titleA Studio Portrait of Fumiye Ohori Holding a Trophy

 

namePhotograph

 

date1931

 

descriptionThis image is a studio portrait of a seated girl wearing a dress and flower brooch holding a trophy with a ribbon attached to it. The girl is thirteen year old Fumiye Ohori who was a singer in the Vancouver Musical Contest.

 

history of use

 

Fumiye Ohori had a beautiful Soprano voice which a teacher at Strathcona Public School discovered, trained and entered her into the contest. She was a childhood friend of Akiko Dorothy Nakamachi. Fumiya Ohori married Mr Sato. She is a sister of Joe Ohori.

 

part ofAkiko Dorothy Nakamachi collection
number2012.6.7.a-b

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen