Scroll reads "Shoufuu issetsu ni kusu" which translated into English means "With one sip I drink in the pine wind." The source of the quote is from the late Southern Sung priest Kaiseki Chihou's poem titled "Keizan sencha". Keizan refers to a...
Scrolls reads "Myouju, tanagokoro ni ari" which translated into English means "The bright jewel is within the palm of your hand." The source of the quote is Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record). The term Myouju refers to Buddha nature. There is no...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2]; Vase-painting [lcsh];
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 baths, sip iris wine, and stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris is...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Chests [lcsh]; Matsui, Shunichi [aacr2];
Chest of drawers built by Shunichi Matsui in Tule Lake Relocation Center from two produce boxes. Mr. Matsui lived in barracks 818-C with his wife, Wasayo, and son, Kai.
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 -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. [lcsh]; Miyakawa, Edward [aacr2]; Gunderson, Margaret [aacr2]; Japanese American families [lcsh];
L to R: Edward Miyakawa, Isaac (9 Portland), Keith (11, Cincinnati), Mahn (14, Viet Nam), Margaret Gunderson. L to R: Kimi (12, Korea), Huong (15, Saigon), Kanko (13, Calcutta, India). Handwriting on right states "Sent book and letter to Yuzuru...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese families [lcsh]; Japanese women -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Gushikuma Shiroma [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Ushi Yamashiro [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Kame...
Identified: Grandma Ushi Yamashiro Dakuzaku, unidentified, Great Grandmother Gushikuma Shiroma, unidentified, Mother Kame Yoshinaga Dakuzaku holding Masako Dakuzaku (born April 1906). Photo taken in Okinawa, Japan. Oldest known photo of Mary...
Kino, Yoshio [aacr2]; Yasui, George [aacr2]; Manabe, Rev. [aacr2]; Hayashi, Mr. [aacr2]; Tsuda, Y. [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Etsuzo Kadokawa [aacr2]; Ouchida, Yosh [aacr2]; Yoshida, Frank [aacr2]; Yutaka, Mr. [aacr2]; Nishida, Mr. [aacr2]; Baseball teams...
Identified: Yoshio Kino, George Yasui, Rev. Manabe, Mr. Hayashi, Y. Tsuda, Mr. Yutaka, George Etsuzo (Kadokawa) Tsukamoto, Yosh Ouchida, Mr. Nishida, Frank Yoshida.
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Fossils [lcsh]
Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Nakano, Asato George [aacr2]; Family farms -- California --Woodland [lcsh]; Farm trucks [lcsh];
Photograph from the Nakano family album. 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 are: Margaret Shigeko Nakano, Ruth...
Japanese American business enterprises -- California [lcsh]; Matsuno Jyono, Joe [aacr2]; Matsuno Jyono, Grace [aacr2]; Advertisements [lcsh];
Grace and Joe's Beauty and Barber Shop was located at 108 E. Elm Street, Lodi, California. Their surname was Matsuno Jyono. Grace ran the beauty shop and Joe ran the barber shop. The scene has Mt. Fuji in the background, cherry blossoms in the...
