Page 1
Joy Kogawa’s novel 'Obasan’ inspired by late Murial Kitagawa
The
Splintered
Moon library during a span' of three
((McLelland - & Stewart), A ■ years.,
D"*4----- ' by i,L
'
;., Designed
the Japa
Imagine a tiger lily in a Choice . of
Dreams
(M nese
i----- • Ca.nadian architect Raydelicate crystal vase. The & S)
and Jerioho Road mond Moriyama, the library,
apple-green
stalk
rests • (M & S) behind her, Kogawa's Kogawa remarks, is a con
against the lip of the glass first novel Obasan is being genial place to write. Looking
and is turning “awards “he p u b 1 i sh e d by Le st e r. & Orp e n down from the top floor, the
sun., Images like this spring
greenery' and wide
open
4-0 mind in Joy ’ Kogawa's
We. meet on the fifth floor space of -the building/ look
presence.
.
of the Metro Toronto Library; like a courtyard^ garden in the
With three books of poetry, Kogawa''wrote Obasan in this middle of the city.
By Joyce wayne
. ‘ ‘ I d i d n' t s e e a n yb o dy w h e n horrors- Japanese Canadians
I was writing’ Obasan, “Koga endured. - ’
*
wa says quietly. “Now I’ve
A family {tragically jdisperssurfaced .again.”
I follow Kogawa down the
Set during/World War II, the
stairs > th rough the hollow- novel explores the multifacet
cent re of the library, as she ed responses of members of
begins to talk about the slow ah extended Japanese family
and painful ordeal of writing during" its. evacuation from
this novel, of burrowing—into Vancouver and internment in
the /interior
and
Alberta.
Naomi Nakane, the central
character of the novel, born
in 1936 (one year after Koga
wa who says she is one year
wiser than Naomi) retraces her
life from the present back to
1941, when she and “ her
family were-ordered by the
Canadian
government
to
VOL. 45 — NO. 42
. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1981
TORONTO; ONT leave their home in Vqncouver. “The house in Vancouver
“that I d e sc rib e; wa s our h ou s e. ’ ’
Honor Canadian-born Bishop .
The Nakane family is divided. ’ 'So m e fa milies g row o n
and on through the centuries,
hard and visible and procreative.
Others
disappear
LOS ANGELES'. — -A fare Hilton Hotel, under the spon hist temples in the continent churches from 1945 to 1958. from the earth without a
well testimonial dinner honor- sorship of the Southern District al United States, 'was born in
Appointed national direc whimper,” says Naomi. “Some
\ing Bishop Kenryu Tsuji for Adult Buddhist Association.
Mission City, British Columbia, tor of Buddhist education 'in people,” Kogawa adds, “be
' ' his years of service : to the
Tsujii, bishop of the Budd Canada in 1919. He was- 1958, he served ps director and lieve the Japanese communis
Buddhist community was held hist Churches of America and graduated from Ryu.koku Uni chairman of seminars on Bud ty in Canada never recovered.
on May 2“ at the Los Angeles superintendent of the Budd- versity in Kyoto with a degree’ dhism throughout the United It’s not visible now; it's invi
in -Buddhist Studies. He also States and performed count sible and silent.’’
studied at the ^University of less other tasks on behalf of
When Kogawa first Began
Mother Teresa of Calcutta call? Jpn
British Columbia . and the Buddhists in the Americas. ‘
to write in the early 60s, she
University of Toronto. He was
experimental
short
Besides BCA-related activi wroteabortions'sigh of spiritual poverty
ordained as a Buddhist minis ties, Tsuji often lectured at stories but didn’t manage to
TOKYO. — Visitor Mother almost equivalent ’ to. the ter in Kyoto in 1941 and sub- universities
switched to
and
Christian sell any.
Teresa of Calcutta ^recently number of Japanese killed sequently served in Vancouver churches. He was a member poetry,” she says,“because it s
called1 Japan’s great number during World War II.'
and • Slocan and served as of the San Mateo County was much more accepted
' of abortions a sign of spiritu
principal of the Slocan Evacu- Human ’ Resources Commission then.”'
Mother
Teresa
called
bn,the
al poverty and called on the
Elementary in 1967 and • was elected
ation: .Center
Her first story, Are There
Japanese
to.
find
the
poor
and
Japanese not to be afraid of
Any Shoes in Heaven? was
bishop of -the BCA in 1968.
a- news . con- School.
love
them.
At
loving children who she said
Bishop Tsuji , is credited
He and his wife, Sakae and about a "ver^ white family”
fere nee _ after her. speech,
Buddhist five daughters, live in San she called the Parkins-. The
founding
Mother Teresa said, . "If you with
know the poor of your coun churches in Toronto, Hamilton Mateo. Bishop Tsuji retired Parkins lived in southern .
Alberta where Kogawa and
ternational
Conference
bn try, you will love them. They and Montreal, serving those last month.
her family eventually relocat
Reverence for Life, the 1979 are lovable people. The poor
ed after the war. The family
\ Nobel Peace Prize winner said, are very great people.”
Caravan offers a no-limit passport
was saturated with her. own
. ‘ ‘Abortion is a killer of peace.
