Yamashita Family collection

Yamashita Family collection

Description

Title Proper Yamashita Family collection
Date(s) 1912–2011
General material designation
This fonds contains 22 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The collection consists of three series of items relating to the Yamashita family. The first series is a set of photographs documenting the Yamashita family through formal and informal portraits. The second series is textual material; mainly official documents and an address book. The third series is an audio recording of Terry Nakamura (nee Yamashita) discussing her and her family's lives.
Name of creator
Yamashita Family : Shintaro Yamashita was born February 7, 1893 in Ogatamura, Hiroshima, Japan. He was the eldest son of Wakichi Yamashita and Yuki Hakata. Wakichi's surname was Fujii but he took the Yamashita name when he married. Wakichi was a successful businessman who sold fabrics. His business acumen however, suffered greatly due to his hospitable nature causing him to lose a lot of money to poor credit management. Yuki Hakata came from a samurai family and was a royal with wealth.
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

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Yamashita 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.