Editing Issei (section)

{{Short description|First generation of Japanese people who immigrated to the Americas}}
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[[File:Japoneses no brasil.jpg|thumb|right|The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil aboard the {{transliteration|ja|Kassato Maru}} in 1908.<ref>[http://www.jornalorebate.com.br/59/pov.htm], ''Jornal Orebate''</ref> They referred to themselves as {{transliteration|ja|issei}} and became known as ''[[Japanese Brazilians|Nipo-Brasileiros]]''.]]
{{nihongo3|"first generation"|一世|'''Issei'''}} are [[Japanese people|Japanese]] immigrants to countries in North America and South America. The term is used mostly by ethnic Japanese. {{transliteration|ja|Issei}} are born in Japan; their children born in the new country are {{transliteration|ja|[[nisei]]}} ({{transliteration|ja|ni}}, "two", plus {{transliteration|ja|sei}}, "generation"); and their grandchildren are {{transliteration|ja|[[sansei]]}} ({{transliteration|ja|san}}, "three", plus {{transliteration|ja|sei}}, "generation").

The character and uniqueness of the {{transliteration|ja|issei}} is recognized in their social history.<ref>Numrich, Paul David. (2008). North [https://books.google.com/books?id=sAy1s626lE0C&pg=PA127  ''American Buddhists in Social Context'', p. 110].</ref>