pferguson | July 24, 2018
…of the soldiers’ dreams natsugusa ya tsuwamonodomo ga yume no ato Matsuo Bashō (1644 – 1694) Japanese-Canadian Veterans and the Great War Perhaps they sat upon the side of a hill and watched the changing colours of a field as the grasses tilted with the passing wind. All of nature’s colours, its botanicals, fed by […]
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Tags: Bunshiro Furukawa MM, Buzo (Takezo) Shirasago MM, Gonzarmon Niihara MM, Internment, Japanese-Canadian Veterans, Japanese-Canadian War Memorial, Kiyoji Iizuka MM, Manichi Nakamura MM, Masumi Mitsui MM, Military Medal, Military Service Act 1917, Ottomatsu Yamamoto MM and Bar, Relocation, Sukitaro Miehara (Miyahara), Tokutaro Iwamoto MM, Tominosuke Tanji (Lominosuka Tangi) MM, Tow Inouye MM, Yasuo Takashima MM, Yesaku Kubodera MM, Yoichi Kamakura MM
pferguson | May 28, 2012
The Last Samurai (2003) (about General Hasegawa) Nathan Algren: How well does he know this man (Katsumoto)? Simon Graham: The General and Katsumoto fought together for the Emperor. Nathan Algren: He fought with the Samurai? Simon Graham: He IS Samurai. Oshi shinobu! As we enter our school we bow, lowering our heads and raising our […]
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Tags: 52nd Battalion C.E.F., 8 October 1916, Amputation Club of B.C., Courcelette, Film History, Gold Stripe, Japanese Contingent Roll of Honour, Japanese-Canadian Veterans, Japanese-Canadian War Memorial, Oshi Shinobu, Oss, Somme, Tikechi Shichi