Staring at the Audience

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Item is an image printed on a postcard card stock. The image depicts a group of men on stage and a single person in the audience. On the stage are four men. Three of them are holding and [playing?] an instrument while the conductor is staring at the man sitting in the audience. The man sitting has a slouched back and is staring back at the conductor as if he has done something wrong. There is an arrow drawn between the conductor and audience member. The words "Printed by War Prisoners' Aid, Y.M.C.A." can be found at the bottom of the image. Verso is blank.

Masanobu Kawahira was born to Torazo Kawahira and Yukino Naka, immigrants from Iyeimura, Ibusuki gun, Kagoshima ken. Torazo immigrated in 1907 on the vessel Shawmut, at the time his listed occupation was a miner. Torazo worked in a variety of seasonal occupations such as fishing and logging. In 1920, he was living with friend Iyemon Yanomichi at #220- Main Street prior to returning to Japan to marry Yukino. When they returned in August 1921, Yukino was pregnant and Masanobu was born a few months later on December 20, 1921 at 241 Hastings Street.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.