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Hamilton Nisei author-teacher seek whereabouts of 4 Nisei WWII veterans
Goto, of the Japanese Cana­
drews, N.B.; Toni Matsu­ Nov? 19, 1942, Outremont, Ontario L8T 3X2.
HAMILTON. — Nisei
author and teacher, Mr. Roy oka (M59498) enlisted July
Mr. Ito would also like dian Centennial Society st­
aff from notes supplied by
Ito of Hamilton is seeking 12, 1941, Coaldale, Alberta;
Anyone knowing their to credit a recent article on Mr. Roy Ito who interview­
the whereabouts of four Harry Tanaka =(L19581) en-■
whereabouts is asked ■ to Mr. T. Umezuki (April 27j ed Mr. Umezuki in Septem­
former Nisei soldiers: Mo- listed October2 20, 1941,. Wytosasku Akagi (G 42) enlis­ mark, Sask.; and Richard contact Mr. Roy Ito at 31 1979) attributed to him. The ber, 1977.
ted July 17th, 1940, St. An­ Yoshida (D641302) enlisted Wellwood Street, Hamilton, article was written by Edy

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Friday, May 18, 1979

Vol 43 — No 39

New Canadian publisher honored

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Hosokawa

Hokkaido’s
evacuees
By BILL HOSOKAWA

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"T. U." Umezuki honored with
testimonial dinner on occasion
of becoming Member of Order
of Canada by over 300 people

Mr.
TORONTO. — Lifetime the Toronto JCCA;
SAPPORO, Japan. — No
friends and now brothers Koji .Kashima, President of
one talks about it much
in the same fraternity, was the Toronto JCCA Issei-bu,
— it’s largely a dead iss­
a suggestion put forth by Mr. Roger Obata of the
ue from long ago —t but Ja­
Photo by Jack. Hemmy former Deputy Minister of National Japanese Canadi­
pan has tens of thousands
Finance of Canada, Mr. Tom an Centennial Society; Mr.
of displaced persons. These
Shoyama at a testimonial Y. Hasumi, Senior Consul
v»*:
"Welcome to the club, T.U.!"
are the people who left
the home islands during ^ TORONTO. — “Welcome to the club”, seems to be dinner honoring Mr. T. U- of Japan (representing Con­
the glory days of empire the comment being expressed by former Deputy Minister mezuki, Publisher of The sul General, R. Mogi); Mr.
New Canadian, on beco­ T. Yamagata representing
to
settle,
administer
and
of
Canada,
Tom
Shoyama
(right)
as
he
looks
on
with
it
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seek economic opportunity, Mrs. Chiyo Umezuki (centre) on the Order of Canada ming a Member of the Or­ Shokokai; and close friends
of T.U., Mr. Tom Shoyama
in the conquered lands — medal for The New Canadian publisher, Mr. “T.U.” der of Canada.
Taiwan after the Sino-Ja­ Umezuki (left) at a recent Testimonial Dinner for the Along with the recipient’s and Mr. Iwaichi KawashiN.C. chief. Or could it be: “Hey,“T U”, I got one just wife, Mrs Chiyo Umezuki, ri.
Hat
panese war, Korea, Man­ like that, too!”
- . . ■ Mr. Shoyama was one of
A plaque was presented
churia in the 1930s.
over 300 people honoring by Mr. George Tanaka and
At the end of World War
“T.U.” Umezuki at the din­ flowers by the Toronto Ja­
II, Taiwan reverted back to Sansei Lady declared Winner
China. Korea regained in­ i n Sa I i nas Ca I if. Joh n Stein beck contest ner sponsored by the To­ panese Garden Club.
ronto Chapter of the Japa­ The J.C. Golf Club pres­
dependence. China recla­
imed Manchuria: The sur­ SALINAS. — Margery Y nell College. The contest nese; Canadian Citizens As­ ident, Mr. John Moritsugu
vivors among the Japanese Ura recently was declared winner was her first writ­ sociation in cooperation also spoke, highlighting
with the National Japane­ the prowess of Mr. Umezucolonists came home, many winner of the Salinas Cali­ ing effort.
“I’m now pursuing the se Canadian Centennial So­ ki’s golf game.
with little more than the fornian’s John Steinbeck
The entertainment port­
7 clothes of their backs. The Writer’s Contest for her Japanese style of writing,” ciety on May 4th at the
ion was ably mceed by Mr.
story of these repatriates short story about the Wor­ said Ms. Ura, who has been Sai Woo Restaurant.
is relatively
well-known. ld War II evacuation of a Salinas resident for 20
Publisher Umezuki joins Ken Kutsukake with a pro­
But there were others ■— a Japanese Americans.
years.
a select group of J.C.’s with gram including Shigin by
few thousand from the UHer story, titled “Kumi­ “I didn’t know about the this honor. Others, along Mr. Sadamu Sato, Tanka by
nited States, Canada, Peru, ko,” is a fictional account of Evacuation until I was 13. with Tom Shoyama, inclu­ Mr.Takeo Nakano, and son­
Sakhalin, the South Pacific a young girl, whose family I heard about it from anot­ de the late Genzo Kitamu­ gs by Mr. Hiroshi Kataya­
atolls mandated to Japane­ was uprooted from Salinas her girl at school. It was ra, Dr. M. Miyazaki, Mr. ma, Mr. and Mrs. Katsuro
se care, and four little nort- and taken to an intern­ something my parents ne- Tsutae Sato, Mrs Seisho Iwashita, and Mr. Harry
ern islands, two of which ment camp in Poston, Ari­ ver talked about.
Kuwabara, Mr. Roy Kiyoo­ Kumano.
Congratulatory messages
“It was some 20 years la­ ka, and Dr. David Suzuki.
_
are so close that they can zona.
were read from Mr. Gord­
be seen from Hokkaido.
The characters .are ficti­ ter that I wrote about it,
The
dinner
began
with
These islands are named onal, but the dates and his­ but it has always been on grace by the Rev. Hiraki on Kadota, Mr. Tammy Ma­
rubashi, Mr. Jack Oki, and
Shikotan, Habomai, Etoru- tory are fact, said the aut­ my mind.”
The Pulitzer and Nobel Iwai and a toast presented the Toronto Annex.
v fu and Kunashiri. The So­ hor.
by T.U.’s long-time friend Members of the organiz­
viet \ Union, which waited
Ms. Ura based her story Prize-winning Salinas-born Mr. Tokue Kameoka.
ing committee included:
_ until Japan was all but loosely around facts she fo­ Steinbeck, who died_12 ye­
Opening remarks were F.H. Hayashi, E. Ide, G.K.
prostrate in the last week und in her grandmother’s ars ago, was honored here
on what would have been made by Mits Sumiya in Imai, R.S. Inouye, K. Kash­
of World War II, seized wartime dairy. — ~~
thetmMri 1950, five years A 1964 graduate of North his 77th birthday on Feb. English and Mr. Frank ima, K. Kutsukake, T. Ma­
aft^r the surrender, the Salinas High School, Ms. 27, the day a new 15-cent Hayashi in Japanese. Oth­ rubashi, Ken Mori, K. Mori­
residents were allowed to Ura, who is married and commemorative stamp bear­ er speakers were: Mr. Ge­ ta, M. Nakamura, D.Y. Ni­
return to Japan.
the mother of two children, ing his likeness was sold orge Imai, President of the shimura, R. Obata, F.J. Sa­
The four islands had so- took a course in creative on first day covers at the National JGCA; Ms. Ritsu­ saki, M. Sumiya, and S.
ko S. Inouye, President of Watanabe.
Salinas
Post
Office.
writing
last
year
at
HartCont. on Page 2
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Personal Notes

We express our
'''A'‘./since'r'77
‘/
re thanksto relatives and
friends for* their many
acts pf . kindness, • messa­
'Shirokari Pass'at St. Andrew's May 22
ges of? ^sympathy, floral
tributes^ and ko-den r dur­
TORONTO. — St. Andrew’s Japanese Congregation
OMURA
ing: the decent loss of our
in Toronto (Howland and Barton Aves.) will be show­
HAMILTON,
Ont.

