World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Decorative arts [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh];
Wooden vase pedestal by Kametaro Takeuchi. He resided at Block 21, #2114-B in Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Wooden abacus (soroban) used by the Nakano family prior to World War II. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in West Sacramento where they purchased land to farm. Their three children...
Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]
Vase and base made at Gila River Relocation Center from cactus root wood.
Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful green motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful blue motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh];
Traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are painted to give them distinguishing features. Originally, Kokeshi dolls were made as...
Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
Traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are painted to give them distinguishing features. Originally, Kokeshi dolls were made as...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
Traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are painted to give them distinguishing features. Originally, Kokeshi dolls were made as...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
This unlacquered paulownia box is designed to hold both a ceramic caddy for thick tea (chaire) and lacquered caddy for thick tea (natsume) for the satsubako tea procedure (temae), one of a set of four orally transmitted temae. When a guest...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
This summer bowl for thin tea bears painted motifs typical of the Kyoto pottery kilns laid over a soft white body glaze. The design, with its colorful floral motifs, suggests the movement of seasons.
This style of tray, known as a hanagatabon or flower-shaped tray, is designed for use in the hana (flower) temae, a chabako tea procedure for the spring season. The red-lacquered edges of this tray suggest stylized petals, and the center of the...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
This square try (yohoubon) is one of a smaller size used when a utensil, such as a thick tea caddy or an incense burner, is to be specially featured in a temae.
