Saito Family Collection

Saito Family Collection

Description

Title Proper Saito Family Collection
Date(s) 1919–1966
General material designation
This fonds contains 14 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The collection consists of five series pertaining to the Saito family. The first series consists of archival material relating to the family business. The second series consists of objects items belonging to Kohei Saito. The third series consists of archival material belonging to Natsu Saito. The fourth series consists of archival material relating to Fumiko Ezaki (nee Saito). And the fifth series consists of archival material and objects belonging to Kimiko Nasu (nee Saito).
Name of creator
Kohei Saito was born around 1880 in Shizuoka prefecture. He came to Canada sometime before his marriage to Natsu Mochizuki in 1914 or 1915. They both arrived on the ship Canada Maru on October 16, 1915 which sailed from Yokohama to Victoria, BC. At that time Kohei was a returning Canadian, and had been in Japan for eight months at the address 130 Yodobashi machi, Toyo tama gun, Tokyo fu.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

Metadata

Title

Saito Family Collection
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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.