Masako Futagawa

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FUTAGAWA Masako

1937 from Japan

Masako Futagawa was born in Madera, California. As a child, she moved to Japan to have a traditional Japanese schooling. Masako returned to America as the bride of San Franciscan Masataro Nishimura. She was detained on Angel Island for several days even though she was a native-born US citizen. 

(Portrait by Catalina Benevides, SFSU 2016)