INKPAD

Description: .1) BOX. LIGHT BROWN SQUARE CARDBOARD BOX HAS GOLD FOIL EDGING AND PAPER LOGO ON TOP WHICH IS BLUE, RED AND WHITE AND COVERED IN JAPANESE CHARACTERS. OVAL BLUE PAPER STICKER ON SIDE HAS TWO JAPANESE CHARACTERS. BOX HAS WHITE FIBER WORKED INTO MATERIALS. .2) INK PAD. 5.8CM (D) X 2.0CM (H) CIRCULAR BLACK BAKELITE DISH AND LID. INSIDE IS COTTON REMNANTS OF PAD AND RED INK STAINS. BOTTOM HAS OVAL BLUE PAPER LABEL WITH GOLD COLORED JAPANESE CHARACTERS.

History: INKPAD BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ITEMS USED IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.