Digital Collections

- Grace and Joe's Beauty and Barber Shop promotional mat wall hanging with painting of Mt. Fuji.
- Japanese American business enterprises -- California [lcsh]; Matsuno Jyono, Joe [aacr2]; Matsuno Jyono, Grace [aacr2]; Advertisements [lcsh];
- Grace and Joe's Beauty and Barber Shop was located at 108 E. Elm Street, Lodi, California. Their surname was Matsuno Jyono. Grace ran the beauty shop and Joe ran the barber shop. The scene has Mt. Fuji in the background, cherry blossoms in the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a pomegranate.
- 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 gourd with a haiku poem.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a narcissus flower.
- 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 squirrel and leaves.
- 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 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.
- 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
- 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
- Embroidered rooster charm on red cloth.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- Good luck charm for those born in year of the rooster.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tule Lake Pilgrimage souvenir pin.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Racoon kokeshi doll.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]
- Racoon has accounting book in hand that symbolizes business. 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 and are painted to give...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase