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Copyright JANM
passport
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

passport

Date1913
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineGift of Michiko and Jimmy Matsunami
Object number2022.33.13
DescriptionOne (1) Japanese passport issued to Ritsu Masumoto, for travel to Hawaii as an emigrant relative. Year of immigration from Yamaguchi prefecture dated January 15, 1913, passport number 36170. Folded sheet of paper with green print on both sides, handwritten Japanese, English, and French entries filled in. Additional immigration information and paperwork on the inside page. Inside page is a purple stamp written in Japanese that reads second year of the Taisho era in the first month of the 16th day (January 16, 1913).

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