Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Matsumura, Carolyn [aacr2]; Seto, Grace [aacr2]; Nakano, Ruby Uchida [aacr2]; Nakano, Walter [aacr2]; Nakano, Eleanor [aacr2]; Matsumura, Loren [aacr2]; Matsumura, Bob...
Front row, L to R: Carolyn Matsumura, Grace Seto, Ruby Nakano, Walter Nakano, Eleanor Nakano. Center row, L to R: Loren Matsumura, Bob Matsumura, Joe Seto, Sara Nakano, Martha Nakano, Otto Nakano, Kristine Nakano. Back row, L to R: Susan Seto,...
Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- New Jersey -- Seabrook [lcsh]; Nakano, Ruby Uchida [aacr2]; Nakano, Fred [aacr2]; Nakano, Walter [aacr2]; Nakano, Eleanor [aacr2]; Nakano, Carolyn [aacr2]; Nakano, Grace [aacr2];
Front row: Walter Nakano, Eleanor Nakano, Carolyn Nakano Matsumura. Back row: Fred Nakano, Ruby Uchida, Grace Nakano Seto.
Manzanar War Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Uchida, Masaichi [aacr2];
Masaichi Uchida sold his farm for $4000 and left Florin for camp in May 1942.
Front row: Walter Nakano, Fred Nakano, Grace Nakano Seto, Ruby Uchida Nakano, Eleanor Nakano standing in front of Ruby, Shizu Uchida carrying Carolyn Nakano Matsumura,...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
This chaire in the daikai shape is paired with a cover (shifuku) made of a beautiful donsu fabric featuring motifs of plum, cherry, and tortoise shell. Shifuku for this style of chaire are tied with a special knot designed to fall open with one...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
This chaire is typical of the glazed containers (modeled on early imported Chinese wares) used to hold powdered thick tea. This example is fashioned in the high-shouldered (katatsuki) shape, and features a glaze typical of the Seto kilns. The silk...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
This chawan is finished with a black Seto glaze that provides a feeling of formality and elegance. The chawan is accompanied by a paulownia box bearing calligraphy that describes its provenance.
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
This high-shouldered chaire (katatsuki) is housed in a patterned silk cover (shifuku) known as sasazuru donsu, featuring the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif, which symbolizes long life, nobility, and hope. Seto ware (Seto-yaki)
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...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
This style of creating pattern through incising and impressing seals originated in Korea. When brought to Japan, the grid-like patterns reminded the Japanese of a famous calendar produced at a temple in Mishima. The technique and the ware...
