers established a system where men reviewed pictures of single women seeking husbands in America. After a choice was made, the woman could set sail for America. These women, known as “picture brides,” made up the vast majority of Japanese immigrants between 1907 and 1924.
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