Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Farms -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Irrigation pumps -- History [lcsh];
Farm purchased by Iwao Takahama and his business partner, Zensaku Teranishi (41st Meiji). One third of the acreage was first cultivated. At the center, men are digging an irrigation well. To the right is the transformer for the water pump.
King Sho (Taiko number 6) was the last king of Okinawa. King Sho went to Tokyo in the year Meiji 12 (1878). He reluctantly gave up the Shuri castle and residence to the Emperor Meifi and the Japanese government. Ryukyu (Okinawa) had been an...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; tea caddies [lcsh]
The 14th generation Urasenke master Tantansai (1893-1964) designed this unlacquered nakatsugi of mulberry wood to be used by students studying the wakin temae. The wakin temae, created by 11th generation Urasanke master Gengensai (1810-1877),...
