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 Masuo Yasui to Taiitsuro Yasui. In the letter Masuo gives updates on his children's education and accomplishments. He begins with Kei, then gives an update on Tsuyoshi, followed by Minoru, Michi, Roku, Shu, Homer, and Yuka. He describes how raising eight children has not been easy, especially trying to find the middle ground between North American and Japanese ways of child rearing. He also highlights the inexpressible pleasure that raising children brings, emphasizing the parental duties of raising normal and decent people. Additional topics in the letter include memories of Taiitsuro's six children, his opinion on the differences between child rearing in Japan and the U.S., and his health. The letter has been translated into English and modern Japanese.