Japanese Language Elementary School calligraphy books
Description
| Title Proper | Japanese Language Elementary School calligraphy books |
| Date(s) | 1920–1930 |
| General material designation |
This file has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
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| Scope and content |
File consists of ten books to practice Japanese calligraphy, used at Steveston Japanese
Language School.
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| Name of creator |
Toshio Odamura
was a Canadian of Japanese descent who grew up in Steveston, BC where he attended
Lord Byng School. In the 1930s, he studied at the Steveston Japanese Language School,
and in January 1936 he married Naraye Sakai in Haney, BC. His father, Magoichi Odamura,
was a fisherman in Steveston, BC and later farmed in Haney, BC. Toshio Odamura was
interned at Slocan, BC, and lived at Bay Farm, moving with his wife to Penticton,
BC after the end of the war years and later to Vancouver, BC.
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| 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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Structure
| Repository | Nikkei National Museum |
| Fonds | Toshio Odamura collection |
| Series | School books and directory |
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Title
Japanese Language Elementary School calligraphy books
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