Recently,
she
visited
experiences, but they were notIf mother kills a child, what
the
Sanyo
- area
in • TORONTO. — The blanket dance fell off 20 per cent —
Japanese. “I had- disguised
is left to be killed on the
Tokyo where there are . many $8 passport is back for the to about 2 million visits —
my background, Kogawa ex
Earth.” She made, the speech
flophouses and Where many 13th annual edition ’ of the pavilion operators called 'for
in English without, a text.
world’s biggest community a return to .Caravan’s unlimit plains, “to make- it accep
displaced day-laborers live.
table. I denied my identity
The conference was spon
ed passport this year..
cultural
festival
—
Metro
In
. The “ Roman - Catholic
sored by the Family ■ • Life
The $8 passport will be on so thoroughly.* Still I don’t
ternational Caravan —. which
missionary, who has helped
Association based in Tokyo. '
opens for a nine-day run on sale, until’June 12. After that really think of myself as
the poor and dying in the
Mother ' Teresa
warned:’
it will cost $10. Children
Calcutta area for more than June T9. '
Yet, in Obasan, the author
“Japan is a beautiful country;
Last-year the passport limit- under 12, accompanied by an
30 years, said, “I was sur
adult, will be admitted free. brings her Japanese heritage ed
visitors
to
a'
maximum
of
prised this morning , that there
to light, she gives words to
destroyed if you don’t want a
18
pavilions
and
when
oftenwas not a single hand to lift
her nightmares of the ‘1940s
child.” She said; “We want to
the - man from the street. The
and in doing so a tale of the
Tove, not in words, but in ac
Danish royal couple visits Hiroshima
submissive silence of the Op
tion.”
that so many innocent chil
pressed takes shape. . “The
' According to the statistics dren, unborn -children, have.to
In the afternoon, the. Danish
HIROSHIMA. — Visiting
boolk,”
she ’ whispers, “is
by the • Health and Welfare die because there is not a Queen Margrethe II and Prince queen and prince visited the
another response to pain." < Ministry, 613,676 abortions helping hand to save them. Henrik of Denmark flew into monument for atomic bomb
Not choosing the response
were reported to- the ministry
this atomic-bombed city re victims in Hiroshima, place a
She also said, “You must
' for. 1979, 618,044 ’for 1978,
cently after completing their wreath and offered a silent of militant action, Obasan is
make a resolution in Tokyo,
an answer to thlose Japanese
641,242 for 1977, <664,106
prayer. •
official schedule in Tokyo.'
this beautiful city, that you
for 1976 and “671,597 for
iPrior to their' departure, the " The queen did not conceal who ^did ^respond “ to the
must not allow any single
government with militancy.
1975.
;
royal
couple
received
farewell
man. to feeT unwanted, unlov
her distate when Mayor TakeIn the' novel, Naomi’s Aunt
It is said that the real num ed, u nca red for. You will not calls at the Akasaka Palace
shi ‘ Araki of Hiroshima des Emily is the activist of the
ber of abortions every year is allow ' anybody • to be like (guesthouse) from the Emperor
and Prime Minister Zenko cribed the horrors of the A- Nakane family; she trys to
three to four times the figure
Continued on page 2
the ministry is aware of, or
Continued from page 2
Suzuki.
\
T
. bombing of the city in' 1945.
American Buddhists pay tribute to retiring Bishop
The
Splintered
Moon library during a span' of three
((McLelland - & Stewart), A ■ years.,
D"*4----- ' by i,L
'
;., Designed
the Japa
Imagine a tiger lily in a Choice . of
Dreams
(M nese
i----- • Ca.nadian architect Raydelicate crystal vase. The & S)
and Jerioho Road mond Moriyama, the library,
apple-green
stalk
rests • (M & S) behind her, Kogawa's Kogawa remarks, is a con
against the lip of the glass first novel Obasan is being genial place to write. Looking
and is turning “awards “he p u b 1 i sh e d by Le st e r. & Orp e n down from the top floor, the
sun., Images like this spring
greenery' and wide
open
4-0 mind in Joy ’ Kogawa's
We. meet on the fifth floor space of -the building/ look
presence.
.
of the Metro Toronto Library; like a courtyard^ garden in the
With three books of poetry, Kogawa''wrote Obasan in this middle of the city.
By Joyce wayne
. ‘ ‘ I d i d n' t s e e a n yb o dy w h e n horrors- Japanese Canadians
I was writing’ Obasan, “Koga endured. - ’
*
wa says quietly. “Now I’ve
A family {tragically jdisperssurfaced .again.”
I follow Kogawa down the
Set during/World War II, the
stairs > th rough the hollow- novel explores the multifacet
cent re of the library, as she ed responses of members of
begins to talk about the slow ah extended Japanese family
and painful ordeal of writing during" its. evacuation from
this novel, of burrowing—into Vancouver and internment in
the /interior
and
Alberta.
Naomi Nakane, the central
character of the novel, born
in 1936 (one year after Koga
wa who says she is one year
wiser than Naomi) retraces her
life from the present back to
1941, when she and “ her
family were-ordered by the
Canadian
government
to
VOL. 45 — NO. 42
. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1981
TORONTO; ONT leave their home in Vqncouver. “The house in Vancouver
“that I d e sc rib e; wa s our h ou s e. ’ ’
Honor Canadian-born Bishop .
