Books

Bibliography: Books

The Book listings are divided into Primary and Secondary sources, and are arranged alphabetically by author. All Secondary sources have been split up by author name as follows:

• A-H (Adachi, Ken to Hosokawa, Bill)
• I-K (Ichioka,Yuji to Koyama, Shigeharu)
• L-Q (Lang, Catherine to Provincial Archives of British Columbia)
• R-Z (Reid, Robert R. to Yesaki, Mitsuo)

The Japanese Canadian National Museum maintains a small reference library of books related to Japanese Canadian and Japanese American history. The following is a listing of the books currently held as part of the reference library.

Primary Sources

Hamilton Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
Proceedings of the War Measures Act Conference
London, Ont.: Anas. 1978

Hayashi, Rintaro
Kahan Mandan
Vancouver: Rintaro Hayashi Publisher, 1988

Kitagawa, Muriel (1912-1974)
This is my own: Letter to Wes & other writings on Japanese Canadians, 1941-1948
edited by Roy Miki
Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1985

Kiyooka, Roy (1926-1994)
Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
Edmonton : NeWest, 1997

Kobayashi, Cassandra (1952-) and Miki, Roy
Spirit of Redress: Japanese Canadians in Conference
Vancouver : JC Publications, 1989

Makabe, Tomoko (1944-)
Picture Brides: Japanese Women in Canada
Toronto : Multicultural History Society of Ontario;
North York , Ont.: [distributed by]
University of Toronto Press , 1995

Matsue, Yoshimatsu
Kanada Zairyu Doho Soran = Complete List of the Japanese in Canada
Vancouver : Nikka Jiho-sha, c1920

Matsue, Yoshimatsu
Kanada Sairyu doho Dainiki Bokoku Homondan
Shashin Kinencho/Yoshimatsu Matsue (Publisher and Editor) Japan : Yoshimatsu Matsue, c1918

Morita, A. Katsuyoshi (1899-)
Powell Street Monogatari
Printed in Canada by Alpine Press for Live Canada Publishing Ltd., 1989

Mura, David
Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991

Oiwa, Keibo
Stone Voices: Wartime Writings of Japanese Canadian Issei
Montreal : Vehicule Press, 1991

Province of British Columbia
Opening Doors: Vancouver ‘s East End
Victoria : Aural History Program, 1979

Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Sound Heritage: Volume III Number 3
Victoria : Sound and Moving Image Division, Provincial Archives, 1974

Sato, Mohei
Kanada No Sakae = Prosperity of Canada
Tokyo : Oe Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Taisho 10 (c1921)

Sunahara, Ann Gomer
The Politics of Racism
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Tairiku Nippo Sha Ltd.
Kanada Zairyu Hojin Jin Mei Ryoku = Directory of Japanese Canadians
Vancouver : Tairiku Nippo Sha Ltd., 1941

Yesaki, Mitsuo
SUTEBUSTON: A Japanese Village on the British Columbia Coast
Vancouver : Peninsula Publishing Company, 2003

Secondary Sources A-H

Adachi, Ken, (1928-1989)
The Enemy That Never Was: A History of the Japanese Canadians
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart Inc., 1991

Adachi, Pat
Asahi: A Legend in Baseball: A Legacy from the Japanese Canadian Baseball Team to its Heirs
Etobicoke , Ontario : Coronex Printing and Publishing Ltd., 1992

Ariga, Chiyokichi and Shinichi Kimura
The Rev. Frank Cassilis-Kennedy: Elder to the Japanese Canadians
The Japanese Canadian Christian Churches Historical Project, 1998

Ashworth, Mary, (1923-)
The Forces Which Shaped Them: A History of the Education of Minority Group Children in British Columbia
Vancouver : New Star Books, 1979

Awmack, Winifred .J.
Tashme: A Japanese Relocation Centre, 1942-1946
Victoria B.C.: W.J. Awmack, 1993

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency
Genealogical Resources for British Columbians
British Columbia : British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, 1997

Broadfoot, Barry
Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame
Toronto : Doubleday, 1977

Chalfen, Richard
Turning Leaves: The Photograph Collections of Two Japanese American Families
New Mexico : The University of New Mexico Press, 1991

City of Richmond : Britannia Heritage Shipyard
Steambox, Boardwalks, Belts and Ways: Stories from Britannia
compiled and edited by Marie Bannister and Marilyn Clayton Richmond: City of Richmond , Department of Parks and Leisure: Britannia Heritage Shipyard, 1995

Dancocks, Daniel G.
Gallant Canadians: The Story of the Tenth Canadian Infantry Battallion; 1914-1919
Calgary: The Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Foundation, 1990

Daniels, Roger, Sandra C. Taylor et al.
Japanese Americans: From Relocation to Redress
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1991

David Suzuki Foundation
Tools For Change: Highlights of the Social Change Conference
Vancouver , Winnipeg : The David Suzuki Foundation and The National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1996

Dempster, Eleanore, (1940-)
The Laughing Bridge: A Personal History of the Capilano Suspension Bridge
Maple Ridge: Impressions in Print Enterprises, 1988

Earth Spirit Festival, The
Visions of Power: Contemporary Art by First Nations, Inuit and Japanese Canadians
Toronto : Earth Spirit Festival, 1991

Fortier, Normand (1954-)
Guide to Oral History Collections in Canada =Guide de fonds d’histoire orale au Canada
Canadian Oral History Association= Société canadienne d’histoire orale, 1993

Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association Human Rights Committee
Bilingual Human Rights Guide For Japanese Canadians
Vancouver : Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association, 1995

Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association Redress Committee
Redress for Japanese Canadians: A Community Forum
Vancouver : Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association Redress Committee, 1984

Haig-Brown, Alan, (1941-)
Fishing For a Living
Madeira Park , B.C.: Harbour Publishing, 1993

Hamilton Japanese United Church
Hamilton Japanese United Church: 1946-1996: 50th Anniversary
Toronto : Hamilton Japanese United Church, 1996

Holocaust Oral History Project
Visas For Life: The Remarkable Story of Chiune & Yukiko Sugihara and the Rescue of Thousands of Jews
curated by Eric Saul & the Holocaust Oral History Project; Lani Silver, executive director. San Francisco : Holocaust Oral History Project, 1995

Hong, Maria, ed.
Growing Up Asian American
New York : W. Morrow, 1993

Hope and District Historical Society
Forging a New Hope : Struggles and Dreams: 1848-1948
Hope, B.C.: Hope and District Historical Society, 1984

Hosokawa Bill
Nisei: The Quiet Americans; The Story of A People
Colorado : University Press of Colorado , 1992

Secondary Sources I-K

Ichioka,Yuji
The Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924
New York: Free Press; London : Collier Macmillan, 1988

Isenor, D.E.
One Hundred Spirited Years: A History of Cumberland
Campbell River , B.C.: Ptarmigan Press, 1988

Ito, Roy , (1922-)
Stories of My People: A Japanese Canadian Journal
Hamilton : Roy Ito, 1994

Ito, Roy , (1922-)
We Went to War: The Story of the Japanese Canadians Who Served During the First and Second World Wars
Stittsville, Ont.: Canada ‘s Wings, 1984

Izumi, Dr. Toshiaki
Stories I Heard in the Wheat Field: Stories of Japanese and Japanese Immigrants in South Saskatchewan
Regina : Dr. Toshiaki Izumi, 1997

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center:1880-1890
Editor Kats Kunitsugu Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, 1990

Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum : Commemorative Book 1985-1993
Japanese American National Museum, 1994

Japanese Canadian Centennial Project Committee
1877-1977: The Japanese Canadians: A Dream of Riches = Un Reve de richesses: les Japonais au Canada , 1877-1977
Vancouver: The Japanese Canadian Centennial Project, 1978

Kabayama, Maki
I Hope So: Maki’s Last Words
Surrey , BC : Jun Kabayama, 1975

Kabayama, Jun, Rev.
On Cho Ki: The Record of God’s Grace
Surrey, BC: Jun Kabayama, [ca.1995]

Kamegaya, Chie ( 1909-)
Seasons in New Denver
Silverton , BC : Laughing Raven Press, 1994

Kawano, Roland M.
Ministry to the Hopelessly Hopeless
Scarborough , Ont.: The Japanese Canadian Christian Churches Historical Project, 1997

