UEHARA Saburo
上原 三郎
Born: 17 February 1924 – Died: 7 April 1944
Particulars:
Saburo was born in Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. He was a single man working as a fisherman with Tamashirogumi & Co based in Macassar, Celebes in the Dutch East Indies, now Sulawesi in Indonesia, when the Pacific War broke out. He was taken to South Australia and interned at Loveday Internment Camp. Later that year, he was taken to hospital and died of tuberculosis related acute nephritis a year and a half later. He was 20. His grave is in the Japanese Cemetery in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
–Mayu Kanamori
More info:
Anika Taggart and Yasue Taggart
Artist/s Statement:
Anika chose Uehara Saburo as he was a fisherman, and Anika has always had a love of water. She drew the ocean and put on her favourite sprinkling slime representing fish, and wrote his name by herself. Her mother, Yasue checked his life number from numerology using his birthday and drew it as bubbles coming out of the fish’s mouth. Also, she drew his age and a common hibiscus flower, reminiscent of Okinawa, Saburo’s birthplace.
Artist Bio:
Anika Taggart is 7 years old, the daughter of Yasue and John Taggart. She lives in Australia.
Yasue Taggart is originally from Nago City in Okinawa, Japan and moved to Sydney, Australia in 2013 to marry her Australian husband, John. She is president of the Sydney Okinawan Club and founder of Eisa Champ Roo (Sydney Okinawa Drum Dance group).