Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
The damask (donsu) fabric of this dashibukusa employs a stylized pine cone motif known as karamatsu (Chinese pine) over which an emblem of stylized wisteria leaves has been embroidered in gold thread. It was presented to Nakatani Sokiku in her...
Fukusa are finely woven silk cloths designed for purifying tea utensils. The host folds and refolds the fukusa many times during the tea procedure (temae). This woman's fukusa is decorated with a pattern of green maple leaves on a pale green...
Tango no sekku [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh];
Boy's Day set is comprised of display box for armor (JC8:05), helmet (JC8:06), body suit (JC8:07), face apron (JC8:08), back leg armor (JC8:09), display rack for swords (JC8:10), removable sword and scabbard (JC8:11), sword (JC8:12), display rack...
Japanese Americans -- Washington -- Bainbridge Island [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians [lcsh]; Dogs [lcsh]
Departure day. Bainbridge Island, WA was the first area Japanese Americans evacuated under Executive Order 9066. Dogs were not allowed in internment camps and Japanese Americans were forced to leave their family pets behind.
Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Family farms -- California --Turlock [lcsh];
Photograph from Mary Tsuruko Dakusaku Tsukamoto's photograph collection. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka married Kame Yoshinaga in 1904. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka immigrated to the United States in 1904. His wife joined him 13 years later. Their six children are:...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm...
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Reagan, Ronald [lcna];...
Ronald Reagan (left) and Eugene Chappie (right) with two unidentified Japanese Americans and students from Gold Hill Elementry School at the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. The plaque reads: Site...
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Language schools [lcsh]; Schools, Japanese [lcsh]
Donation box (Sai Sen Bako) from the Colusa Gakuen (Japanese language school). Used during the 1920s and 1930s, the box is patterned after boxes placed in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines.
Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Farms -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Irrigation pumps -- History [lcsh];
Farm purchased by Iwao Takahama and his business partner, Zensaku Teranishi (41st Meiji). One third of the acreage was first cultivated. At the center, men are digging an irrigation well. To the right is the transformer for the water pump.
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Church vestments [lcsh]; Stockton Buddhist Church [aacr2];
From the Stockton Buddhist Church. An Okesa is a Buddhist vestment worn around the neck. Traditionally worn by priests, the Okesa now is worn by lay attendees at a religious service or retreat to help focus one's sensitivity towards the Dharma...
Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Factories [lcsh]; Basket makers [lcsh];
Mr. Masuda worked as manager of the Florin Basket Factory. Grapes were packed into baskets and then put into crates. Pictured here is the caucasian boss and a few workers who oversee the work of the immigrants from Japan. Note that the workers were...
Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; School children [lcsh]; Students -- California -- Florin [aacr2]; Sakakihara, Pauline [aacr2]; Nakamura, Hatsuye [aacr2]; Kadokawa, Mary [aacr2]; Miyoshi, Doris...
The school was segregated. Identified: Front row; Pauline Sakakihara, Hatsuye Nakamura, Mary Kadokawa, Doris Miyoshi, Ella Yoshinaga (valedictorian), Barbara Yamada, Misu Kushi, Katherine Takahashi, Elsie Seno, Nami Tsukamoto; Back row; Rosie...
Japanese American men -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball teams -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American baseball players -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball -- Awards [lcsh];
Group photo of players in uniform with trophy. Identification is written on photo, but hard to read.Black and white duplicate photo, sleeved. Inventory # 41.
Japanese American men -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball teams -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American baseball players -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball -- Awards [lcsh];
Japanese American men -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese American baseball players -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball teams -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Baseball -- Awards [lcsh];
