Family Textual Materials

Family Textual Materials

Description

Title Proper Family Textual Materials
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1932–2005
General material designation
This series has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
This series contains six files containing an essay, entitled "Dad", written by Yvonne Wakabayashi upon her father Koji Tasaka's death; two programs (one orange cover, one green cover) for the Greater Kitsilano Reunion 1992; a book: "A Centennial Pilgrimage: Japanese Canadians and the United Church of Canada" by Ochiai, Mike; Amy Tomita [Tran.s]; Brian Kai; Ken Matsugu; George Tomita; an early proof copy of "Tasaka" by Ted Ohashi and Yvonne Wakabayashi (published 2005); a leather-bound photo/commemorative album for Waseda University Department of Business, dated 1932; and two certificates awarded to Koji Tasaka.
Name of creator
Koji Tasaka was the patron of the Tasaka family. He was the third child and second son of lsaburo and Yorie Tasaka, he became the oldest son when Hajime, second child and first son, died as a youngster. He served as President of the Japanese Canadian Citizen's Association, was a life long member and Steward of the Japanese United Church, and was teacher and principal of the Japanese Language School before the war and after the internment.
Immediate source of acquisition
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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Family Textual Materials
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.