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housing project. Arai was commissioned to design the replacement and construction started in late 1940. Although he had completed his M.Arch., he lacked an architecture license, so Pierce A. Horrocks was the architect of record. The building was completed on October 5, 1941, just a few months before
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Their family moved to the International District in Seattle where they stayed from the before 1910 until they were forcibly located by Japanese internment during World War II. He spoke Japanese and visited Japan once for less than 6 months during the 1910s. He graduated from
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semi-professionally for the Nippon Athletic Club in Seattle, where he was a left-handed center fielder.
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Arai played baseball for the Nippon Athletic Club, shown at right in a 1927 match against
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was signed on February 19. Like most Japanese Americans in Seattle, he was interned at
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After internment, Seattle's Nihonmachi declined and the Arai family moved to the
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In 1940, the original building of the Seattle Buddhist Church (now known as the
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Americans of Japanese descent on the west coast to be interned in camps
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He was able to leave the camp early for employment by working as a
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Shinran Shonin 700th Anniversary Memorial Hall annex (1963-1964)
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Seattle Nichiren Buddhist Church (1928-1929) and garage (1933)
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Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946
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(November 3, 1998). 31: 20: 879:People from Bainbridge Island, Washington 170:In 1929, he attended graduate school at 318: 214:on February 15, 1942, just days before 752: 681:"Arai and Kawaguchi Family Collection" 774:Rutledge, Bruce (November 10, 2018). 655: 653: 575: 573: 571: 569: 567: 565: 563: 7: 481:"Application for federal employment" 450: 448: 419: 417: 366: 364: 894:American people of Japanese descent 281:Seattle Nisei Veterans Hall (1940) 14: 268:, originally constructed for the 909:20th-century American architects 836:Ayer, Tammy (February 1, 2018). 426:"Arai, Kichio Allen (1901-1966)" 884:University of Washington alumni 285:Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple 179:Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple 96:Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple 592:University of Washington Press 18:American architect (1900–1966) 1: 796:Liu, Marian (June 15, 2008). 111: 899:Japanese-American internees 584:; Suttles, Wayne P (eds.). 925: 460:ancestors.familysearch.org 372:"PCAD - Kichio Allen Arai" 889:Harvard University alumni 101: 87: 30: 270:Seattle Potlach festival 161:University of Washington 70:University of Washington 43:August 30, 1900, or 1901 904:Architects from Seattle 376:pcad.lib.washington.edu 60:Los Angeles, California 842:Yakima Herald-Republic 210:. 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Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington
University of Washington
Harvard University
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Japanese American
architect
Pacific Northwest

Waseda University
Port Blakeley, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Broadway High School
University of Washington
baseball
Harvard University
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Yesler Terrace
sangha
attack on Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt
Americans of Japanese descent on the west coast to be interned in camps
the draft
Executive Order 9066
Minidoka
Idaho
draftsman
Madison, Wisconsin
Central District
Torii
Seward Park

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