The Nikkei Women series introduces you to Kinori Oka (née Shinohara) who arrived in Canada as a picture bride.
If you are listening to this podcast at the time of release you may like to check out an event all about picture brides on August 11, 2021.
https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/events/picture-brides-2021/
Do you know anyone who was a picture bride? Send us an email to jcnm@nikkeiplace.org.
Host: Julie Tamiko Manning
Sound editing: Matthew Armstrong
Resources
PICTURE BRIDES 写婚妻 (E-pub)
Nikkei Images, picture bride issue (PDF)
Sounds Japanese Canadian To Me, picture bride episode (podcast)
This Nikkei Women series was adapted from the
Taiken History Mystery card game, an interactive educational card game about surviving the Japanese Canadian internment. Ready-to-play printed sets are available through our museum shop. Or, you can download the files and print your own set.
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