BARREL

Description: BAMBOO BANDS FIT AROUND SLATS OF BARREL HOLDING IT TOGETHER. THERE ARE 6 SETS OF BANDS. STAMPED ON SIDES OF BARREL (BLACK INK). "S - NO. Y467" "VANCOUVER" & "NET 25 LBS. MADE IN JAPAN". LID IS MISSING.

History: DONORS HUSBAND ONCE MANAGED THE BUDDHIST CHURCH AND THE CO-OP STORE IN RAYMOND. THE STORE ONCE FUNCTIONED TO RAISE BADLY NEEDED FUNDS FOR THE CHURCH AT ONE POINT, THE LACQUERWARE GIFT BOXES (P19790268000) WERE GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED A BARREL OF "SHOYU". THE BARRELS WERE ONCE A STANDARD PART OF EVERY JAPANESE CANADIAN HOUSEHOLD. THEY WERE USED TO BRINE PICKLES, STORE POTATOES & VEGETABLES, AND AS FLOWER POTS. PRODUCTION OF BARRELS CEASED WITH ONSET OF W.W. 2. MRS. FLO SENDA (YOSH) IS DONORS DAUGHTER. SEE ATTACHED FAMILY HISTORY P19790275000-GA. COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN INVITED THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER FLO SENDA TO THE GALT IN 2009 IN ORDER TO REVIEW EXISTING DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO HER MOTHER’S DONATION. HER COMMENTS WERE COMPILED BY MACLEAN AND SUBMITTED TO HER FOR VETTING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR ACCURACY. ADDITIONALLY, SENDA’S BROTHER ROBERT (BOB) HIRONAKA REVIEWED THE COMMENTS. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER FLO SENDA (NEE HIRONAKA) IN 2009, SHOYU WAS SOURCED IN S. ALBERTA VIA THE KOBAI CO-OP AT THE RAYMOND BUDDHIST CHURCH WHICH GOT ITS SHOYU FROM VANCOUVER. . THE CO-OP WAS MANAGED BY THE DONOR’S HUSBAND (FLO’S FATHER) IN THE 1930S. THE SAUCE, SHE SAID, WAS USED IN EVERYTHING FROM VEGETABLE TO MEAT DISHES. IT WAS ADDITIONALLY ADDED TO SUGAR TO EAT MOCHI.