The Nakane family is divided. ’ 'So m e fa milies g row o n
and on through the centuries,
hard and visible and procreative.
Others
disappear
LOS ANGELES'. — -A fare Hilton Hotel, under the spon hist temples in the continent churches from 1945 to 1958. from the earth without a
well testimonial dinner honor- sorship of the Southern District al United States, 'was born in
Appointed national direc whimper,” says Naomi. “Some
\ing Bishop Kenryu Tsuji for Adult Buddhist Association.
Mission City, British Columbia, tor of Buddhist education 'in people,” Kogawa adds, “be
' ' his years of service : to the
Tsujii, bishop of the Budd Canada in 1919. He was- 1958, he served ps director and lieve the Japanese communis
Buddhist community was held hist Churches of America and graduated from Ryu.koku Uni chairman of seminars on Bud ty in Canada never recovered.
on May 2“ at the Los Angeles superintendent of the Budd- versity in Kyoto with a degree’ dhism throughout the United It’s not visible now; it's invi
in -Buddhist Studies. He also States and performed count sible and silent.’’
studied at the ^University of less other tasks on behalf of
When Kogawa first Began
Mother Teresa of Calcutta call? Jpn
British Columbia . and the Buddhists in the Americas. ‘
to write in the early 60s, she
University of Toronto. He was
experimental
short
Besides BCA-related activi wroteabortions'sigh of spiritual poverty
ordained as a Buddhist minis ties, Tsuji often lectured at stories but didn’t manage to
TOKYO. — Visitor Mother almost equivalent ’ to. the ter in Kyoto in 1941 and sub- universities
switched to
and
Christian sell any.
Teresa of Calcutta ^recently number of Japanese killed sequently served in Vancouver churches. He was a member poetry,” she says,“because it s
called1 Japan’s great number during World War II.'
and • Slocan and served as of the San Mateo County was much more accepted
' of abortions a sign of spiritu
principal of the Slocan Evacu- Human ’ Resources Commission then.”'
Mother
Teresa
called
bn,the
al poverty and called on the
Elementary in 1967 and • was elected
ation: .Center
Her first story, Are There
Japanese
to.
find
the
poor
and
Japanese not to be afraid of
Any Shoes in Heaven? was
bishop of -the BCA in 1968.
a- news . con- School.
love
them.
At
loving children who she said
Bishop Tsuji , is credited
He and his wife, Sakae and about a "ver^ white family”
fere nee _ after her. speech,
Buddhist five daughters, live in San she called the Parkins-. The
founding
Mother Teresa said, . "If you with
know the poor of your coun churches in Toronto, Hamilton Mateo. Bishop Tsuji retired Parkins lived in southern .
Alberta where Kogawa and
ternational
Conference
bn try, you will love them. They and Montreal, serving those last month.
her family eventually relocat
Reverence for Life, the 1979 are lovable people. The poor
ed after the war. The family
\ Nobel Peace Prize winner said, are very great people.”
Caravan offers a no-limit passport
was saturated with her. own
. ‘ ‘Abortion is a killer of peace.
Recently,
she
visited
experiences, but they were notIf mother kills a child, what
the
Sanyo
- area
in • TORONTO. — The blanket dance fell off 20 per cent —
Japanese. “I had- disguised
is left to be killed on the
Tokyo where there are . many $8 passport is back for the to about 2 million visits —
my background, Kogawa ex
Earth.” She made, the speech
flophouses and Where many 13th annual edition ’ of the pavilion operators called 'for
in English without, a text.
world’s biggest community a return to .Caravan’s unlimit plains, “to make- it accep
displaced day-laborers live.
table. I denied my identity
The conference was spon
ed passport this year..
cultural
festival
—
Metro
In
. The “ Roman - Catholic
sored by the Family ■ • Life
The $8 passport will be on so thoroughly.* Still I don’t
ternational Caravan —. which
missionary, who has helped
Association based in Tokyo. '
opens for a nine-day run on sale, until’June 12. After that really think of myself as
the poor and dying in the
Mother ' Teresa
warned:’
it will cost $10. Children
Calcutta area for more than June T9. '
Yet, in Obasan, the author
“Japan is a beautiful country;
Last-year the passport limit- under 12, accompanied by an
30 years, said, “I was sur
adult, will be admitted free. brings her Japanese heritage ed
visitors
to
a'
maximum
of
prised this morning , that there
to light, she gives words to
destroyed if you don’t want a
18
pavilions
and
when
oftenwas not a single hand to lift
her nightmares of the ‘1940s
child.” She said; “We want to
the - man from the street. The
and in doing so a tale of the
Tove, not in words, but in ac
Danish royal couple visits Hiroshima
submissive silence of the Op
tion.”
that so many innocent chil
pressed takes shape. . “The
' According to the statistics dren, unborn -children, have.to
In the afternoon, the. Danish
HIROSHIMA. — Visiting
boolk,”
she ’ whispers, “is
by the • Health and Welfare die because there is not a Queen Margrethe II and Prince queen and prince visited the
another response to pain." < Ministry, 613,676 abortions helping hand to save them. Henrik of Denmark flew into monument for atomic bomb
Not choosing the response
were reported to- the ministry
this atomic-bombed city re victims in Hiroshima, place a
She also said, “You must
' for. 1979, 618,044 ’for 1978,
cently after completing their wreath and offered a silent of militant action, Obasan is
make a resolution in Tokyo,
an answer to thlose Japanese
641,242 for 1977, <664,106
prayer. •
official schedule in Tokyo.'
this beautiful city, that you
for 1976 and “671,597 for
iPrior to their' departure, the " The queen did not conceal who ^did ^respond “ to the
must not allow any single
government with militancy.
1975.
;
royal
couple
received
farewell
man. to feeT unwanted, unlov
her distate when Mayor TakeIn the' novel, Naomi’s Aunt
It is said that the real num ed, u nca red for. You will not calls at the Akasaka Palace
shi ‘ Araki of Hiroshima des Emily is the activist of the
ber of abortions every year is allow ' anybody • to be like (guesthouse) from the Emperor
and Prime Minister Zenko cribed the horrors of the A- Nakane family; she trys to
three to four times the figure
Continued on page 2
the ministry is aware of, or
Continued from page 2
Suzuki.
\
T
. bombing of the city in' 1945.
American Buddhists pay tribute to retiring Bishop
Page 2
Friday, Maf 29;
- Teresa
Continued'from* page I let us love one another and
respect - and
love
every
■IS
is gon^, tomorrow
nas not
Yasuhiro Yamashita wins
time in calculating bow
'Babies there will, be
JEltabJhhid in 1939
Second Claes tuail No. 0388
A member ef Ethnic Presi
Association of .Ontario
and Canada Federation
Published on;2Tuesdays and
/ Fridays
tomorrow!
Novel
1981
- TOKYO- — Yashiro Yamarj (Yusei); Kondo won Nakajima
/ SUBSCRIPTIONshita, a 23-year old Tokai I (Haraigoshi, 3:51); Takahashi
$12. for 8 months
University postgraduate stu-j beat Kawabata (Yusei); Shir
$20. per year
a little presence deni, won the 1981 All Japan ase defeated Suwa (Yusei);
vice - ' and ' our Judo Championship - recently Endo. beat Nose
(Yusei);
Publisher A Japanese Editor
ir
Kenzo Mori won
Takamura
50?
thin consecutive year Kobayashi
English Editor
by beating Sumio Endo in the Hanegoshi, 2:54; Itamoto beat
/ Kef Tsumura
Sakamoto (Yusei); Saito defe
'Circulation Manager
(Hanegoshi,
Yamasnita defeated ' Endo, ated , Chinen
IL Shu
__
Akita University 3:11); Kuramoto beat Momota
r, In two minutes, 32 (Yusei); Yamashita won Ito
479 Queen. Street West,
S Oa DiO
(Yusei);
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beat
'
Kase
s with a'body hold
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at (Yusei); Takagi won , Masa ki
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(Ouchigari, 0:45); Enoki beat
ooagsl
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defeated Nakagawa
Chiba
1:32);
Si■ ane title Yamashita beat Shihogatame,
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- Teresa
Continued'from* page I let us love one another and
respect - and
love
every
■IS
is gon^, tomorrow
nas not
Yasuhiro Yamashita wins
time in calculating bow
'Babies there will, be
JEltabJhhid in 1939
Second Claes tuail No. 0388
A member ef Ethnic Presi
Association of .Ontario
and Canada Federation
Published on;2Tuesdays and
/ Fridays
tomorrow!
Novel
1981
- TOKYO- — Yashiro Yamarj (Yusei); Kondo won Nakajima
/ SUBSCRIPTIONshita, a 23-year old Tokai I (Haraigoshi, 3:51); Takahashi
$12. for 8 months
University postgraduate stu-j beat Kawabata (Yusei); Shir
$20. per year
a little presence deni, won the 1981 All Japan ase defeated Suwa (Yusei);
vice - ' and ' our Judo Championship - recently Endo. beat Nose
(Yusei);
Publisher A Japanese Editor
ir
Kenzo Mori won
Takamura
50?
thin consecutive year Kobayashi
English Editor
by beating Sumio Endo in the Hanegoshi, 2:54; Itamoto beat
/ Kef Tsumura
Sakamoto (Yusei); Saito defe
'Circulation Manager
(Hanegoshi,
Yamasnita defeated ' Endo, ated , Chinen
IL Shu
__
Akita University 3:11); Kuramoto beat Momota
r, In two minutes, 32 (Yusei); Yamashita won Ito
479 Queen. Street West,
S Oa DiO
(Yusei);
Yoshioka
beat
'
Kase
s with a'body hold
Toronto, Ont. M5B 2A9
at (Yusei); Takagi won , Masa ki
PHONE 368-5005
(Ouchigari, 0:45); Enoki beat
ooagsl
3
•Matsui
(Yusei);
was th
third straight Tokunaga
CLASSIFIED
(Yoko
defeated Nakagawa
Chiba
1:32);
Si■ ane title Yamashita beat Shihogatame,
HELP-WANTEDiwanted /.to (honour h
Hirama
Isao Matsui. ..a fifth-dan, in won Ueno (Yusei);
WANTED simultaneous in
one- beat Kawahara (Yusei).
past
terpreters from English into
oay
: 'that started with
Third Round:
Japanese. - Please
phone
'out
d competitors from
361 -0303..
Kon d o
beat
N a gafuku (Toronto)
roan. He won oy a in-'
। —------------------------ :_____
igh- throw in five (Yusei); Shirase 'won - Takaha- j •PART time kitchen helper
s^ (Yusei); Endp defeated, wanted,. male, female or
977-2164 4
ooo.a. -.smew
Kobayashi (Haraigoshi, 3:58) ;.; senior. Please phone-923-3581
Saito beat Itamoto (Yokpshi- ask for Doug. .Evenings 461Champion, -won -his semi-final
hogatame, 2:22); Yamashita, 4046 (Toronto).
fifth-don Hideharu
beat Kuramoto
(Uchimata,
i an inside 'thigh
0:25); Takagi beat Yoshioka — JAPAN Camera Centre Ltd.,
minutes.
has. immediate
3
(Yusei); Matsui won Enoki' warehouse
(Okuri-Erijime, 2:14); /Hirama opening ’ for ambitious ex
tournament
perienced
shipper in
our
defeated Chiba (Yusei.)'
warehouse- at. 88
Lesmill
was Yom-:
SHIATSU DOHJOH
"Quarterfinals:
Road (Don Mills and York
ie fractured
Shirase won -Kondo (Yusei); Mills Area.) Please, apply
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Oates & Doings
Continued from page 2
.archives of her past. In .the.
National-Archives in Ottawa;
-she discovered the letters that Trinity Tennis Club opens season.
became'
the
imaginative
• .
; FUJITA.
< .
- ? '
ARAKI
TORONTO. — The Trinity Tennis Club officially ^opened its
springboard for. the. novel.
season-on Sunday ,_May24th'at^Trinity Bellwoods, Park (north
■ TORONTO. — Mrs. Omi'no f MAGRATH; Alta
Mr
'
_ “I didn’t wanpto write this side of Queen Street West at Strachan Avenue). >
All youngs Japanese Canadians (aged 13 arid'up) and their .
Fujita passed ( away ' at the Roy Tadashi Araiki’. passed story, - but -it was Muriel’s
Scarborough General Hospital * away ,qn May, , 2, 1981at spirit that'pushed me on,” she friends are'welcome to join the'Club. Annual membership,
dn May, 19/ 198k Beloved ' Magratl^ HosPltal- Beloved explains. The novel : begins fees are $10,00 . and $8.00 for students. Tennis is played every 1
Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. right through to Sept_
■
,
/
*
, Husband of Helen Hatsue*
Hatsue with"' .a
poetic
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ember nt all levels, .of skill. Lessons are also available upon
wife of the late Izo. Fuliita A |.d-£..
n
1 ’ .Araki pf^Magrath. Besides His There is a silence that cannot - request. ■
.
,, ’ '
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-dear grandmothe.r, of Kimiko loving wife, he is survived by
speak/There./is a silence that ■ The next social event is a baseball outing to be held on
[Mrs.- George Nishimura)- - of ,a son, Dave & wife Mary will not speak.”
Saturday, June 27th. The Club has received special group
‘ Otfawaf ■ '
" \ ■
Araki, a daughter .Edith & -3
The' presence of -silence is rates from the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club for this game.
_. For further information omthe above activities call Joanne
grandsons.
•embodied
in
the
character
of
Nishida at 241-9534 or .Van Hori at 751-8378..
’ . ‘
Barle Elliott Funeral Home.
Funeral service was held In Obasan, Naomi’s aunt/ who
: Funeral .service at St.. Andrew’s
Ra ym ond B uddhist Ch u rch; /. on r a i s e d , h er a ft e r the di sp e r s a I.
Japanese. Anglican-, Church.
May 5th,. interment Magrath -Kogawa says she called her
Prospect Crematorium. ' book Obasan becauseObasan Annual Invitational Greater Van.
Js totally s i 1 e n t. ” Sh e i s a ca r e JCCA Golf Tournament July 4th & 5th
fully drawn _ -portrait of the
Say it
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your dear husband, Gerry.. society . stop oppressing ■ those The major prize will -be a„ flight to Japan for the low gross,
TORONTO. ONT.
winner to compete in a. tournament. This flight for two is
£
who
never;
speak
up?
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w
o
never
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donated by Japan Air Lines. An additional flight for- two to
TEL: 425-2122
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, g
us after we met ' each/ wa asks., Obasan is. the/silent l.japan has ^e^
by Canadian-Pacific Air Lines. Another
other ’ in 1 979; ' It-"is - quite
response to Murie^ Kitagawa. .major prize courtesy of Pacific Western Air Lines is a weekend
Peter Sasaki
;
hard to take when one
By giving Obasan a place for two in Reno (accommodation included.)1
Other great prizes will be available for the six Men’s
loves someone very close to
ih her -writing, Kagawa delic
flights, Senior flight, and .Ladies flight.
