In 1886, on November 18 in Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, Central Division, Japan, Naoko was born.
She married Kinonusuke Akutsu.
Around 1919, she emigrated from Japan (according to the 1920 U.S. Census).
In 1931 she returned with her two sons on the Hikawa Maru from a trip to Japan.
Aug 17, 1942 (Mrs. Akutsu and her sons) are moved from the Puyallup Assembly Center to the Minidoka War Relocation Center. Source: NARA microfilm publication M1865 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001).
The letters from her husband/their father were so heavily censored that they didn't reveal much about what was happening to him.
She lived in the United States for 29 years.
Nao Akutsu aged in appearance over four years of loss and incarceration, during which she was separated at different times from her husband and two sons. Her spirit was finally broken after the war when told not to come back to Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church because of the draft resistance of her sons.
She cut herself and was rushed to Harborview Hospital.
Four days later she died by suicide. She was 59. Her funeral service was held at the same church from which she'd been expelled, which stands still at 12th and Weller.
Obituary published in Northwest Times, Sept. 30, 1947.
Department of Health, Death Certificates, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov
She married Kinonusuke Akutsu.
Around 1919, she emigrated from Japan (according to the 1920 U.S. Census).
In 1931 she returned with her two sons on the Hikawa Maru from a trip to Japan.
Aug 17, 1942 (Mrs. Akutsu and her sons) are moved from the Puyallup Assembly Center to the Minidoka War Relocation Center. Source: NARA microfilm publication M1865 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001).
The letters from her husband/their father were so heavily censored that they didn't reveal much about what was happening to him.
She lived in the United States for 29 years.
Nao Akutsu aged in appearance over four years of loss and incarceration, during which she was separated at different times from her husband and two sons. Her spirit was finally broken after the war when told not to come back to Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church because of the draft resistance of her sons.
She cut herself and was rushed to Harborview Hospital.
Four days later she died by suicide. She was 59. Her funeral service was held at the same church from which she'd been expelled, which stands still at 12th and Weller.
Obituary published in Northwest Times, Sept. 30, 1947.
Department of Health, Death Certificates, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov
In 1886, on November 18 in Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, Central Division, Japan, Naoko was born.
She married Kinonusuke Akutsu.
Around 1919, she emigrated from Japan (according to the 1920 U.S. Census).
In 1931 she returned with her two sons on the Hikawa Maru from a trip to Japan.
Aug 17, 1942 (Mrs. Akutsu and her sons) are moved from the Puyallup Assembly Center to the Minidoka War Relocation Center. Source: NARA microfilm publication M1865 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001).
The letters from her husband/their father were so heavily censored that they didn't reveal much about what was happening to him.
She lived in the United States for 29 years.
Nao Akutsu aged in appearance over four years of loss and incarceration, during which she was separated at different times from her husband and two sons. Her spirit was finally broken after the war when told not to come back to Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church because of the draft resistance of her sons.
She cut herself and was rushed to Harborview Hospital.
Four days later she died by suicide. She was 59. Her funeral service was held at the same church from which she'd been expelled, which stands still at 12th and Weller.
Obituary published in Northwest Times, Sept. 30, 1947.
Department of Health, Death Certificates, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov
She married Kinonusuke Akutsu.
Around 1919, she emigrated from Japan (according to the 1920 U.S. Census).
In 1931 she returned with her two sons on the Hikawa Maru from a trip to Japan.
Aug 17, 1942 (Mrs. Akutsu and her sons) are moved from the Puyallup Assembly Center to the Minidoka War Relocation Center. Source: NARA microfilm publication M1865 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001).
The letters from her husband/their father were so heavily censored that they didn't reveal much about what was happening to him.
She lived in the United States for 29 years.
Nao Akutsu aged in appearance over four years of loss and incarceration, during which she was separated at different times from her husband and two sons. Her spirit was finally broken after the war when told not to come back to Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church because of the draft resistance of her sons.
She cut herself and was rushed to Harborview Hospital.
Four days later she died by suicide. She was 59. Her funeral service was held at the same church from which she'd been expelled, which stands still at 12th and Weller.
Obituary published in Northwest Times, Sept. 30, 1947.
Department of Health, Death Certificates, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov
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