Kawano, Roland M.
A History of the Japanese Congregations in the United Church of Canada
Scarborough , Ont.: The Japanese Canadian Christian Churches Historical Project, 1998

Kelowna and District Association of Japanese Canadians, The
The Vision Fulfilled: 1894-1994
Editor Bill Hoshizaki Kelowna, B.C.: K.D.A.J.C., 1995

Kendall , Victoria (1962-)
The Spirit of Steveston: A History of the Steveston Community Society
Richmond : Steveston Community Society, 1986

Kikumura Akemi, (1944-)
Promises Kept: The Life of an Issei Man
Novato , California : Chandler & Sharp, 1991

Kikumura Akemi, (1944-)
Through Harsh Winter: The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman
Novato , California : Chandler & Sharp, 1981

Kikumura Akemi, (1944-)
Issei Pioneers: Hawaii and the Mainland 1885-1924
Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum , 1992

Kimura, Kazuaki
Japan and World in the Turn of the Century: Changes and Renovations of Cultures
Japan: Law Culture Company, 1996

Kobayashi, Addie (1932-)
Exhiles in our Own Country: Japanese Canadians in Niagara
Richmond Hill: Nikkei Network of Niagara, 1998

Kobayashi, Audrey Lynn
Memories Of Our Past: A Brief History and Walking Tour of Powell Street
Vancouver : NRC Publishing, 1992

Koyama, Shigeharu
Homma Tomekichi Oh no Shogai = The Life of Tomekichi Homma
Mihama, Wakayama , Japan : Shigeharu Koyama, 1995

Koyama, Shigeharu
America-mura no Kanban Ba-san=An old lady in the America-mura
Japan : Wakayama Kokusai Bunka Kenkyushyo, 1987

Secondary Sources L-Q

Lang, Catherine, (1953-)
O-Bon in Chimunesu: A Community Remembered
Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, 1996

Lee-Son, Jacqueline (1955-) and Sturmanis, Dona
Richmond : Secrets & Surprises: A Portrait of Richmond in Art, Photographs and Personal Tales
Richmond : Yorklin & Associates, 1994

Leong, Russell
The View From Within: Japanese American Art from the Internment Camps; 1942-1945
Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum , 1992

McBride, Robert M., & Company
Canada : New World Power
New York : American Book-Stratford Press, Inc, 1945

Manitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association
The History of Japanese Canadians in Manitoba
Manitoba : Manitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association, 1996

Marlatt, Daphne (1942-)
Steveston Recollected
British Columbia : Provincial Archives of British Columbia , 1975

Marlatt, Daphne (1942-)
Steveston
Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1984

Mihamacho Canada Emmigration Centennial Committee
Kanada iju hyakunen shi = [Japanese Fishermen's Emmigration to Canada]
Mihama-cho, Wakayama Japan : Canada Emmigration Centennial of Mihama, c1989

Miki, Roy (1942-)
Saving Face: Poems selected 1976-1988
Manitoba: Turnstone Press, 1991

Miki, Roy (1942-)
Justice In Our Time: The Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement
Vancouver : Talonbooks / National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1991

Momiji Health Care Society
Baachan! Geechan! Arigato: A story of Japanese Canadians
Toronto : Momiji Health Care Society, 1989

Moritsugu, Frank and the Ghost Town Teachers Historical Society
Teaching In Canadian Exile
Toronto: The Ghost Town Teachers Historical Society, 2001

Moriyama, Jason
Process: Architecture; Canadian Architects Moriyama & Teshima
Murotani Bunji, 1992

Murase, Ichiro Mike
Little Tokyo : One Hundred Years In Pictures
Los Angeles : Visual Communications/ Asian American Studies Central, Inc., 1983

Nakano Mei, (1924-)
Japanese American Women: Three Generations: 1890-1990
San Francisco: Mina Press Publishing, 1990

Nakayama, Reverend Gordon Goichi
Issei
Toronto : NC Press Limited, 1984

National Association of Japanese Canadians
Democracy Betrayed; The Case for Redress
National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1985

National Association of Japanese Canadians
The Best Years
Winnipeg : The National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1990

