Outdoor Portrait of Sachiko and Fumiko in Front of a House; Tashme, BC

DescriptionTitle ProperOutdoor Portrait of Sachiko and Fumiko in Front of a House; Tashme, BCDate(s) of material from this resource digitized1944General material designation

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Scope and content

This image depicts Sachiko Kanayama (left) and Fumiko Kawata (right) standing side by side on wooden steps outside a house at Tashme. Sachiko is wearing a white dress with short socks and dress shoes. Kumiko is wearing a dress suit with a button jacket, short socks, black dress shoes and is holding a little bag in her right hand.

Name of creator

Fumiko Kawata was born in 1938 in Cumberland BC to parents Itoko and Yoshitoshi Kawata. Yoshitoshi's parents were Sowa & Kinshiro Kawata from Ehime prefecture. Kinshiro came to Canada as a farm labourer on the Empress of Russia Dec 19, 1922, his nearest relative at that time was Tomi Kawata of Yanazaki Mura, Nishiwa gori, Ehime Ken, Japan. Itoko and Yoshitoshi were born in Japan and remained Japanese Nationals.

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.