Okikamuro island, roots

Canadian Branch of Chojuro Furutani family tree

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 Akira Furutani　　　 received Jan. 7th 2014
(Mr.Akira Furutani passed away at 2006. age73)

Chojuro and Hanayo Furutani

   In 1956 mom and dad were squatting down by the back door looking fatigued but contented from a good day’s work. They had just come off the field from picking cucumbers at their homestead in Charleswood.

   I had just bought a 35mm ZEISS IKON camera and was looking for subjects to photograph. Over their objection, I snapped the picture anyway.    I always liked the picture because it had captured the real mon and dad as I remember them.   Her slippers, the cucumber on her straw hat and the contrasting white purse seem to represent them perfectly. They were a very practical and non-pertinacious couple. She probably sold some cucumbers to a drop-in customer, hence the purse.

 This picture sat in my photo album for the next 35 years until Melanie Fedick visiting from Calgary spotted it and asked if she could make a copy of it.   Well, boom!! I think everyone of the original Furutani family has one plus many of the grandchildren. The picture now hangs in many homes enlarged and framed, and was even painted by Midori (Marion Carmona)