A Studio Portrait of the Kawata Family
Description
| Title Proper | A Studio Portrait of the Kawata Family |
| Date(s) | 1938 |
| General material designation |
This item contains a textual record.
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| Scope and content |
This image consists of five members of the Kawata family, both seated and standing.
From left to right are: Sowa Kawata, Kinshiro Kawata, Itoko Kawata, Yoshitoshi Kawata,
and Akio Kawata is on Kinshiro's lap. Sowa is wearing a dark button dress and is standing
on the left edge. Kinshiro is wearing a dark suit with a white collared shirt and
tie. He is seated, and holding Akio on his lap. Itoko is standing to the right of
Kinshiro and is wearing a dark, floral print dress. Standing on the right edge in
a three piece pinstripe suit with a pocket watch and tie is Yoshitoshi, which his
hands clasped behind his back.
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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
A Studio Portrait of the Kawata Family
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