Digital Collections

- Miniature stick Japanese doll dressed in fabric kimono with a dancer's obi.
- Dolls [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese military insignia clip.
- Insignia -- Japan [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese military insignia clip with silver wreath.
- Insignia -- Japan [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Passport for Tome Ono.
- Japan -- Emigration and immigration [lcsh]; Passports [lcsh]; Ono, Tome [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Passport for Yoneshiro Ono.
- Japan -- Emigration and immigration [lcsh]; Passports [lcsh]; Ono, Yoneshiro [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mary Tsukamoto.
- Japanese American women [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of Kiyoka Iwasa Kawamura.
- Japanese American women [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Kawamura, Kiyoka Iwasa [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Women with child outside barracks at Tule Lake Relocation Center [?].
- Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Green and white container with blue and green flowers shaped in likeness of sandal.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Ornamental boxes [lcsh]
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Orange and green container shaped in likeness of sandal.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Ornamental boxes [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Rubber stamp.
- Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh];
- "Oregon Plum" rubber stamp. An Oregon Plum is a strawberry which was grown in the Florin, California Area. They are small in size, but very sweet in taste. This stamp was used on each crate to identify its variety.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Fuchis.
- Swords -- Japan [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh]
- A fuchi is an oval piece of metal through which a sword blade passes and fits over the end of the hilt next to the Tsuba. It frequently matches the Kashira in material and decoration. A Kashira is the pommel of a sword hilt.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Arrowheads framed in wooden box.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Arrowheads [lcsh];
- Arrowheads found at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Signed by S. Sumida.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl with phoenix design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- Bearing a painted design depicting a phoenix, this chawan is designed for thin tea and is appropriate for use in any season.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Black incense container for furo season
- Incense burners and containers [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Black lacquer incense container (kogo) with Wisteria crest in gold lacquer. Note how the crest also references the image of a butterfly.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Brown bristle brush.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Brown bristle brush 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 American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Chopsticks
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Chopsticks [lcsh]
- Chopsticks such as these are typically offered with a serving dish, providing a means for guests to transfer the food to their bowls during the formal kaiseki meal. The chopsticks are usually soaked in water beforehand to prevent foods from...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl in Shigaraki style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Shigaraki pottery [lcsh]
- Crafted in classic Shigaraki style, this chawan presents a rustic appearance appropriate to more intimate and informal settings. The piece is provided with a paulownia box bearing calligraphy that describes its provenance.Shigaraki ware...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Pair of Daruma dolls (white and red) with box.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Daruma doll (painted red and gold).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase