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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory517
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and then began to teach others these skills in Montreal .
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Subjects
- Education
- Arts
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_2.mp3![Art collection, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3299.jpg?width=280)
Art collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person holding and viewing two paintings, in a room filled with paintings propped up against the windows and on the floor.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3299
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person holding and viewing two paintings, in a room filled with paintings propped up against the windows and on the floor.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Art collection, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3299.jpg)
![Burnaby student art exhibition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2271.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby student art exhibition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96649
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibition by Burnaby school students, displaying a work by Maggie Siccama called "Rubber Ducky."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2271
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibition by Burnaby school students, displaying a work by Maggie Siccama called "Rubber Ducky."
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Sculptures
- Exhibitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibit by Burnaby school students, gets an inside look at "Rubber Ducky," by Maggie Siccama, a Grade 9 student at the Canada Way Education Centre."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
Images
![Burnaby student art exhibition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2271.jpg)
Chanel Lapierre with "Stream of Dreams" fish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97268
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chanel Lapierre in the Eastburn Community Centre, displaying a painted wooden fish that she painted for the "Stream of Dreams" fence mural. A table with paints and other painted fish are visible behind her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2673
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chanel Lapierre in the Eastburn Community Centre, displaying a painted wooden fish that she painted for the "Stream of Dreams" fence mural. A table with paints and other painted fish are visible behind her.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Arts - Paintings
- Arts
- Crafts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Chanel Lapierre, 10, shows off the colorful wooden fish she created at Eastburn Community Centre. Her fish will join 4,999 others on a "Stream of Dreams" fence mural around the empty lot at Kingsway and Edmonds. The mural is being built to celebrate BC Rivers Day and the painted fish represent the 5,000 fish reportedly killed two years ago when a toxic substance entered Byrne Creek through a storm drain."
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7435 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
![Children sculpting clay, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3293.jpg?width=280)
Children sculpting clay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98215
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child using a rolling pin on some modelling clay, with another child, who is also working with clay, seated at the same table in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3293
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child using a rolling pin on some modelling clay, with another child, who is also working with clay, seated at the same table in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Arts
- Arts - Sculptures
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Children sculpting clay, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3293.jpg)
Child with "Stream of Dreams" fish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97298
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child showing a painted fish for the "Stream of Dreams" mural. Other children are seated on the floor of a classroom and painting their own fish in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2695
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child showing a painted fish for the "Stream of Dreams" mural. Other children are seated on the floor of a classroom and painting their own fish in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Arts - Paintings
- Arts
- Crafts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
christmas decoration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20273
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.109.3
- Description
- Snowball Girl - Decoration. Possibly a Christmas decoration of a girl holding a snow ball. The girl has a blue coat, pink tissue paper skirt, red boots, gloves and tam hat. There is a string at the top of the hat for hanging.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Christmas Ornaments
Images
decoration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20271
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.109.1
- Description
- Angel - Decoration. Cardboard decoration, possibly for Christmas, of an angel playing the lyre. The bottom part of the angel's skirt is made of tissue paper.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Christmas Ornaments
Images
decoration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20272
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.109.2
- Description
- Angel - Decoration. Cardboard decoration, possibly for Christmas, of an angel holding a horn of plenty. The bottom part of the angel's skirt is made of tissue paper and has traces of glitter.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Christmas Ornaments
Images
decoration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20274
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.109.4
- Description
- Crying Girl - Decoration. Possibly a Christmas decoration of a girl crying. The girl is in a yellow dress with white smock apron. The bottom of the skirt is made of tissue paper. She is also holding an apple.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Christmas Ornaments
Images
decoration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20275
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.109.5
- Description
- "Eskimo" Girl - Decoration. Christmas decoration of a blonde girl in what looks like an "Eskimo" outfit. The bottom of the skrit is made of tissue paper. The girl holds a round yellow sign with "A Merry Xmas" written on it.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Christmas Ornaments
Images
![Mathers House pottery workshop, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2937-1.jpg?width=280)
Mathers House pottery workshop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97638
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Diane Bowman ad Jane Keay working on pottery during a workshop at the W. J. Mathers House in Deer Lake Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2937
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Diane Bowman ad Jane Keay working on pottery during a workshop at the W. J. Mathers House in Deer Lake Park.
- Subjects
- Arts - Sculptures
- Arts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2937-1: "Diane Bowman works on a clay mask at a pottery workshop at Burnaby's Mather House."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2937-2: "Jane Keay checks the progress of a bowl she's spinning at a pottery workshop at Burnaby's Mather House."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6490 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mathers House pottery workshop, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2937-1.jpg)
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.1.1
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb of a cylindrical Asian lantern. It is decorated with painted red flowers and green leaves. The light has a peach and cream background with black around the top and bottom. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79183
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.1.2
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb of a cylindrical Asian lantern. It is decorated with painted flowers that look like irises. The light has a peach and cream background with black around the top and bottom. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79184
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.2.1
- Description
- Small spherical decorative light bulb of a Asian lantern. It is decorated with painted red flowers and green leaf pattern with an orange and cream background. There is black around the top and bottom. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79185
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.3.1
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb shaped like a bird. The bird has a pink coloured back with a translucent white front. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79186
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.4.1
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb shaped like a fruit possibly a nectarine with dark red colouring at the top fading to yellow at the bottom. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79187
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.5.1
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb shaped like a bunch of purple grapes with leaves at the top. Some of the paint has worn off showing white underneath. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79188
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.5.2
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb shaped like a bunch of yellow grapes with leaves at the top. Some of the paint has worn off showing white underneath. It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
ornamental light bulb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.6.1
- Description
- Small decorative light bulb shaped like a small woodland creature. The animal is wearing pink tuxedo holding what could be a mandolin.It has threads at the top to connect to a light socket.
Images
