Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Ornamental boxes [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Kametaro Takeuchi resided at Block 21, #2114-B at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
Trade made for serving higashi, the pressed sweets for thin tea. Its wooden box has a larger inscription ZUIUN (Auspicious Clouds) and the signature of the renowned Kyoto lacquer studio Zohiko.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
The wooden base is made from a crate box. The pencil holder was made at Gila River Relocation Center.
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.
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Sculpture [lcsh];
Most likely made in an internment camp. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Shogi [lcsh];
Wooden box contains forty-one shogi pieces. Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board and each player has twenty pieces. Shogi is much...
Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Baseball -- Awards [lcsh];
Silver, engraved baseball charm with "M" won by George Nakano, 1943, in Granada Relocation Center. Possibly won at Merced Detention Center in 1942 and presented at Granada.
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 Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2]
Set includes display box (JC8:05), helmet (JC8:06), body suit (JC8:07), face apron (JC8:08), back leg armor (JC8:09), and stand (JC8:19). Boys' Day Festival (Tango-no-Sekku) is observed annually on May 5th to celebrate the healthy growth and...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
This unlacquered paulownia box is designed to hold both a ceramic caddy for thick tea (chaire) and lacquered caddy for thick tea (natsume) for the satsubako tea procedure (temae), one of a set of four orally transmitted temae. When a guest...
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 Japanese-made chaire is intended to resemble a highly valued Chinese bunrin or apple-shaped tea caddy. It is paired with a cover (shifuku) of blue and gold sasazuru donsu, bearing the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif which symbolizes...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
This chaire is fashioned in the popular high-shouldered (katatsuki) form with glaze work typical of the Zeze kilns. The shifuku (cover) that accompanies it is fashioned from a satin (donsu) fabric known as Fujitane (a family name), which bears a...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
This chashaku, crafted in dark bamboo, was fashioned by Goto Zuigan Roshi, 503rd abbot of Daitokuji ZenTemple in Kyoto, Japan, and first Zen master to Hounsai Daisosho, the 15th generation Urasenke Grand Master. The work exhibits a strong and...
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...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
When transporting utensils to the site of an outdoor tea gathering, the tea whisk (chasen) is stored in a lacquered wooden sheath (chasenzutsu) inside of the tea utensil box (chabako). It is removed from the sheath during the tea procedure and used...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
Hagi ware is thought to originate from the work of two Korean potters, Ri Shakko and Ri Kei, who founded the kiln ( Fukagawa-gama) under the patronage of the Mori clan, sometime around 1604. This teabowl was created by the 12th generation master,...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
This small and charming bowl was crafted by well known Kyoto potter, Kyuho, who often worked with the 14th generation Head Master of the Urasenke Tradition of Tea, Sekiso Tantansai Mugensai (1893-1964). The protective box for this teabowl has...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Shigaraki pottery [lcsh]
Crafted in classic Shigaraki style, this chawan presents a rustic appearance appropriate to more intimate and informal settings. The piece is provided with a paulownia box bearing calligraphy that describes its provenance.Shigaraki ware...
