page_title: Issei
hierarchical_section_title: Issei
caption_attribution_description: English: Family of Japanese Immigrants in Brazil Português: Família de Imigrantes Japoneses no Brasil.
context_page_description: Issei is a Japanese-language term used by ethnic Japanese in countries in North America and South America to specify the Japanese people who were the first generation to immigrate there. Issei are born in Japan; their children born in the new country are Nisei; and their grandchildren are Sansei.
  The character and uniqueness of the Issei is recognized in its social history.
context_section_description: Issei (一世, "first generation") is a Japanese-language term used by ethnic Japanese in countries in North America and South America to specify the Japanese people who were the first generation to immigrate there. Issei are born in Japan; their children born in the new country are Nisei (ni '2' + sei 'generation'); and their grandchildren are Sansei (san '3').
  The character and uniqueness of the Issei is recognized in its social history.
caption: The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil aboard the Kassato Maruin 1908.[1] They referred to themselves as Issei and became known as Nipo-Brasilieros.
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