Kiyo’s Belongings | おキヨさんの遺品
Item Titles and Numbers (Kiyo Goto Collection, NNMCC) 2003.7.37 Hand towel 2003.7.19 Hat 2003.3.19a Purse 2003.3.15 Rice bag 2003.3.14 Powder box 2003.3.8 Hand mirror 2003.3.9 Tin 2003.07.46 Blue dressing gown 2003.7.41.a-b Black and Gold Dress
No.01 (March 1, 1912)
Three years have already passed since we published the first series of Exploration of Devil Caves and imposed great sanctions on Japanese-owned cave folks across the Canadian interior. The past three years were short and, at the same time, long. In those years the situation of devil caves went through a considerable change. The continuous […]
No.01 (November 19, 1908)
Here devil caves refer to a group of shameless traders who fill their pockets with face powder-smell money in interior Canada while tarnishing the face of fellow Japanese. Of course, we will write about the movement of the very prostitutes, the main actors, and mediators, as well as the devil fellows who earn a living […]
No.02 (March 2, 1912)
Undercover Correspondent Last fall, when the maple trees of western Canada began to wither and the snow crown on the Lions began to stretch day by day, a man—an “undercover correspondent” might sound exaggerated an expression—without any disguise, wearing a deerstalker hat low on his face, was sitting by the train window. Avoiding the chilly […]
No.02 (November 20, 1908)
Where are they located? Once you leave Vancouver and travel to interior by the CPR lines, you will see caves everywhere. Some places have straight Japanese workers but others have no Japanese but a small community among mountains where devils target white labourers working in a mine as clients of their prostitution businesses. Among towns […]
No.03 (March 4, 1912)
And, of course, we have also seen an active movement among prostitutes. Some returned to Japan, some others died. We will make sure to report on this further later in the series, but for now we can try counting out those who have left: Four left from Nelson; others left from Revelstoke, including Okiku, a […]
No.03 (November 21, 1908)
Currently, the interior caves that most deserve our attention include Nelson and Cranbrook. Each has four caves, and they are located inside the town. Nelson has them stand side by side with white caves on the backstreet of Chinatown; Cranbrook has them also mixed with white caves in front of the train station. In total […]