Digital Collections

- Teabowl for thin tea with black and brown design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- A teabowl for thin tea with abstract brushwork in non oxide.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl, gray with blush glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- A teabowl with a simple appeal that will blend harmoniously with other, more decorated utensils. Over years of use, glazes such as this will develop subtle changes that deepen their appeal even further.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tobacco tray
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tobacco jars and boxes [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]
- A tobacco tray is used to signify an informal and relaxed atmosphere. While these days tobacco is seldom used in the tearoom, the importance of its signification remains.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for serving tea to a noble person
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- At the time a specific temae was developed to serve tea to a noble person (kinin), it was decided that all utensils, but especially the teabowl, should be used for the very first time. Since the kinin teabowl and the plain wood stand on which it...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Bamboo tea whisk
- Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
- Bamboo tea whisk (chasen) with 100 tines. This type of whisk with fine tines is suitable for use in usucha or thin tea.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Rain umbrella (bangasa).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Arts, Japanese [lcsh];
- Bangasas are made of wood and oiled paper. This parasol is made from split bamboo. It was handmade by a parasol shop artist in Japan and bought by an immigrant to the United States in the early 1900s.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl with phoenix design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- Bearing a painted design depicting a phoenix, this chawan is designed for thin tea and is appropriate for use in any season.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Vase with colorful scene of a serpent and people.
- 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,...
- Belongs with 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 family ancestors.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cold water jar with shunkei lacquer
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Bentwood cold water jar covered in shunkei lacquer, with decorative carved wood grain.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Rinse water container in bentwood
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Bentwood rinse water containers are dampened before use and so have an association of coolness in summer. For that reason their use is often confined to thin tea procedures.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Brazier for small kettle
- Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Braziers [lcsh]
- Bizen-style, natural ash glad brazier in the shape known as benibachi. The small size makes it suitable for supporting the handled kettle used in chabako.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Black incense container for furo season
- Incense burners and containers [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Black lacquer incense container (kogo) with Wisteria crest in gold lacquer. Note how the crest also references the image of a butterfly.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Sacramento Boy Scout Troop 41 in Japan.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Boy Scouts of America [lcna];
- Boy Scout Troop 41 visit to Japan in the summer of 1929. Many people from Japan Town came to see the boys off. A farewell speech was given by Governor C. C. Young. The troop marched to the river and boarded the River Boat Isleton for an over night...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Boy Scout Troop 41 boarding Siberia Maru.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Boy Scouts of America [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh];
- Boy Scout Troop 41 visit to Japan in the summer of 1929. Many people from Japan Town came to see the boys off. A farewell speech was given by Governor C. C. Young. The troop marched to the river and boarded the River Boat Isleton for an over night...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Sacramento Boy Scout Troop 41 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Boy Scouts of America [lcna]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]
- Boy Scout Troop 41 visit to Japan in the summer of 1929. The troop met in front of the Capitol Building. Many people from Japan Town came to see the boys off. A farewell speech was given by Governor C. C. Young. The troop marched to the river and...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Bronze brazier
- Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Braziers [lcsh]
- Bronze brazier (furo) in the shape known as Doanburo. Sen Doan, son of the renowned teamaster Sen Rikyu favored this shape, hence its name.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Artificial flower making instruction book.
- Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American art [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Kato, Kotono [aacr2];
- Brought from Japan with artificial flower making tools. Used at Granada Relocation Center by Mrs. Kotono Kato for teaching artificial flower making classes.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Bowl to hold incense.
- 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,...
- Ceramic bowl plated with gold. Located in the fourth drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ceramic lid rest
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
- Ceramic lid rest (futaoki) with stylized pattern of pine trees. Ceramic lid rests are used in conjunction with various types of utensil stands, as they are considered to be more formal than bamboo lid rests.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Vase for flowers
- Vases [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Ceramic vase with ears. Although ceramic vases may be used in either the furo season (May through October when the enclosed brazier is used to heat the kettle) or the ro season (November through April when the sunken hearth is used), the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection