Shintaro Yamashita Standing on a Dock; Vancouver, BC

Shintaro Yamashita Standing on a Dock; Vancouver, BC

Description

Title Proper Shintaro Yamashita Standing on a Dock; Vancouver, BC
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1919
General material designation
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Scope and content
The image shows a young man wearing boots, a trench coat and a hat standing on the ledge of a dock and resting his arm on a wood pole. In behind him is a large boat with portholes.
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.
This record was digitized in full.

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Shintaro Yamashita Standing on a Dock; Vancouver, BC
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