Japanese Picture Brides
On Friday, May 15, 2009, Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa will be lecturing on the social implications for the Japanese Canadian community in regards to the Japanese Picture Brides of the early 20th Century. Without the large influx of Japanese wives following the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907, permanent settlement of Japanese may not have taken place. These brave, enterprising and adventurous women laid the foundation of the society and molded the character of their Canadian-born children. Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa lives in Victoria, British Columbia and has published widely on Japanese Canadian history. Her most recent book is Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941, UBC Press 2008.
The talk will be at National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent (at Kingsway & Sperling) in Burnaby from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
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