- Title:
- Tacoma - 1717 South Fawcett, Tacoma, WA: A Brief Historical Perspective
- Date Created:
- 1992
- Description:
- This project includes interviews with the then minister of Tacoma Buddhist Temple, Reverend Kosho Yukawa, and Mrs. Yaeko Nakano, a longtime member of Tacoma Buddhist Temple and its principal organist. Yukawa describes Buddhist religious practices, the activities of the Temple and its various organizations, his family, and Sunya Pratt. Nakano discusses her family life growing up as a Japanese American in Tacoma, Washington during the Depression, her education, internment experiences during the Second World War, her training and work as a musician, and her involvement with the Tacoma Buddhist Temple in many capacities.
- Subjects:
- Yukawa, Kosho--Interviews Nakano, Yaeko--Interviews Pratt, Sunya Buddhist Churches of America Tacoma Buddhist Church Tacoma Buddhist Temple Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews Buddhism--Washington (State)--Tacoma Japanese American women--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Personal narratives Religious leaders--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews Women organists--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews World War, 1939-1945--Washington (State) Tacoma (Wash.)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century Tacoma (Wash.)--Race relations
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1992-06
- Type:
- image
- Format:
- cpd
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