Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Postcards [lcsh]; New Year's Day cards -- Japan [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2];
Postcard was printed in Tokyo Japan, but was originally a postcard of only flowers. Yoshio Harry Tsuruda most likely painted the calligraphy. Tsuruda family name appears on lower left corner. It appears to be neither mailed nor does it have any...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
Teabowl (chawan) for thin tea, with a wide and shallow shape that allows the tea to cool more quickly in the summertime. A Chinese bell flower, also called balloon flower or kikkyo, is painted on the bowl. This motif appears from mid-summer into...
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...
