HASEGAWA Tokuji
Born: 29 December 1877 – Died: 2 May 1943
Particulars:
Tokuji was born in Kumamoto in Japan. He arrived in Australia in 1900 aboard the Tokyo Maru, disembarking at Mackay in Queensland. His name has been recorded as Kasegawa in some documents. He was a cook. Although he was a Buddhist, he was living and working at the Marist Brothers College in Campbelltown in New South Wales when the Pacific War broke out. He was a widower and listed his daughter Elsie – married and living in Darlington, a Sydney suburb – as his next of kin. When he was arrested, he had with him 8 pounds 14 shillings and 1 penny in cash, 19 pounds worth of cheques, and one pocket watch. He was interned at Hay Internment Camp and died of liver cancer at the age of 65. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
More info:
Kosuke Tamada
Artist/s Statement:
Good to meet you, Tokuji san.
Artist Bio:
Kosuke Tamada was born in Kagurazaka in Tokyo, Japan. He is currently a film student at university. He likes things that cannot be expressed in words.