An Outdoor Group Photograph of Men Eating
Description
Title Proper | An Outdoor Group Photograph of Men Eating |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1935 |
General material designation |
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
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Scope and content |
This image depicts a group of four from, from left to right: G. Minato, Matsui, W.
Miyahara, and G. Okui. Minato is looking at the camera, straddling the side of a wall,
holding chopsticks in his right hand. Minato is wearing a white collared shirt, light
pants, and a hat. Matsui is second from the left, is seated, holding chopsticks in
his right hand with food on them. Matsui is wearing a white collared shirt with rolled
sleeves, light pants, and a hat. Miyahara is the second from the right and seated
holding chopsticks in his right hand. He is wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt, dark
pants, and a baseball cap. Okui is seated with chopsticks in his right hand. Okui
is wearing a white work shirt, light pants, and a hand. The men are sitting in what
might be a boat, gathered around a communal dish of food.
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Name of creator |
Fumiko Kawata
was born in 1938 in Cumberland BC to parents Itoko and Yoshitoshi Kawata. Yoshitoshi's
parents were Sowa & Kinshiro Kawata from Ehime prefecture. Kinshiro came to Canada
as a farm labourer on the Empress of Russia Dec 19, 1922, his nearest relative at
that time was Tomi Kawata of Yanazaki Mura, Nishiwa gori, Ehime Ken, Japan. Itoko
and Yoshitoshi were born in Japan and remained Japanese Nationals.
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Immediate source of acquisition |
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research
Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.
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Structure
Repository | Nikkei National Museum |
Fonds | Fumiko Yamada (nee Kawata) collection |
Series | Photographs |
File | Digital Images |
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Title
An Outdoor Group Photograph of Men Eating
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