KOBAYASHI Tsunetaro
Born: 31 August 1881 – Died: 27 December 1945
Particulars:
Tsunetaro was born in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He was a widower with a daughter living in Shono in Mie. He was working as an agricultural merchant in La Foa, Kanaky / New Caledonia when the Pacific War broke out. He was taken to Australia and interned at Loveday Internment Camp in South Australia. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 64. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
More info:
Yoshi Kosaka
Artist/s Statement:
I visited Shono in Mie Prefecture, expecting to find something of Mr Tsunetaro Kobayashi. He might have seen the Shono River flowing, and envisioned verdigris woven into the landscape.
Artist Bio:
Yoshi Kosaka is an anthropologist exploring the legacies of war and its aftermath across the Pacific Islands, Australia, and Japan.