Kimono
A kimono worn by Akiko Kamitakahara. In 1942, Akiko and her Japanese Canadian family were ordered into internment camps after long-standing discrimination came to a head during the Second World War. The kimono was purchased in Kyoto, Japan, during a family visit after the war. It was Akiko’s first and only kimono, symbolically connecting her…![Kimono](https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007.37.1-kimono-image-taken-2014-480x360.jpg)