Shashin: Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942 Powell Street History Accessible introduction to Japanese language

Accessible introduction to Japanese language and culture

is produced by MUSUBI in collaboration with COCHAE design collective

Includes historical notes on Japanese Canadian fishermen in the Steveston community

examining the uprooting and dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the 1940s

Shashin: Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942 Powell Street History Accessible introduction to Japanese languageA visually striking photobook based where rare photographs captured by Japanese Canadian studio photographers illuminate the vibrant pre war communities in Cumberland, Vancouver and New Westminster in British Columbia, Canada. The powerful and stunning photographs are strengthened by personal essays written by Jan Gates, Imogene Lim, Patricia Roy, Phyllis Senese, Jim Wolf, and exhibition curator Grace Eiko Thomson who also coordinated this catalogue