Digitized item from the Yasui Brothers business records, Mss 2949. The item, written in a pre-World War II Japanese script, is a letter from Jotaro Shido addressed to the Yasui brothers. The letter describes how Shido's travels from Seattle to Yokohama were extended by 10 extra days due to rough seas and discusses his plans to return to the United States. The letter was written on January 5, but the year is not specified. It was likely written between 1920 and 1940. The letter has been translated into English and modern Japanese.