Mrs
dear father7; Hatsutaro
ing the film “Shiokari Pass” on Sunday, May 27th, 1979
Kiwa
Omura,
86,
passed
aw
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I Nakamura ?of Taber, Albat 2 p m. (The Rev. Roland M. Kawano, Rector, extends
ay peacefully at McMaster ,.er.ta _oir JVferch 15, 1979.
a cordial invitation for everyone to attend. —- St. AndTORONTO.
The multi­ University Medical Centre 5;iSiifc®®& the famlies
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lingual translation -"service on . April 28, 1979. Beloved
of the Ontario Government’s wife of the late Chiyokichi of:-. , r
Translation Bureau has Omura, formerly of Toron­ 7 Norman-> and Amy NaJ.C. art at Metro Tor. gallery Library
,
moved to 8 York Street, se­ to, New Denyer and Port kamura'
Charles and Bette NaTORONTO:
Forty-two works of art by Japanese cond floor, the Honourable Hammond, B.C? Dear moth­ kahtura
----Canadian artists will be shoyvn at the Japanese Cana­ Reuben Baetz, Minister of er of Mrs. Akira"" Iwasaki
'Albert and7Kay Shimdian ;Arte Exhibition, opening'on May 22nd, 1979 at 7 Culture and Recreation an­ (Ina) of Mayne Island,’“BT
p.m/nni the ^Gallery; ^’Metropolitan Toronto Library, 789 nounced recently. The move C., Mrs. Kenny Ennyu (A- bashi’^'
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cessible because it is now (Shogo) of Toronto, Shei of toguchP',7
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located in Welcome Hou­ Don Mills, George of Scar­
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se, the Ministry’s reception borough, Tom of Scarboro­
The J.C. Community, artists and friends are all in­ and orientation centre for ugh and Mrs. Henry Tana­
CARD OF THANKS
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ka (Jean) of Hamilton, loJune 15, 1979.
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Friday,. May 18, 1979

The Christian-Shintoist Poetic impulse with religion one of
the ways of coping with a chaotic life

TOKYO. — “Unlike most exists between the people
j of; the non-Japanese schol­ and their surroundings.
Picken divided the prinars interested in Japan,
the center of Basho’s work. 9-15, Nishiki-machi,OkazaBy DONALD RICHIE
i and c particularly in Budd- cipal elements of Shinto in­
This book shares those ki-stii, Aichi-ken, 444, PP
That
need
to
make
order
; hism, personally I am much to four parts:
talks with all of us: it illu­ 132, 1978, Yl,200.) Such a

the
poetic
impulse
is
The
first
is
the
concept
more attracted to Shinto
minates the angles and cor­
I < may be a kind of Christi of spontaneous creativity, one of the ways of coping ners of lone-ness and com­ large subject is. needed be­
the universe came into be­ with (and if the poet is good munity, plainness and be-: cause everything (everyth­
ah, Shintoist.”
enough, illuminating) cha­ auty, in the homey, home­ ing being life) is chaotic
So introduced Dr. Stuart ing by itself.
and in need of order.
D.B. Picken, himself, an ass­ The second is the sense otic life. Another way is re­ less way of Zen.
istant professor of philosop­ of the power of life itself. ligion, and many are the Following in the traditi­ One of the interests of
first meetings between these di­
hy at International Christ­ Mythologically, the
on of R.H. Blyth who fo­ this book is that Ohbu is
sciplines.
In
fact,
several
act
of
sexual
1
procreation
ian Univ, and minister of
a Japanese writing verse
und,
it
will
be
remembered,
books
.new
and
illustrative
occurs
among
the
godsand
the Church of Scotland.
(free) in English. (“I am
a
great
deal
of
Zen
in
En
­
have
not made for i marriage, I
Picken disposed of both as a result — unlike in the on just this subject
glish
literature,
Aitken
sho
­
Western and Japanese mis­ West — sex and moral gu­ recently appeared.
ws that the poetic impulse guess - My career aspira­
ilt
have
never
been
conn
­
Robert Aitken’s A Zen and the way of Zen are in tions draw me back: - My
conceptions about Shinto as
ected
in
Japanese
thought.
Wave (Weaherhill, 1978, pp. many ways identical. This genetic defects forbid it. very pragmatically. “West­
The
third
is
the
desire
192, Yl,700) carries the su­ finding he gives us with an I am only married to Eng­
ern scholars tend to regard
Shinto as primitive, but all for all-inclusiveness. Here btitle: “Basho’s Haiku and unostentaious learning, a lish at best”) In these ver­
religions were primitive in Picken differs radically’ Zen.” In it he compares philosophical modesty, and ses the confines of an “un­
their beginnings,” the lect- according to the review by . these two impulses in the a candid openness of mind known” tongue have chan­
urer told a group of the Marion M. Ramstad in The poe^’s work and shows how that create both poetic and neled his thoughts, have cre­
lone influences and suppCollege Women’s Assn. of Japan Times.
atedconfines which, in a
religious revelations. .
Picken
said
there
are
tho-*
orts
the
other
«
Zen
Bud
_
sense, has made his poetry
Japan.
In
order
to
watch
this
se
who
feel
that
Shinto
dhism is distinguished by
possible. Sometimes the lan­
Picken explained that the
was nothing until the com­ its brilliant flashes of ins­ process in action, one might guage itself has suggested
Western view is the result
ing of Buddhism; that wi­ ight and its terseness of read Soul’s Inner Sparkle, (or insisted upon) a dichoof a prejudice against pre­
a collection of tanka by
tomy not found in Japanedominantly aesthetic per­ thout Buddhism, Shinto expression.” (I am quoting N eal
Henry
Lawrence,
would be insignificant.
the blurb.) “The haiku ver­
se poetry: “Sex is but phyceptions.
“If it had not been for se; form is a superb means *(Eichosha Publishing Cor, sical. - Love is spiritual. “The Japanese feel that the kind graces of the “kaLtd., 3-3, Idibashi 3-chome,
of
studying
Zen
modes
of
Sex is sleeping together. Shinto is not taken serious­ mi” (gods), Buddhism wo­
Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo
102,
pp.
ly here, but there are 100, uld not have been permi­ thought and expression, for 86, Y860). Father Lawrence Love is thinking together. 000-plus shrines in Japan tted to remain here,” the its 17 syllables impose a is a Benedictine and has Sex is touching each other.
rigorous limitation that con­
— not one in ruins,” the scholar declared.
called his collection “Mo­ Love is looking at each
fines
the
poet
to
vital
expe
­
speaker said during a seri­ The fourth is the realisments of Waka Sensations.” other,” etc. At other times,
rience.

English has permitted (or
es of talks held at Toi Ken- tic outlook toward nature
(Waka
and
tanka
are
iden
­
Aitken, of course, does
po Kaikan.
and history. “There is no not imply that Basho had tical.) By so doing he has created) a further direct­
The Japanese do not und­ dualism in Japanese cultu­
emphasized
(“sensation”) ness: “At long last - you ha­
any
liturgical
connection
ve a house - of your own. erstand Shinto, but says re, no either-or. The Japa­
the
moment
of
an
illumina
­
Picken, “they appreciate it nese have tended under the with the Zen church. “If tion. This moment is opera­ A brand new house! - Your
and it has a profound inf­ monistic influence of Shin­ would be clearly wrong,” tive in all religions — Bud­ eternal pride - and joy! luence on their lives. Shin­ to to absorb and harmoni­ he writes, “to claim Basho dhist or Christian — and Now you can enjoy - an
to ceremonies have no soci­ ze by means of a transfor­ as a Zen poet in the sense it is also the stuff of which uncluttered view of the mo­
on: - Your most cherished al, cultural or political ming form of creative tho­ that George Herbert was poetry is made.
a
Christian
poet.

Rather
■ relevance.
ught.”
Father Lawrence’s collec­ childhood dream - come
the confines (and perhaps
“But they are carried out
A film entitled “Shinto: consequently, the illumina- tion (in English and in true!”
and are an essential part Nature,
Gods uand Man
in inions) of both Zen thought tanka syllable-form, 31 com­ I do not know if Ohbu is
T

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of the understanding that Japan was shown to thef
. 4.
.. .
4 ii and haiku practice
are m posed in five segments) pla­ English in Bible class), and
audience prior
to the
talk.
I
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K
many
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similar.
It closely relates Shinto
nature of the impulses. We whether he is or not, is as
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exam
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