King Sho (Taiko number 6) was the last king of Okinawa. King Sho went to Tokyo in the year Meiji 12 (1878). He reluctantly gave up the Shuri castle and residence to the Emperor Meifi and the Japanese government. Ryukyu (Okinawa) had been an...
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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...
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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...
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Transcripts of congressional hearings on the H.R. 4110 redress bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations have been released according to the Japanese American Citizens League National Redress...
Transcripts of congressional hearings on the H.R. 4110 redress bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations have been released according to the Japanese American Citizens League National Redress...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
Hagi ware is thought to originate from the work of two Korean potters, Ri Shakko and Ri Kei, who founded the kiln ( Fukagawa-gama) under the patronage of the Mori clan, sometime around 1604. This teabowl was created by the 12th generation master,...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
When a cold water jar (mizusashi) sits on a utensil stand, it is left in the tearoom at the end of the temae. A water replacement pitcher is used to replenish the cold water jar at that time. The Katakuchi shape of this piece is more commonly...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Shigaraki pottery [lcsh]
This shape of mizusashi or fresh water jar is used in a particular tea procedure known as nakaoki, which occurs only in the last few weeks of October. As the chill of winter approaches (by Japanese reckoning winter runs from November through...
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...