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^ntry forms for this tournament are ayilable bytcontacting:
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T H E>N EAV
Personal Notes Across Canada^
CANADIAN
Novel
Oates & Doings
Continued from page 2
.archives of her past. In .the.
National-Archives in Ottawa;
-she discovered the letters that Trinity Tennis Club opens season.
became'
the
imaginative
• .
; FUJITA.
< .
- ? '
ARAKI
TORONTO. — The Trinity Tennis Club officially ^opened its
springboard for. the. novel.
season-on Sunday ,_May24th'at^Trinity Bellwoods, Park (north
■ TORONTO. — Mrs. Omi'no f MAGRATH; Alta
Mr
'
_ “I didn’t wanpto write this side of Queen Street West at Strachan Avenue). >
All youngs Japanese Canadians (aged 13 arid'up) and their .
Fujita passed ( away ' at the Roy Tadashi Araiki’. passed story, - but -it was Muriel’s
Scarborough General Hospital * away ,qn May, , 2, 1981at spirit that'pushed me on,” she friends are'welcome to join the'Club. Annual membership,
dn May, 19/ 198k Beloved ' Magratl^ HosPltal- Beloved explains. The novel : begins fees are $10,00 . and $8.00 for students. Tennis is played every 1
Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. right through to Sept_
■
,
/
*
, Husband of Helen Hatsue*
Hatsue with"' .a
poetic
prologue:
ember nt all levels, .of skill. Lessons are also available upon
wife of the late Izo. Fuliita A |.d-£..
n
1 ’ .Araki pf^Magrath. Besides His There is a silence that cannot - request. ■
.
,, ’ '
/ >
!.
-dear grandmothe.r, of Kimiko loving wife, he is survived by
speak/There./is a silence that ■ The next social event is a baseball outing to be held on
[Mrs.- George Nishimura)- - of ,a son, Dave & wife Mary will not speak.”
Saturday, June 27th. The Club has received special group
‘ Otfawaf ■ '
" \ ■
Araki, a daughter .Edith & -3
The' presence of -silence is rates from the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club for this game.
_. For further information omthe above activities call Joanne
grandsons.
•embodied
in
the
character
of
Nishida at 241-9534 or .Van Hori at 751-8378..
’ . ‘
Barle Elliott Funeral Home.
Funeral service was held In Obasan, Naomi’s aunt/ who
: Funeral .service at St.. Andrew’s
Ra ym ond B uddhist Ch u rch; /. on r a i s e d , h er a ft e r the di sp e r s a I.
Japanese. Anglican-, Church.
May 5th,. interment Magrath -Kogawa says she called her
Prospect Crematorium. ' book Obasan becauseObasan Annual Invitational Greater Van.
Js totally s i 1 e n t. ” Sh e i s a ca r e JCCA Golf Tournament July 4th & 5th
fully drawn _ -portrait of the
Say it
By KUNI IKUTA.
-',:
oppressed. “ If we never really
J
with
Flowers
£
7 We were very sorry. to s ee Oba san, - s h e wi 11 always
VANCOUVER.— The -Annual Invitational Greater Vancouver
[SHARON'S FLORIST
learn of the passing - of be oppressed. . How does J.CiC.A. Golf Tournament will be held on July 4th and 5th.
942 PAPE AVE.
your dear husband, Gerry.. society . stop oppressing ■ those The major prize will -be a„ flight to Japan for the low gross,
TORONTO. ONT.
winner to compete in a. tournament. This flight for two is
£
who
never;
speak
up?
It
came
as
quite
a
'shook
to
w
o
never
Koga|
donated by Japan Air Lines. An additional flight for- two to
TEL: 425-2122
f
, g
us after we met ' each/ wa asks., Obasan is. the/silent l.japan has ^e^
by Canadian-Pacific Air Lines. Another
other ’ in 1 979; ' It-"is - quite
response to Murie^ Kitagawa. .major prize courtesy of Pacific Western Air Lines is a weekend
Peter Sasaki
;
hard to take when one
By giving Obasan a place for two in Reno (accommodation included.)1
Other great prizes will be available for the six Men’s
loves someone very close to
ih her -writing, Kagawa delic
flights, Senior flight, and .Ladies flight.
- \
'
8
ately fills the imaginative
^ntry forms for this tournament are ayilable bytcontacting:
Ta
s
t.
fa
11
Ki
m
1
o
s
t
her
landscape
of.
the
book.
She
is
HYLAND
- Kuni I^uta, 3051 Richmond Street, Richmond/’^
2V4
/mommy but she was quite • like a pen and ink. drawing or Mamo Madokoro, 3317 Venables Street, Vancouver; B C.
