Letter from Yukio Akada to Masanobu Kawahira

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Letter written September 15, in Japanese on lined Japanese paper to Masanobu Kawahira from Yukio Akada. The letter translates as: "Kawahira kun, I'm sorry. Today I enclose the photos that I talked about awhile ago. They bring back memories of Angler Shoko dojo. I'd be overjoyed if you were to paste them somewhere in your album as a momento. 1. a tenugui donated by head instructor

2. a tenugui donated by the camp

3. two white birch shinai

4. one standard shinai,

5. a shinai bag made from flour sacks,

6. framed first Dan certificate of Yukio Akada,

7. 2 copies of Ken no Hikari,

8. a shoko paperweight made from silver foil,

9. a dogi made from sugar sacks,

10. a hakama made from flour sacks."

Yukio Akada, September 15

Masanobu Kawahira was born to Torazo Kawahira and Yukino Naka, immigrants from Iyeimura, Ibusuki gun, Kagoshima ken. Torazo immigrated in 1907 on the vessel Shawmut, at the time his listed occupation was a miner. Torazo worked in a variety of seasonal occupations such as fishing and logging. In 1920, he was living with friend Iyemon Yanomichi at #220- Main Street prior to returning to Japan to marry Yukino. When they returned in August 1921, Yukino was pregnant and Masanobu was born a few months later on December 20, 1921 at 241 Hastings Street.

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.