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Letter to Setsutarō Hasegawa from his siblings in Japan

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Title
Letter to Setsutarō Hasegawa from his siblings in Japan
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Immigrants--Australia--History
Japan--Emigration and immigration
Japanese letters
Correspondence
Category
1. Settlement
2. National boundaries
Current holder
Immigration Museum Victoria
Date
1900
Link
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1406376
Item number
HT 22206
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Copyright Museums Victoria
Country of origin
Japan
Place
Geelong
Language
Japanese
Description from source
300 mm (Width), 170 mm (Height)

The letter, which is 170cm long, is written in an old form of Japanese script and is challenging to translate. Long format rice paper letter with several folds. One side is filled with handwritten Japanese text.

Letter from siblings in Japan to Setsutaro Hasegawa, who migrated to Australia from Japan in 1897 at the age of 26.
Physical format
Letters
Related resources
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2115/
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/3705/
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1406375
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/2935