I
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’
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against the hprsh terrain of V5K 2S7. _
The cut-off date for entries will be June 20th, 1981. _\
, h ear. of .s cm eon e . of J e r ry ’ s
interior British Columbia and
'proprietor
age parsing away, it. is
Alberta. Her plight a nd her
JON ONODERA
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Body of 'kidnapped ransom victim
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TOKYO. — The e body of a
22-yea.r old university student,
who ' was । kidnapiped and
murdered more tharkJ 50 days
ago, was found recently float
ing" in ' a river in central
Friday, ..May .29, 1’981
Making of international movie
star by impressarip Koh Hirota
River.’’ Police mobilized divers
and dragged the river bed in
By 'BOB' HORIGUGHI
Shimada is now .playing her
search- of' the body but had
first role in o' Japanese film
failed. ' \
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His latest and most brilli
Ki nij o Gakui n U ri I ve rs i ty. i n ed. to have told her family ant coup was catapulting thon.race in the U.S.
Hirata, a balding, mustaNagoya, wrapped in vinyl she was going to see a man Yoko. Shimada, the heroine of
m i d d le- a g e d
sheet, - was ' discovered float who' had advertised for a the film and TV serial “Sho ch i o ed
man,
ing . in Kiso River, near 'Naga tutor for his ddughter.
gun" into an actress of in goes a round /wearing a gold
medal on a chain and gold
shima, . 16- miles west of • About two hours after she ternational fame.
rings on his fingers" He drives
Nagoya by an angler.
left home; a man between
As a result, Shimada, who
Authorities said Yoshimitsu 30 a n d 40 years of a g e, ca 11- earned Y3.5 millon for her a Volvo or another imported
car. He keeps- two apartments
e d Sayuri's fa the ri demand! ng
role in the film version of
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and father of the victim, ack ransom, police said. However, James' Clavell’s novel /based' in the Tokyo area but little is
' Gertrude Urabe nowledged that the body- was he did not show up at- several on the adventures of the known about his private life,
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His real name, the weekly
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strangled— Sayuri and abr
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million Yen to a 57-year-old iri. the American film “Thei since the early days of the
man who was jailed for - W .Fox,"besides earning $70,000 Meiji Restoration.
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but was later acquitted of the mercial advertising Minolta of the Kyogoku clan in Kyoto.
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—-Liiriited—2.
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October 10^
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-murder charges without ■ con
Hirata, the weekly contin-; European wife living abroad.
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ues, is reported to have spot
Official 'records show that
. W. Canada, Las Vegas, Florida, plase- call “FURUYA’’
white shirt, key evidence pre ted Shimada in a' street car
he was a teacher in a Tokyo
sented
in
Nasu
’
s
trial,
to
beFor further information regarding all your travel
when she was still a junior primary school between 1948
human blood.
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entertainment
intothe
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weekly says. -is filled with
a Hirosaki University pro
However, instead of launch1 Spanish-made furniture, with
ing her into the entertain
682 No. 3 Rd., Richmond B.C. Phone 273-5696
Nasu is the first man^ in ment world at once, he train various sculptures of cats and
& 681-7251
Japanese legal history to win ed her while she was still collections of expensive pipes
compensation for erroneous attending school. She,was an scattered about.
Hirata T admitted that he
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and C.P. AIR is now available
imprisonment under the State subsequently made her debut once owned property abroad
but added that this is no long
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Body of 'kidnapped ransom victim
found floating down diver by angler
TOKYO. — The e body of a
22-yea.r old university student,
who ' was । kidnapiped and
murdered more tharkJ 50 days
ago, was found recently float
ing" in ' a river in central
Friday, ..May .29, 1’981
Making of international movie
star by impressarip Koh Hirota
River.’’ Police mobilized divers
and dragged the river bed in
By 'BOB' HORIGUGHI
Shimada is now .playing her
search- of' the body but had
first role in o' Japanese film
failed. ' \
'
TENNIS
TOKYO. '— Flamboyant in
Sayuri—was last seen’ leav « business but secretive about since gaining international
ATHLETIC SHOES
ing home 'on - a bicycle at his personal affairs, Impress .attention. She will star in “The
1201 Bloor St. W.
about 6 ,p.m. on Dec. '2, ac sarioi Kon Hirata is a man of Little Champion’’^ acting the
Toronto, OnL
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part of Mrs, Michiko Gorman,
The remains of Sayuri Toya, cording to , eyewitness ac- many legends.
winner of a grueling ipnaraa n En g 1 is h li fe r a tu re' majior ' a t : cou n ts. Th e victi m wa s
His latest and most brilli
Ki nij o Gakui n U ri I ve rs i ty. i n ed. to have told her family ant coup was catapulting thon.race in the U.S.
Hirata, a balding, mustaNagoya, wrapped in vinyl she was going to see a man Yoko. Shimada, the heroine of
m i d d le- a g e d
sheet, - was ' discovered float who' had advertised for a the film and TV serial “Sho ch i o ed
man,
ing . in Kiso River, near 'Naga tutor for his ddughter.
gun" into an actress of in goes a round /wearing a gold
medal on a chain and gold
shima, . 16- miles west of • About two hours after she ternational fame.
rings on his fingers" He drives
Nagoya by an angler.
