Digital Collections

- Temari thread ball with geometric pattern.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Temari thread ball with star shape in shades of gold.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Small temari thread ball with star shape.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Large temari thread ball with multi-colored bands.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature temari thread ball with gold band.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year's...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Temari thread ball with gold and pink flower pattern.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cloth for tea utensils with orange ground
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Kobukusa are small, square, silk cloths placed between tea utensils and the hand or floor. They are sometimes used to protect the hands from heat when a non raku-style teabowl (e.g., Hagi, Karatsu, Ido) is chosen for thick tea (koicha) service....
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection