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Yasue Takahashi

AKA: Teruchiyo Suzuki (stage name); 高橋やす枝
Released
Date of birth:1919
Gender:Female
Era:1940s
State:Hawaii
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 5 Months
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Biography

Yasue Takahashi was a Maui-born Japanese American storyteller who studied naniwabushi in Japan and returned to Hawaii in 1940, performing as Teruchiyo Suzuki. JCCH records May 1942 arrest, US Immigration Station detention, Sand Island May 1942-March 1943 and Honouliuli March-October 1943. She was paroled October 1943 and released from parole November 1944. Her case forms part of US wartime civilian incarceration in Hawaii; the archive does not establish an individual criminal conviction. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/takahashi-yasue-also-suzuki

Case

Arrested: May 1942
Incarcerated: May 1942
Released: October 1943
Sentence: Administrative wartime civilian detention following May 1942 arrest, with listed Sand Island and Honouliuli custody ending in parole October 1943. Parole ended November 1944. Exact days, imposed judicial term and measured continuous custody duration unverified. Source: https://incarceration.jcchawaii.org/internees/takahashi-yasue-also-suzuki