Interview with Bun Kobayashi Yoshimori

dc.contributor.interviewee	Yoshimori, Bun Kobayashi
dc.contributor.interviewer	Kodama-Nishimoto, Michi
dc.coverage.spatial	Kōloa, Kauaʻi, Hawaii
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-05T20:14:39Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-25T23:32:50Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-05T20:14:39Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-25T23:32:50Z
dc.date.issued	1987
dc.description	Bun Kobayashi Yoshimori, the fourth child of six, was born on June 29, 1898. Her parents were farmers in Hiroshima-ken, Japan. She helped on the farm, learned sewing and weaving, and attended six years of school. In 1917, she arrived in the Islands to be the wife of Ryoji Yoshimori. She arrived aboard the Siberia-Maru, which docked in Honolulu; from Honolulu she boarded the Kinau bound for Ahukini, Kauaʻi. For four years, the Yoshimoris lived in Puhi. Later, they moved to New Mill camp in Kōloa. Ryoji did plantation field work and tended Waitā Reservoir. He retired in 1965. Bun did field work for a brief time, cared for their six children, and took in laundry work. Now widowed, Bun still resides in Kōloa. She is active in senior citizens' activities. (as of 1987)$$Interview conducted in English.
dc.format.digitalorigin	Reformatted digital
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30033
dc.language	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Kōloa: An Oral History of a Kauaʻi Community
dc.title	Interview with Bun Kobayashi Yoshimori
dc.type	Interview
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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