O-Bon in Chimunesu [electronic resource] : a community remembered / Catherine Lang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, Catherine, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese--British Columbia--Chemainus--Biography.

Japanese.

Chemainus (B.C.)--Biography.

Chemainus (B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

O-Bon in Chimunesu: A Community Remembered is a moving tribute to a community of Japanese-Canadians and the way they lived their lives.Prior to the Second World War, when Canada's official policy of internment changed the lives of Japanese-Canadians forever, the Vancouver Island town of Chemainus (""Chimunesu"") was home to a thriving Japanese-Canadian community, whose members struggled to adapt to the difficulties of life in a new country, while at the same time keeping their own traditions alive. During the war, Japanese-Canadians on the west coast were shunted off to

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: YOSHIKO KAWAHARA; CHAPTER TWO: TAKAYOSHI KAWAHARA; CHAPTER THREE: SHIZUKA AND HITOSHI OKADA; CHAPTER FOUR: MATSUE TANIWA; CHAPTER FIVE: SUNAO, KANAME AND CHIYO IZUMI; CHAPTER SIX: MATAHARU OTSU; CHAPTER SEVEN: TOSHIYE KAMINO; CHAPTER EIGHT: SUMIKO AND SHIGEYUKI YOSHIDA; CHAPTER NINE: SHUNICHI AND HANAYE ISOKI; EPILOGUE: THE REUNION; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-64387-8

9786612643873

1-55152-334-5

OCLC:

645940088