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...
Japanese American children [lcsh]; Nagumo, Reiko [aacr2]; Los Feliz School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) [aacr2]; Watson, John [aacr2]; Barrington, Tom [aacr2]; Kirman, Connie [aacr2]; Dwyer, Elise [aacr2]; White, Mary Frances [aacr2];...
Photo of Reiko Nagumo and second grade classmate friends at Los Feliz school. Front Row L to R: Unidentified, John Watson, Tom Barrington. Back Row L to R: Connie Kirman, Reiko Nagumo, Elise Dwyer, Mary Frances White, Marion Clemenshaw, Geraldine...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
Owned by the grandparents of Percy Shotetsu Nakashima. When the Nakashima family lived on the corner of Sheldon and Elk Grove-Florin Roads they used it to steam rice for mochi every year around December. During internment, this cooker and other...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Shogi [lcsh]
Set iincludes the game board (JC1H:04a) and 41 playing pieces (JC1H:04b). Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board and each player has...
Japanese American women -- History [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Women soldiers -- United States [lcsh]; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- History [lcna]
Women in uniform posed in front of barrack. Flag with WAC and other writing, white letters on dark background.
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Furniture [lcsh];
Table made by Mr. Tokieko while in an assembly center before transferring to Jerome Relocation Center in Arkansas. He made this table for neighbors in Compton, California who nursed his youngest daughter to health when she was ill.
Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Kimura, Giichi [aacr2]; Chests [lcsh];
Manzanita trees grew around the land at Minidoka Relocation Center. Mr. Kimura pulled them up by the roots and sawed the branches into pieces approximately one-eighth inch thick. He then glued each piece into the wooden chest which was made from...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Ogata, Margaret [aacr2]; Ogata, Charlie [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary...
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:...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo [lcsh]; Dwellings [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:...
Japanese American art [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) -- Pictorial works [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Watercolor painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as...
Watercolor by Harry Yoshizumi depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks and latrines. In the foreground is a telephone pole and a trash can. The artist signed his name on the trash can lid. Harry Yoshizumi studied art in...
Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh];
Painted by Charles Mikami on a bleach crate. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1901 and began studying sumi-e painting at the age of fourteen. In 1919 he immigrated to Seattle. He and his family were interned in Tule Lake Relocation Center and...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Weddings [lcsh]; Florin Japanese Methodist Church [aacr2];
Unidentified wedding reception held in the social hall next to the Florin Japanese Methodist Church.
Gila River Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
Wooden handles are painted with scene of the Gila River Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Seashell necklace made at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one...
