A Group Portrait of the Franciscan Sisters of Atonement Church Congregation; Vancouver, BC

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The image shows roughly five rows of men, women, nuns and children posing in an interior. In the front and center of the image is a man, Father Benedict, wearing a Franciscan habit and cross. Also in the front row third from the left is a small boy, Raymond Moriyama. Directly behind the father wearing plaid is Michiko Watanabe. Behind her and to the left (wearing a plaid scarf tied up like a cravat )is Mrs Moriyama. The first nun in the fourth row is Sister Mary Amelia. And in the back row fifth in from the right is Cody (only caucasian in the congregation).

Mytssu Sasaki was born on September 9, 1919 on Powell Street in Vancouver, BC. Mytssu's father, Ichiji Sasaki, built one of the biggest bathhouses, the Matsuno-yu at 318 Powell Street in July 1916. It cost $4,600 to build and was elaborate and popular. From 1917-24, he operated the Cordova rooms at 52 Cordova Street and the Union Rooms at 410 Union Street. Then in 1924, he started the Maruichi Restaurant (meshiya) on the 300 block of Powell Street with his wife, Sugae. It mostly served single men who were fishermen and loggers. In 1928, he started the Ichiriki restaurant on Cordova and Dunlevy Streets catering to a higher class clientele. During that time, he brought the first sushi chef from Japan, Mr K Morita. The Sasaki family lived in the three story home that housed the restaurant.

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.