Digital Collections

- Tane Akiyama, mother of Zentaro (George) Akiyama, presented flag from son's casket by Henry Nakashima.
- Akiyama, Zentaro George [aacr2]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Mothers and sons [lcsh]; Military funerals [lcsh]; Flags...
- Zentaro (George) Akiyama, Nisei soldier, was born May 11, 1919, Broderick, California. He was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Company F. He was killed July 3, 1944 at the Battle of Hill No. 140, Castellino, Italy.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wall hanging painted by Yasuka Akamatsu.
- Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh]; Akamatsu, Yasuka [aacr2];
- Wildflowers painted on wall hanging by Yasuka Akamatsu while interned at Mindoka Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tea whisk and sheath
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
- When transporting utensils to the site of an outdoor tea gathering, the tea whisk (chasen) is stored in a lacquered wooden sheath (chasenzutsu) inside of the tea utensil box (chabako). It is removed from the sheath during the tea procedure and used...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tule Lake Relocation Center Japanese language school, 1st through 7th grade students.
- Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Education [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna];
- Ward 7.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Leather wallet with Tule Lake Relocation Center sketch on cover.
- Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Leatherwork [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh];
- Wallet made by Ronald Tutomi at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Three-legged ironwood vase.
- Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]
- Vase made at Gila River Relocation Center from ironwood.
- 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
- Serving dish with green design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful green motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Serving dish with blue design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful blue motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- 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
- Japanese American man in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh];
- Unidentified man, possibly a member of Akihoshi family. 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
- Two charm pouches.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Two gold charms inside pouches. Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The Butsudan was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Red and yellow shell corsage pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [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
- Kokeshi doll (Japanese characters on front and on bottom).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
- Traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are painted to give them distinguishing features. Originally, Kokeshi dolls were made as...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tom and Kokan Oshiro.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- San Francisco [lcsh]; Oshiro, Tom [aacr2]; Oshiro, Kokan [aacr2]; Graduation (School) [lcsh];
- Tom (left) and brother, Kokan, Oshiro in San Francisco at Tom's graduation from high school.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Durham smoking tobacco pouch.
- Advertisements [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh];
- Tobacco pouch for Durham Smoking Tobacco 7/8 oz. (empty).
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tea whisk in formal (shin) style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
- This white bamboo chasen, with its sharply angled form, embodies one of several possible chasen shapes.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea box
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- This unlacquered paulownia box is designed to hold both a ceramic caddy for thick tea (chaire) and lacquered caddy for thick tea (natsume) for the satsubako tea procedure (temae), one of a set of four orally transmitted temae. When a guest...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Square dish
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- This square ceramic dish is perfectly suited for a serving dish during the kaiseki meal that accompanies a formal tea gathering (chaji). Fashioned in the Oribe style, with its distinctive green glaze and bold designs, it depicts a single flower in...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection