Family Photographs
Description
| Title Proper | Family Photographs |
| Date(s) | 1922–1944 |
| General material designation |
This series contains 131 textual records and other records.
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| Scope and content |
The series consists of family photographs taken in the Vancouver BC area, particularly
on the Powell Street. There are few later images that are taken in Tashme, BC.
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| Name of creator |
Komajiro Nishihata
was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town of Echigawa cho,
Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo and Jiro were
born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school education
in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada together
on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened and the
boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and lived
with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port
Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.
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| Immediate source of acquisition |
The 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 | Nishihata Family collection |
Digital Objects (131)
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Title
Family Photographs
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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.