Digital Collections

- "U.S." Army pin.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh]; Pins [lcsh];
- Worn on United States military uniform, most likely be a Japanese American.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Infantry crossed rifle army pin.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
- Worn on U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Shogi game pieces and box.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Shogi [lcsh];
- Wooden box contains forty-one shogi pieces. 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 twenty pieces. Shogi is much...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Women members of the Florin Japanese Methodist Church in Weimar, California.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- California [lcsh]; Florin Japanese Methodist Church [aacr2];
- Women visiting Ruth Uchida at Weimar.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Winter hearth in mulberry wood
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Winter hearth (okiro) designed to be used in circumstances when the ro cannot be set flush in the tatami floor. It is placed in the same position within the tearoom as the sunken hearth but stands on top of the tatami.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Wedding portrait of Dorothy Teruyo Matsuda and Robert Matsuda with guests/family.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Weddings [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Nakano, Sadako Viola [aacr2]; Nakano, Yukino [aacr2];...
- Wedding held at Amache Relocation Center. Front row L to R: Viola Sadako Nakano, Yukino Nakano, Beverly Jean Nakano (daughter), Harry Isamu Nakano, Dorothy Teruyo Matsuda (bride), Robert Matsuda (groom), Yoshiai Matsuda, Margaret S. Matsuda, John...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Viola Sadako Nakano, Geraldine Setsuka Nakano and George Asato Nakano, Jr. in the Japanese garden at Granada Relocation Center.
- Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Gardens, Japanese [lcsh]; Nakano,...
- Viola Sadako Nakano is second cousin to the children. 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....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Six-sided wood vase.
- Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]
- Vase most likely made at Gila River Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Straight column ironwood vase.
- Wood-carving [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
- Vase made at Gila River Relocation Center from ironwood tree branch.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cactus root wood vase and base.
- Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]
- Vase and base made at Gila River Relocation Center from cactus root wood.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Gold metal cup.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh];
- Used for offering rice for Buddhist home alter.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pair of mary jane style baby shoes.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh];
- Used by the Ota family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pair of baby shoes.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
- Used by the Ota family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pressure cooker.
- Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
- Used by the Nagaoka family, pre-war.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow bristle brush.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Sharpening stone.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Metal ladle.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
- Used by a Japanese American family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Suribachi used to crush toasted sesame seeds.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
- Used by a Japanese American family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Small wooden boards
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- Two small wooden boards (kizue) to be used in specific chabako procedures. The long board is used in the autumnal chabako dedicated to the moon (tsuki) and the single panel is used for the chabako known as wakei.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Shell gardenia pin.
- Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- 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 to four feet below the ground. After gathering,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase