Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Jug |
Subject |
Collectors & Collections Domestic Life Food Preparation Japanese Canadians |
Category |
7: Distribution & Transportation Artifact |
Sub-category |
Container |
Accession Number |
2015.005.001 |
Donor |
Janet Grant |
Description |
Pottery - medium sized jug with spout - Brown glazed paint with the natural colour showing on the bottom. |
Provenance |
These two Japanese pottery jars were found in an unfinished crawlspace under a home that formerly belonged to a Japanese family removed during WWII. Further research has revealed that the jars likely belonged to a member of the Sakon family. Mataichi Sakon immigrated to Seattle in January of 1904 and worked for a white family there for 3 years before moving to Canada in 1907. In circa 1911, together with his younger brother, Bunjiro Sakon, Mataichi moved to Mission and together the brothers bought a total of 30 acres in the area between Dewdney Trunk Road and present day Ferndale Avenue. Bunjiro Sakon had originally immigrated to Canada in July of 1900. From 1900 to 1904, he engaged in salmon fishing, worked at various sawmills and logging camps, before joining up with his brother to start farming in Mission. Bunjiro was one of the founding members of Nohkai and developed several successful innovations in farming, including a method of growing "forced" rhubarb indoors in the winter, as well as the development of an 'Autumn Strawberry' which extended the berry season for local farmers. During the evacuation of 1942, Mataichi (possibly with his wife and son) was moved to a sugar beet farm in Nobleford, AB, while Bunjiro and his family (wife, Tsuka and 9 children) were sent to another farm in Picture Butte, AB. |
Accession number |
2015.005 |