Place	Geelong
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
Item number	HT 22206
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	Copyright Museums Victoria
Country of origin	Japan
Language	Japanese
Period of reference	1900
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