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Tamako Matano

AKA: 又野璋子
Released
Date of birth:1902
Date of death:04. 03. 1991
Gender:Female
Era:1940s
State:Hawaii
Time Imprisoned:
9 Months
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Biography

Tamako Matano was a teacher at Waianae Hongwanji Japanese Language School and the wife of detained Buddhist priest Konin Matano. Her individual JCCH record documents March 1945 departure from Hawaii to join confined family, Sharp Park detention March 1945, Crystal City confinement March-December 1945 and return to Honolulu aboard Shawnee December 1945. Her entry into family confinement is distinct from her husband’s December 1941 arrest. No individual criminal conviction is established by the archive. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/matano-tamako

Case

Incarcerated: March 1945
Released: December 1945
Sentence: Administrative wartime family confinement following March 1945 departure for reunification: Sharp Park March 1945 and Crystal City March-December 1945; Hawaii return December 1945. No exact days, imposed judicial term or measured continuous duration established. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/matano-tamako