Material Type

Artifact

Date

1926

Materials

PAPER, WOOD

No. Pieces

2

Description

.1 49.5 CM WTH., 152.4 CM LTH. PAPER, WOOD. BLACK WOODEN DOWLING AT BOTTOM END OF SCROLL. PAPER SCROLL IS A BLACK AND WHITE PRINT WITH GOLD LEAF BORDERS ON BLACK INK PATTERNS. TOP LEFT TO RIGHT ARE PICTURED: MEIJI TENNO,GRANDFATHER OF EMPEROR HIRSHITO AMATERASU OMIKAMI JINMUR TENNO, FIRST EMPEROR OF JAPAN. MIDDLE TO RIGHT: TAISHO TENNO, YOSHITO HIRSHITO, FATHER OF EMPEROR HIROHITO SHOKEN KOTAIGA, WIFE OF MEIJI TENNO KOGA HEKA, WIFE OF TAISHO TENNA. BOTTOM: PICTURE OF EMPEROR HIROHITO AT AGE 15 YEARS, HE IS MOUNTED ON HIS HORSE. TEXT IS IN JAPANESE IN CENTER OF SCROLL. AT BOTTOM IN JAPANESE IS WRITTEN "SESHO NO MIYADENKA". ALONG TOP WHERE WOODEN BOARD IS ENCLOSED BY THE PAPER THERE IS A TEAR AT UPPER RIGHT. BLACK AND WHITE STRING AT TOP FOR HANGING PURPOSES. .2 49.5 CM WTH. 152.4 CM LTH. PAPER, WOOD. BLACK WOODEN DOWLING HOLDS BOTTOM END OF SCROLL. PAPER SCROLL IS A BLACK AND WHITE PRINT WITH BLACK INK BORDER WITH GOLD-LEAF FLOWER DESIGN ON IT. WOODEN BOARD ALONG TOP HAS RIP IN PAPER IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. IN CENTER AT TOP THERE IS A RIP IN PAPER. TOP LEFT RIGHT IS SAME PICTURE AS .1. MIDDLE LEFT TO RIGHT IS SAME PICTURE AS .1. RIGHT BELOW THIS IS A SKETCH OF A FAN WITH "KIMIGA YO"-NATIONAL ANTHEM WRITTEN IN JAPANESE. BOTTOM SECTION OF SCROLL IS PICTURE OF HIRCHITO (EMPEROR AND HIS BRIDE).

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

POLITICS

History

SCROLL IS A COMMEMORATION OF CORONATION OF EMPEROR HIROHITO. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES, INCLUDING THIS SCROLL FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR HIROHITO. A NOTE DATED FEBRUARY 1980 IS ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE. IT STATES: “HASHIME TAGUCHI’S FAMILY (SHOYEMON TAKEHASI) CAME TO CANADA IN 1907 BUT HASHIME DID NOT COME UNTIL 1923. SHE FELT SHE WAS COMING TO CANADA TO BE WITH HER FAMILY BUT INSTEAD SHE FELT AS AN ALIEN TO THEM. HER FATHER BROUGHT THE SCROLLS BACK TO CANADA WHEN HE HAD BEEN TO JAPAN ON A VISIT. HASHIME KEPT THE SCROLLS (THEY WERE PART OF HER PAST IN JAPAN) AND WHEN THEY WERE EVACUATED IN 1943 TO ALBERTA, SHE BROUGHT THE SCROLLS HIDDEN IN HER LUGGAGE. HER FATHER WANTED TO BURN THE SCROLLS BUT SHE COULD NOT PART WITH HER TIES TO JAPAN AND FELT SHE MUST KEEP THE SCROLLS. THERE WERE FEELINGS THAT THE SCROLLS COULD BE CONSTRUED IN A BAD LIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING EVACUATED AS HOSTILE ALIENS. HASHIME FELT THE SCROLLS SHOULD BE SAVED TO HELP FUTURE GENERATIONS BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR HERITAGE. THE SCROLLS WERE NEVER HUNG OR SHOWN UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO.” ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, HASHIME TAGUCHI PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 22 JUNE 1999 AT THE AGE OF 91 YEARS. THE OBITUARY FOR HER HUSBAND, KOHEI TAGUCHI, STATES THAT HE WAS BORN IN MIYAGI-KEN, JAPAN ON 20 DECEMBER 1904. THE COUPLE MARRIED IN MAY 1926 AND CAME TO CANADA THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY SETTLED IN SUNBURY, BRITISH COLUMBIA UNTIL 1942 WHEN THEY MOVED TO SLOCAN, BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN 1943, THE FAMILY MOVED TO ALBERTA, LIVING IN RAYMOND FOR SEVEN YEARS THEN MOVING TO PICTURE BUTTE. UPON MR. TAGUCHI’S RETIREMENT, HE AND HASHIME MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. KOHEI TAGUCHI PASSED AWAY ON 15 MAY 1989 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. THE COUPLE HAD EIGHT CHILDREN: NORIS, YOSHIO, KEN, JOYCE, JANE, KAZ, KAY, AND CHEC. ON 5 JANUARY 2018, PUNDYK SPOKE WITH NORIS TAGUCHI ON THE TELEPHONE. HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NAME OF HIS MOTHER’S FATHER, SHOYEMON TAKAHASHI. HE COULD NOT RECALL ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCROLL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DONOR’S NOTE REGARDING THE ARTIFACT AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.

Catalogue Number

P19800014000

Acquisition Date

1980-02

Collection

Museum

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