Digital Collections

- Painting on board of a chestnut (kuri) and persimmon (kaki).
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a dragonfly and morning glories.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of sparrows.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Haiku [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- The poem reads "I am enjoying having a tea made of newly-picked tea leaves, thanking my long life." Artist's signature and stamp are at lower right corner. From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board about aroma of tea.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- The poem reads "I am enjoying an aroma of newly-picked tea leaves with my wife, whom I have lived with for fifty years." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board about tea.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- The poem reads "One of the things that make me so happy and pleased in my hometown is an aroma of newly-picked tea." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board about a crane.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]
- Kanji reads "A voice of a crane is the best." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh];
- Kanji reads "Peace, harmony or Japan." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board with gold border.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- Translation: "like" or "to look like." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tanka poem written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Buddhism [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Japanese poetry [lcsh];
- The poem, composed by Tomoko Ohtani, the wife of a Buddhist priest, reads: "I believe that people could overcome any hardship by learning and following the teachings of Buddha." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles. Tanka is a...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- lavender flower shell earrings.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain 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 to four feet...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pink flower shell earrings.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]
- Made at Heart Mountain. 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....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow flower shell earrings.
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain. 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....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tulip shaped shell earrings.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain. 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....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Elk Grove High School medal and ribbon pin.
- Japanese Americans -- Education --California [lcsh]; High school students -- Awards [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Mary -- Awards [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2];
- Highest merit award earned by Mary Tsukamoto from Elk Grove High School. "Mary Dakuzaku" engraved on front.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden puzzle box with painting of Mount Fuji.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Ito [aacr2];
- This box was brought from Japan by Ito Tsukamoto on her last visit in 1934.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Bamboo wall hanging with carved kokeshi dolls in front of mirror.
- Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]
- This souvenir was brought from Japan in 1934 by Al Tsukamoto's mother, Ito Tsukamoto. Kokeshi are 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,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Girl good luck charm for love.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- This charm is a "Mascot for love," to bring a girl happiness and love. The coin ("goen") symbolizes a connection to another person.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature Japanese sandals made of straw.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- According to custom, when someone travels around, another person may give them the shoes so that the wanderer will stop traveling.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Gold ornament with picture of seven gods sailing on ship.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- The seven gods sailing on a ship (Takarahune) symbolize wealth, happiness, and abundance.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase