Interview of Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita

Interview of Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita

Description

Title Proper Interview of Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 2011–
General material designation
This series has an indeterminable GMD—digital object is not available at this time.
Scope and content
The series consists of one audio recording of Teruye Terry Nakamura. The interview was conducted in Toronto, ON, January 2011. Teruye "Terry" discusses the history of the Yamashita family.
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
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was not digitized.

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Interview of Teruye (Terry) Nakamura nee Yamashita
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