A Studio Portrait of Young Man; Vancouver, BC
Description
| Title Proper | A Studio Portrait of Young Man; Vancouver, BC |
| Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1940 |
| General material designation |
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
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| Scope and content |
The image shows a portrait of a young man wearing a newsboy cap and a v-neck t-shirt.
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| Name of creator |
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.
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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.
This record was digitized in full.
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Structure
| Repository | Nikkei National Museum |
| Fonds | Sasaki Family collection |
| Series | Family Photographs |
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Title
A Studio Portrait of Young Man; Vancouver, BC
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