JAR, CONDIMENT

Description: .1) SMALL WHITE PORCELAIN TEAPOT HAS BLUE FLOWER MOTIF WITH RED BERRIES WHICH HAVE GOLD COLORED CORONAS. CIRCULAR LID HAS IDENTICAL MOTIF. .2) STAND. 8.5CM (D) X 1.5CM WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE WITH BLUE FLOWER MOTIF WITH RED BERRIES WHICH HAVE GOLD COLORED CORONAS. SOME BERRIES ARE WORN OFF AND THE PLATE HAS TEN SUBSTANTIAL CHIPS, INCLUDING ONE LARGE ONE.

History: TEAPOT, OR SHOYU JAR, WAS OWNED BY THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WHILE LIVING IN VANCOUVER PRIOR TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FROM 1942 TO 1945 THE FAMILY WAS INTERNED IN SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. FOLLOWING THE WAR THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AT COALDALE REV. NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “[A] LITTLE SHOYU BOTTLE… I DON’T KNOW IF [MY MOTHER] BOUGHT THIS IN VANCOUVER OR IF IT CAME FROM JAPAN… IT WAS ALWAYS WITH US FROM THE VERY EARLIEST DAYS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH, RIGHT TO THE END… IT WASN’T JUST FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS, IT WAS IN CONSTANT USE… WE NEVER PUT [SOY SAUCE] ON RICE. WE PUT IT ON OKAZU… THE STUFF THAT YOU COOK TO EAT WITH THE RICE, WHICH IS MEAT AND VEGETABLES OR FISH… I FEEL HAPPINESS WITH IT, BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY AND PRACTICAL AND CONSTANT.” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.