Looking for a History of Photography for WWII Japanese War Brides <br> 第二次世界大戦中の日本人花嫁の写真撮影の歴史を探る

Elena Creef builds an archive of snapshot photographs to begin constructing a history for World War II Japanese war brides.

エレナ・クリーフが、第二次世界大戦中の日本人花嫁の歴史を構築するために、スナップショット写真のアーカイブを制作します。

Join Elena Creef for an exploration of vernacular photographs taken by World War II Japanese war brides, the women who married American servicemen and relocated to the US in the postwar decades. Creef asks how we can construct history for a group of immigrant women who have been largely invisible within Japanese and American histories. To do so, she builds a new archive of everyday snapshot photography that can be analyzed for subtle patterns that allude to the ways that war brides built lives for themselves in a foreign land.

エレナ・クリーフが第二次世界大戦中にアメリカ軍兵士と結婚し、戦後数十年の間にアメリカに移住した日本人花嫁が撮影したヴァナキュラーフォトを探求します。クリーフは、日米の歴史の中でほとんど目にすることのなかった移民女性たちの歴史をどのように構築できるかを問いかけ、日常のスナップショット写真の新しいアーカイブを構築します。それらを通して、戦争花嫁が異国の地で自分たちの生活を築いた方法を暗示する微細なパターンを分析することができるのです。 Annotated Bibliography

Image Archive

: Lacquered Japanese photo album belonging to Tomiko (Makino) Fowler featuring many of the military bases in Japan, 1950-1970, Courtesy of Roleta Fowler Vasquez

: Oren Blackmon, Jr. and Ayako (Okada) Blackmon, Gotemba, Japan, 1957, Courtesy of Doris Blackmon Taerbaum

: Ayako (Okada) and Oren Blackmon, Jr., Fort Benning, Georgia, 1968, Courtesy of Doris Blackmon Taerbaum

: Ayako (Okada), Oren, Doris, Johnny, and Glenn Blackmon during Christmas, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1968, Courtesy of Doris Blackmon Taerbaum

: Steve and Emmy Kasmauski on their honeymoon in Nikko, Japan, 1952, Courtesy of Karen Kasmauski

: Emmy Kasmauski at the Nikko Kanko Hotel, Japan, 1952, Courtesy of Karen Kasmauski

: Kazue Logan, Japan, circa 1940s, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: Dan and Kazue Logan, Tokyo, Japan, 1950, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: Lemo Houston and Setsuko Takichi Perry, Kamakura, Japan, 1955, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: Setsuko Takichi Perry and Lemo Houston, Kamakura, Japan, 1955, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: T.C. and Sumiko Session, Japan, 1950, Courtesy of Shizu Matsukawa

: T.C. and Sumiko Session, Japan, 1950, Courtesy of Shizu Matsukawa

: Yayoi Winfrey and mother Yuriko (Naito) Winfrey, Japan, 1952, Courtesy With of Yayoi L. Winfrey

: Yayoi, Yuriko (Naito), little sister, and A.W. Winfrey, Germany, 1955, Courtesy of Yayoi L. Winfrey

: Kiyoko and Fred Cloyd, Jr. Oume, Japan, 1955, Courtesy of Fred Cloyd

: Aunt, Kiyoko, Fred Cloyd, Jr. Amusement park in Tokyo, 1961, Courtesy of Fred Cloyd

: Kiyoko and Frederick Cloyd, Sr. enjoying dinner at African American Club near Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan before leaving for the U.S., 1962, Courtesy of Fred Cloyd

: Fumiko (Tomita) Ward, Japan, circa 1950s, Courtesy of Miki Crawford

: Yoshiko (Ota) Rafuse, Japan, circa early 1950s, Courtesy of Shirley Eilek

: Louis and Fumiko (Tomita) Ward, Japan, circa 1950s, Courtesy of Miki Crawford

: Randolph and Yoshiko (Ota) Rafuse, Japan, circa early 1950s, Courtesy of Shirley Eilek

: Arnold and Atsuko Craft, Daitabashi (Suginama Ward), Tokyo, Japan, 1951, Courtesy of Lucy Craft

: Setsuko and Joe Amburn pour sake to celebrate New Year’s, Sapporo, Japan, 1953, Courtesy of Cora Amburn-Lijek

: Setsuko, Cora, and Joe Amburn during Christmas, Sapporo, Japan, 1962, Courtesy of Cora Amburn-Lijek

: Setsuko Amburn participates in her bowling league, Eatontown, New Jersey, circa early 1970s, Courtesy of Cora Amburn-Lijek

: Atsuko Craft with daughters Rebecca and Lucy in front of family Volkswagon van, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1960, Courtesy of Lucy Craft

: Chiyohi Creef and Yoshiko (Ota) Rafuse, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1963, Courtesy of Elena Creef

: Setsuko Takichi Perry (far right) with other Japanese and European war brides being naturalized for citizenship, Junction City, Kansas, circa 1959, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: Mrs. Kyoko Murphy and daughter Joanne, Chicago, 1953, Courtesy of Elena Creef

: Mrs. Rasha and her children Peter and baby Colleen, Texas, 1955, Courtesy of Elena Creef

: Setsuko Takichi Perry and daughters Rika and Velina, Kansas, circa 1965, Courtesy of Velina Avisa Hasu Houston

: Michiko Ikeda with two of her five daughters, Linda (left) and Joy (right), Highland Park, California, circa 1967, Courtesy of Sonia Gomez

: Hiroko (Furukawa) Tolbert and cat at Tolbert Poultry Farm, Pine City, New York, circa 1952, Courtesy of Kathryn Tolbert

: Hiroko (Furukawa) Tolbert, Tokyo, 1951, Courtesy of Kathryn Tolbert

: Robert and Miwako (Yasaki) Cleve, Nagoya, Japan, 1955, Courtesy of Candida Cleve-Bannister and Robert Cleve

: Miwako (Yasaki) and Robert Cleve pose for annual holiday photograph, Nashville, Tennessee, 2018, Courtesy of Candida Cleve-Bannister and Robert Cleve

: Chiyohi and Gilbert Creef, Chichibu, Japan, 1951, Courtesy of Elena Creef

: Gilbert and Chiyohi Creef, Pocasset, Massachusetts, 1953, Courtesy of Elena Creef

Looking for a History of Photography for WWII Japanese War Brides 第二次世界大戦中の日本人花嫁の写真撮影の歴史を探る

Elena Creef builds an archive of snapshot photographs to begin constructing a history for World War II Japanese war brides.

エレナ・クリーフが、第二次世界大戦中の日本人花嫁の歴史を構築するために、スナップショット写真のアーカイブを制作します。

Image Archive

Looking for a History of Photography for WWII Japanese War Brides
第二次世界大戦中の日本人花嫁の写真撮影の歴史を探る