left home; a man between
As a result, Shimada, who
Authorities said Yoshimitsu 30 a n d 40 years of a g e, ca 11- earned Y3.5 millon for her a Volvo or another imported
car. He keeps- two apartments
e d Sayuri's fa the ri demand! ng
role in the film version of
INSURANCE " . Toya, 51, a school teacher
and father of the victim, ack ransom, police said. However, James' Clavell’s novel /based' in the Tokyo area but little is
' Gertrude Urabe nowledged that the body- was he did not show up at- several on the adventures of the known about his private life,
that of his. daug htef. Police desig na ted pl aces he ’ m en tio n - English pilot- of the Dutch the magazine adds. Rumors
463 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto, Ont. M5N 1A7 said Sayuri was kidnapped- on ed .during the next several ship “Liefde'’. who landed in
ment world credit, him with
Dec. 2 near her home in ao
Japan in 16002 will be paid
phone 489*8611
also having homes in either
Nagoya for a ransom . of "7
’
Home 449-9293
$400,000 for playing a lead
London; - Dublin’ or bn the
$144,200.
ing part in the Hollywood
Falsely
jailed
;
French Riviera.
1 Shuji Kimura, ~ 31, was armotion picture J ’Comeback,"
rested on Jan: 20 this year as. man awarded
His real name, the weekly
scheduled to go into pro
a - suspect. Detectives said
states, is Koichi Hirata. Born'
duction
next
year,,
says
the
Kimura, “confessed that -he 9.6 million yen ;
Shukan. Bunshun in its April in. 1930, he is the eldest son in
strangled— Sayuri and abr
a family that has been en
AOMORI, Japan. — ’ The 9 issued
andoned the boby Tn the Kiso Aom o ri Dist ri ct Cou rt recently
In addition, she is under a gaged in th e d yei n g busin ess
ordered the state to pay '9.6 $500,000 contract for acting in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward
million Yen to a 57-year-old iri. the American film “Thei since the early days of the
man who was jailed for - W .Fox,"besides earning $70,000 Meiji Restoration.
years for a murder conviction for .appearing in a TV com . His ancestors were samurai
but was later acquitted of the mercial advertising Minolta of the Kyogoku clan in Kyoto.
murder in a retrial.
cameras in the- U.S. and One of his brothers continues
—-Liiriited—2.
The ruling was ’made on a $800,000 for plugging cosme to run the family business,
4Q Melford ©rive, Unit 1
suit filed by Takashi Nasu, tics in another TV commerci another is an assistant pro
Scarborough,Ontario
manager of a public bath- al. fessor at Tohoku University
M1B2G2
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*62-5311
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the in^Paris that songstress Judy Railways.
million ‘ damages
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erroneous : prosecution
courtjpudgment against him. role of ’Mariko in “Shogun". magazine, Hirata' described
Nasu’s demands ' included He .immediately flew to New himself as a * 'kuroko, ” the Ka460 Dundas St. W.
damages for financial losses, York in the supersonic Con buki stagehands -dressed in
Toronto 2B ,Ontr
spiritual sufferings and social corde to1 offer Shimada as a black so as to be inconspic
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October 10^
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-murder charges without ■ con
Hirata, the weekly contin-; European wife living abroad.
For you? summer & fall travel' to Hawaii, California, f firming blood stains on:, a
ues, is reported to have spot
Official 'records show that
. W. Canada, Las Vegas, Florida, plase- call “FURUYA’’
white shirt, key evidence pre ted Shimada in a' street car
he was a teacher in a Tokyo
sented
in
Nasu
’
s
trial,
to
beFor further information regarding all your travel
when she was still a junior primary school between 1948
human blood.
needs, contact FURUYA TRAVEL today I I I
high school student. He found and 1955, after whidh he went
However, it said the court out who she was and prompt
entertainment
intothe
/should riot be held -respon ly went to see her parents to
business.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiitiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiinsiii sible for erroneously convicting
inveigle them to put her under
One of his apartments^ the
Nasu of murdering the wife of contract to him.
weekly says. -is filled with
a Hirosaki University pro
However, instead of launch1 Spanish-made furniture, with
ing her into the entertain
682 No. 3 Rd., Richmond B.C. Phone 273-5696
Nasu is the first man^ in ment world at once, he train various sculptures of cats and
& 681-7251
Japanese legal history to win ed her while she was still collections of expensive pipes
compensation for erroneous attending school. She,was an scattered about.
Hirata T admitted that he
-Weekly Group To Japan By Japan Air Lines
conviction and immediate success when she
and C.P. AIR is now available
imprisonment under the State subsequently made her debut once owned property abroad
but added that this is no long
Redress Law.
For'More Information Concerning All Your
er true.
-This recent ruling is expec
Hirata is known for the
Travel Needs, Please Contact us as Soon As Possi
ted to.open the way for state care he.takes over the careers
ble .
compensation for .those ,who of his clients, the weekly re
were acquitted of criminal ports. He. went as far as to JUNN KASHIN©
We Will Be Happy To Serve You.
AND PARTNERS
charges in retrials.
demand equal billing for Shi
CHARTERED
mada with the famous Kabuki
ACCOUNTANTS
actor
Somego.ro
Ichikawa
Please contact ns.
FIRST REXDALE PLACE .
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when
she
was
a
candidate
Fox Be=^ Results
155 REXDALE BLVD
to play in "King Lear" xin
SUITE 406
THE PLACE TO START YOUR HAPPY HOLIDAY □^4 ^w'Cancidte A
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