Digital Collections

- Hoes.
- Agricultural implements [lcsh];
- Farm implements and tools used at the Kubo fruit orchard farm in Penryn, California. Set includes: 2 hoes, 2 wood saws, 1 meat saw, 1 iron with hook, and a billhook.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Black wooden box with gold seal for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- Box used to display and store warrior doll's armor for Boy's Day set. Boys' Day Festival (Tango-no-Sekku) is observed annually on May 5th to celebrate the healthy growth and development of young boys. On this day, the Japanese take iris-scented...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- White enamel bowl with red trim.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
- Used by a Japanese American family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wood carving of two figures climbing a mountain and one sitting at top.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh];
- This was probably made at Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado by Harry Tsuruda.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Metal ashtray with Japanese characters on the lid.
- Decorative arts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature Japanese sandals made of straw.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- According to custom, when someone travels around, another person may give them the shoes so that the wanderer will stop traveling.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Red cow toy with bobbing head.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- Good luck charm for those born in the year of the cow.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kappa doll holding box on stick.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh];
- The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the kappa and...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Gold tin can with red Japanese lettering.
- Tea containers [lcsh]; Tin containers [lcsh];
- Used by a Japanese American family for tea storage before and during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Archer doll made of bamboo.
- Wood-carved figurines [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kimekomi doll (gold and orange kimono).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh];
- The doll is performing the sun hat dance. Kimekomi means to "tuck in 1" in Japanese. Cloth, usually made of silk brocade with traditional Japanese design, is glued and tucked into grooves of the doll body. The origin of kimekomi dolls dates back...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ironwood pen with light-wood insert.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Pens [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh];
- Pen made at Gila River Relocation Camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wallet made from Japanese textile (Bingata).
- Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- White orange blossom shell corsage pin.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
- Made in an internment camp. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Brown woven vase basket.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
- Made in an internment camp. Vase made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- White enamel pitcher with black trim.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]
- Most likeley used at a Japanese American internment camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting of crane on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Hanganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kimono suitcase (kori).
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japan -- Emigration and immigration [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh];
- Japanese women store their kimonos in a kori. This suitcase was used by an immigrant from Japan to the United States and then taken to an internment camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Armistice Day Citation for the Sacramento Nisei VFW Post No. 8985.
- Japanese American veterans [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh];
- Page from the Sacramento Nisei VFW Post No. 8985 scrapbook. The scrapbook includes documents, newspaper clippings and photos.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mahogany-stained bookcase.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Furniture [lcsh]; Kawasaki, George [aacr2];
- Bookcase built by George Masaaki Kawasaki at Tule Lake Relocation Center. He was employed as a carpenter shop supervisor and he built it using new and scrap wood after work. George Masaaki Kawasaki was originally from Sacramento, California and...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase