Outdoor Portrait in a Field; Tashme, BC

From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.

This image depicts a group of five people sitting on a field of grass in front of a stand of trees. Shown are Haruko Tahara, Mr. and Mrs. Higa, Mrs. Tahara, and Fumiko. Haruko is seated on the left side wearing a white jacket and skirt, her hair is tied back with a ribbon and she is holding her hand out toward the camera. Behind her are Mr. and Mrs. Higa. Mrs. Higa is wearing a print dress, and Mr. Higa is wearing a three piece suit, a tie and glass and classes, and is crouched behind Mrs. Higa. Fumiko is wearing a dark collared dress and is kneeling in the grass with her hands folded on her knees. On the right side of the image is Mrs. Tahara, wearing a dark skirt and a light shirt with her feet tucked under her.

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.

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.