Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh]
The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses or cattle that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the...
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 -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh];
The doll is performing the sun hat dance. Kimekomi means to "tuck in 1" in Japanese. Cloth, usually made of silk brocade with traditional Japanese design, is glued and tucked into grooves of the doll body. The origin of kimekomi dolls dates back...
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,...
Holds religious artifacts on the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) that was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren Shonin, and...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Dedication services -- California [lcsh]; Cemeteries -- California [lcsh]; Paperweights [lcsh]; Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna];
The plaque reads "Tulelake Cemetary Dedication, September 10, 1989, Linkville Cemetery, Klamath Falls, OR, Sponsered by the Japanese American Citizens League."
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.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh];
L to R: American Campaign Medal (blue striped); Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (yellow striped); Army Good Conduct Medal (red striped). Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a Japanese American member of the 442nd Regimental...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh];
L to R: European-African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (brown, red and green striped), Occupation Service Medal (black, red, and white striped); Victory Medal(red and rainbow striped). Worn on World War II U.S. military uniform, most likely by a...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese families [lcsh]; Japanese women -- Japan -- Okinawa-ken [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Gushikuma Shiroma [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Ushi Yamashiro [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Kame...
Identified: Grandma Ushi Yamashiro Dakuzaku, unidentified, Great Grandmother Gushikuma Shiroma, unidentified, Mother Kame Yoshinaga Dakuzaku holding Masako Dakuzaku (born April 1906). Photo taken in Okinawa, Japan. Oldest known photo of Mary...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Relay racing -- Awards [lcsh];
Given to the Tule Lake Relocation Center Block 19 Marathon Relay Team. From Page 3, TULEAN DISPATCH DAILY, April 12, 1943. "The Marathon Relay is scheduled for Sunday, April 18, with the course to extend approximately five miles, up to the top of...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Vase-painting [lcsh];
Made by Shigeichi Sumida while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Shigeichi Sumida was originally from Sacramento,...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. 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...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. 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...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. 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...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Marielle [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Kuzu [aacr2];
Identified: Mary, Marielle, ?, ?, Kuzu, ?. Tsukamoto family relocated to Kalamazoo, Michigan after being released from Jerome Relocation Center. Al Tsukamoto baked cakes on a night shift at Peter Pan bakery.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Corsage made of pipe cleaners. Made in Topaz 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 nature. They also...
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna];
Corsage made of pipe cleaner. 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 nature. They also made their own brushes, paints,...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
Corsage is made of pipe cleaner. Made in Topaz 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 nature. They...
