Digital Collections

- Journals of dissent and social change
- "A bibliography of titles in the California State University, Sacramento, Library." Vols for 1969-1972 issued by the University under its earlier name: Sacramento State College Vols. for 1969- compiled by John Liberty
- Faculty Publications
- Tea caddy for thin tea with tsubo-tsubo design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh];
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for thin tea with swirl design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Bizen-style vase with crane's neck design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Bizen pottery [lcsh]; Vases [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea caddy for thin tea
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Card game
- Card games--Japan [lcsh]
- A "card game" for the Way of Tea, modeled after a favorite New Year's game known as the "One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each" (Hyakunin Isshu). There are several versions of the original game, one in which the name and portrait of the poet appears on...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tea utensil box
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Chabako are used for a variety of seasonal tea procedures (temae) designed for outdoor presentation. The host outfits the box with a selection of all the utensils necessary to prepare tea for the guests. Sets of matching covers (shifuku) are used...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection