title

 

Shokichi Akatsuka fonds

 

general material designation

 

[graphic material]
extent

 

38 originals; 2 negatives; 2 copy prints made by the Japanese Canadian Archives. - 1 wooden box. - 57 phonograph records.

 

date

 

1910-1930

 

scope and content

 

The fonds consists of images of a variety of subject matter prior to the Second World War encompassing the professional career of Shokichi Akatsuka.

 

biography

 

Shokichi Akatsuka was born December 25, 1870 in Japan, arriving in Canada 1907. Places that he lived included Hawaii and Vancouver. Shokichi lived in Vancouver (453 Powell Street above the "Hori Store"). During the Internment era, he moved to Lillooet, BC

 


 

Shokichi attended and graduated from a school of photography. After his return from Hawaii,around 1898, Shokichi started practicing professionally in addition to working as a manager in a bowling alley.

 


 

He married Kuma Nakamura and took care of his foster son and grand nephew, George Kurokawa.

 

Shokichi Akatsuka passed away on April 19, 1951.

 

 

number

 

1992.20

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
access

 

Open