page_title: Gosei (fifth-generation Nikkei)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gosei (fifth-generation Nikkei) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Nipo-brazilian family in the Bastos city colony, São Paulo State. Brazil Português: Família nipo-brasileira na colônia de Bastos, São Paulo
context_page_description: Gosei is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America and South America to name the children born to Japanese people who immigrated. The emigrants or immigrants who were born in Japan are called Issei; and their children born in the new country are called Nisei. The grandchildren of Issei are called Sansei; and their great-grandchildren are called Yonsei. The children of the Yonsei are the great-great-grandchilderen of Issei ancestors; and these children are called Gosei. In other words, the children of at least one Yonsei parent are called Gosei
  The character and uniqueness of the Gosei is recognized in its social history. The Gosei are the subject of on-going academic research in the United States and in Japan.
context_section_description: The earliest organized group of Japanese emigrants settled in Mexico in 1897.
  Imigration to Brazil began in 1908. Today, the community which grew from the immigrant children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren has become the largest Japanese emigrant population outside of Japan, including approximately 1.5 million Brazilians. Other communities of Yonsei grew up in the United States, Canada, and Peru.
  The use of the term Gosei was modeled after an Issei pattern or template. In the 1930s, the term Issei came into common use. The word replaced the term "immigrant" (ijusha). This change in usage mirrored an evolution in the way the Issei looked at themselves. The label Issei also included the idea of belonging to the new country.
caption: The great-great-grandchildren of these Japanese-Brazilian (Nipo-brasileiros) immigrants would be called Gosei.
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