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...
Japanese American art [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) -- Pictorial works [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh]; Watercolor...
Watercolor by Harry Yoshizumi depicting an aerial view of Poston Relocation Center at dusk. On the left and center are the outdoor theatre; on the right are rows of barracks and a watch tower. Mountain looms in the background. Art Class: ...
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
Trunk made for Mr. and Mrs. Yuichi Mitani from scrap lumber and discarded crates at Topaz Relocation Center, Utah. It was used to move their belongings back to the Bay Area during resettlement.
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's Day to make special rice cakes called mochi. The women cooked the rice; the men pounded the rice in the usu with wooden mallets, and the children...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
This hishaku is crafted in the traditional pattern for furo season, distinguished by a smaller cup appropriate to the furo kettle, and by an angled cut on the lower surface at the tip of the handle.
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Weddings [lcsh];
These fancy wrapped papers hold dowry money (yuino-kin) and is given to a bride's family at an engagement party. The fancy wrapped papers are thought to carry good luck to the newlyweds, so the wrappings may be used over and over again, even loaned...
Baptist church buildings -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Sacramento (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. [lcsh]; Sacramento Valley Young Peoples Christian Conference (4th : Sacramento,...
The event was held at the Old Baptist Church on 5th and P street in Japan Town, Sacramento.
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2]
Set includes rack (JC8:16), gold helmet (JC8:17), and gold pole (JC8:18). 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...
Relative, Kiyoshi Okano, visiting on leave from military. Kiyoshi Okano was part of the 522nd Field Artillery unit. Family standing outside the barracks at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Identified: Yoshito Okamoto (age 46), Hatsu (age 38), Kazuyoshi...
Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2];
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 American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles [lcsh]; Nagumo, Reiko [aacr2]; Nagumo, Mariko [aacr2]; Stuffed animals (Toys) [lcsh];