The National Association of Japanese Canadians
Economic Losses of Japanese Canadians After 1941
Vancouver : Price Waterhouse, 1985

National Association of Japanese Canadians
In Justice: Canada , Minorities and Human Rights
Winnipeg : National Association of Japanese Canadians, 1996

Niiya, Brian
Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present
New York : Facts on File, 1993

Omatsu, Maryka, [1949-]
Bittersweet Passage: Redress and the Japanese Canadian Experience
Toronto : Between the Lines Publishing, 1992

Petzold, Bruno, 1873-1949
The Classification of Buddhism, Bukkyo Kyohan
Wiesbaden , Germany : Harrassowitz, 1995

Petzold, Bruno, 1873-1949
Buddhist Prophet Nichiren : a lotus in the sun
Tokyo : Hokke Janaruru, 1978

Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Sound Voices: A Guide to Oral History
Victoria : Provincial Archives of British Columbia , Sound and Moving Images, 1984

Secondary Sources R-Z

Reid, Robert R.
The Front Page Story of World War II
Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1994

Reunion Committee, The
Sentimental Journeys: 50th Anniversary, October 9, 1992 : Bridge River , Devine, Lillooet, Minto
The Reunion Committee, 1992

Rosenbluth, Vera, (1946-)
Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Live & Love
Vancouver : Hartley & Marks, 1990

Roy, Patricia, 1939-
Mutual Hostages: Canadians and Japanese During the Second World War
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1990

Schroeder, Andreas, (1946-)
Carved from Wood : Mission , B.C. 1861-1992
Mission: Mission Foundation, 1991

Shibata, Yuko, Matsumoto, Shoji et al.
The Forgotten History of the Japanese Canadians: Volume 1
Vancouver : Japanese Canadian History Group, 1977

Shikatani, Gerry
Gerry Shikatani: Selected Poems and Texts: Ninenteen Seventy Three
Toronto : Aya Press, 1989

Shimizu , Yon
The Exiles: An Archival History of the World War 2 Japanese Road Camps in British Columbia and Ontario
Wallaceburg: Shimizu Consulting and Publishing, 1993

Stacey, Duncan
Salmonopolis: The Steveston Story
Madeira Park , B.C.: Harbour Publishing, 1994

Sugihara, Yukiko
Visas For Life
San Francisco : Edu-Comm. Plus, 1993

Suzuki, Aiko
Japanese Canadians in the Arts: A Directory of Professionals
Toronto : SAC/rist Publishing, 1994

Takahashi, Shigeru
Hikawa maru Monogatari
Japan : Kamakura Shunjusha, 1978

Takashima, Shizue, (1928-)
A Child in Prison Camp
Montreal : Tundra Books, 1971

Takata, Toyo
Nikkei Legacy: The Story of Japanese Canadians from Settlement to Today
Toronto : NC Press, 1983

Tanaka, Tosh
Hands Across the Pacific: Japan in British Columbia , 1889-1989
Vancouver: Consulate General of Japan , 1990

Tsuji, Shinichi
“Nikkei Kanadajin”: Redressing the Past: Self-Portraits of Japanese Canadians
Tokyo : Shobunsha Publishers, 1990

Uchida, Yoshiko
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1982

Vancouver Buddhist Church
New Temple & Complex Dedication 75th Anniversary: Vancouver Buddhist Church: November 24-25, 1979
Vancouver : Vancouver Buddhist Church , 1979

Vancouver School Board, The
Strathcona Memories; 1891-1991: In Celebration of 100 Years of Serving Students & Parents
Vancouver : The Vancouver School Board, 1991

Waiser, Bill
Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada ‘s National Parks, 1915-1946
Saskatoon & Calgary : Fifth House Publishers, 1995

Wakayama , Tamio
Kikyo: Coming Home To Powell Street
Madeira Park , B.C.: Harbour Publishing, 1992

Watada, Terry
Daruma Days
Vancouver : Ronsdale Press, 1997

Yee, Paul
Saltwater City: an illustrated history of the Chinese in Vancouver
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1988

Yesaki, Mitsuo (1936-)
Steveston Cannery Row: An Illustrated History
Richmond : Peninsula Publishing Company, 1998