Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TIN

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

GALVANIZED STEEL

No. Pieces

2

Height

16.8

Diameter

15.5

Description

CYLINDRICAL CAN MADE FROM GALVANIZED STEEL. REMOVABLE LID FITS OVERTOP CAN. THERE IS MASKING TAPE AROUND CAN AND LID. THERE ARE JAPANESE CHARACTERS PRINTED IN BLACK ON LID. THERE ARE ALSO JAPANESE CHARACTERS PRINTED ON SIDES OF CAN IN BLACK AND RED, ALONG WITH "69". THERE IS CORROSION ON BOTTOM OF CAN AND SOME ON LID.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

JAPANESE WORD FOR CONTAINER IS UTSUWA. WRITING ON LID READS "TO MRS. MATSUNO FROM" SOMEBODY WITH THE GIVEN NAME "SHIZUE". LID ALSO READS "DRIED SHRIMP". CANS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED TO SEND FOOD FROM JAPAN. ITEMS COULD BE RECYCLED TO HOLD TEA, SUGAR AND MOCHIKO (RICE FLOUR) . IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO MRS. HARU MATSUNO. HER HUSBAND TOYOICHI ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER IN 1904 AND SETTLED IN RAYMOND IN 1909. IN 1924 HARU, A PICTURE BRIDE, LEFT JAPAN FOR CANADA AND MARRIED TOYOICHI. TOGETHER THEY LIVED ON A FARM IN RAYMOND, RAISING EIGHT CHILDREN. FOR A MORE DETAILED FAMILY HISTORY, SEE 'NISHIKI: NIKKEI TAPESTRY (2001)' P274-275. THE ELDEST DAUGHTER CHIZUKO KIMURA CAN BE REACHED IN EDMONTON AT 780-406-0068. . IN MAY 1948 THE ALBERTA CHAPTER OF THE JAPANESE CANADIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED. FROM 1991 TO 1998 HANAE IWAASA-ROBBS WAS PRESIDENT OF THE JCCA IN LETHBRIDGE. ARTIFACTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO HER BY THE LOCAL JAPANESE COMMUNITY AND SHE COLLECTED THEM IN AN OFFICE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A SERVING DISH AND A JEWELRY BOX DONATED BY THE NIKKEI CULTURAL SOCIETY. AS PART OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS, PUNDYK CONTACTED THE FORMER OPERATOR OF THE JAPANESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, HANAE IWASSA. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSONAL MEMORY OF THE ARTIFACTS BY THE LOCAL JAPANESE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE ITEMS BEING DONATED TO THE JAPANESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION IS UNKNOWN.

Catalogue Number

P20030044007

Acquisition Date

2004-01

Collection

Museum

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