Digital Collections

- Shaving razor in black box.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese American man in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh];
- Unidentified man, possibly a member of Akihoshi family. Photograph from the Nakano family album. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in West Sacramento where they purchased land to farm....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Black plastic tray with design.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Tray used to hold a bowl (which was used as a gong) and small white incense holder. The Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tray for the Daien No Shin or Daien No So tea procedure
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Tray for Daien No Shin or Daien No So tea procedure in formal black lacquer
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Incense container (kogo) for chabako
- This small red and black kogo was selected for use in chabako temae (outdoor tea procedures). The chabako kogo is used exclusively for the tsuki (moon) chabako, a unique tea procedure which is performed in the autumn. The style and color of this...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea caddy for thick tea or thin tea in formal style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This middle-sized ( chu) natsume, in the formal (shin-nuri) style, is a classic example of the genre. Here, the natsume is paired with an otsubukuro - a small silk bag shaped like those formerly used for rice from Otsu intended for the imperial...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Japanese female doll.
- Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
- This doll was made by an Issei woman at Minidoka Relocation Center. The hair is made of black thread and the hands and fingers are made of toilet tissue. It was purchased by Marguerite Coombs (nee Askew), a teacher at Hunt High School, ...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl with black Seto glaze
- 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.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with brown, black, and yellow glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan is a classic example of Zeze ware originating from the Kagero-en kiln. The waisted shape is relatively formal, and the piece has been decorated with an abstract brown, black and yellow glaze typical of the genre. Zeze is known as one of...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with tenmoku glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan bears a typical black tenmoku glaze on the outside, while on the inside of the bowl a plum design emerges from the ""tortoise shell"" glaze that is typical of Taihizan style tenmoku bowls. The term "tenmoku" refers to historical...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl, black raku-style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- The rim of this well-balanced chawan exhibits the gozan or "five peaks" motif, which is frequently employed by Raku and raku-style potters. The dark color provides a particularly appealing ground for the intense green of the tea. The heavy walls...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Yumyosai (1853-1917) favored Kamo Gawa basket for flowers
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- The idea for the design of this basket came from a very old practice of controlling the flow of water in the Kamo River that flows through Kyoto by wrapping large stones in bamboo and placing them strategically. The bamboo tube inside the original...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tray for serving dry sweets in black and gold
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh];
- The geometric shape of this tray is a stylized image of a snow flake.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for winter
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- The cylindrical design of this black raku-style chawan suggests warmth, making it appropriate for serving thin tea in the winter months.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Stand for tenmoku-style teabowl
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Tenmoku teabowls (chawans) - either historical Chinese (karamono) originals or those modeled on them - usually rest on a lacquer stand, either formal black shin nuri as shown here or in a more decorative style. This is partly because they have a...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Black pole with paper tassel for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- Tassel sits on the tall rack of the Boy's Day set. Boys' Day Festival (Tango-no-Sekku) is observed annually on May 5th to celebrate the healthy growth and development of young boys. On this day, the Japanese take iris-scented baths, sip iris wine,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature wooden shrine painted gold and black.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Shrine used to hold wooden plaques of buddhist prayers. Belongs in the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) that was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl, red raku-style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Raku-style chawan generally feature either red or black glazes. This piece, crafted by Waraku, is an excellent example of the red raku style. Red raku ware (akaraku).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Calligraphy in black frame.
- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Acknowledgements [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Real property [lcsh]
- Presented to the Taketa family to acknowlege their gift of estate to Yanomachi, Hiroshimaken, by the Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Al and Mary Tsukamoto standing in front of pond.
- Tsukamoto, Al [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh];
- Photograph taken in Los Angeles. "Los Angeles 1938" handwritten on photograph. Sepia toned photo, sleeved w/ negative. Black and white photo duplicate included.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase