NAKAMOTO Otomatsu
Born: 5 September 1898 – Died: 3 January 1942
Particulars:
Otomatsu was born in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. He arrived in Waibene / Thursday Island Australia in September 1898. He was a labourer. When the Pacific War broke out, he was taken to New South Wales and interned at Hay Internment Camp. He was admitted to hospital in early 1942, and died the following day with high fever, aged 74. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mari Suzuki
More info:
Mari Suzuki
Artist/s Statement:
I have chosen an old photograph of a lugger at a Thursday Island dock, a scene which would have been familiar to Nakamoto Otomatsu.
Artist Bio:
Mari Suzuki is a fourth-generation Japanese Australian whose parents and family members were born on Thursday Island in Queensland, Australia, and were interned at Tatura Interment Camp in Victoria during the war.