Digital Collections

- Wooden chopsticks carved with braided effect.
- Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Bamboo wall hanging with carved kokeshi dolls in front of mirror.
- Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]
- This souvenir was brought from Japan in 1934 by Al Tsukamoto's mother, Ito Tsukamoto. 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,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden vase carved from tree branch with painting.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Vase-painting [lcsh];
- Made by Shigeichi Sumida while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Shigeichi Sumida was originally from Sacramento,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ash tray carved from stone.
- Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Stone carving [lcsh];
- Made at Topaz Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Light and dark brown wooden bird pin.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Hand carved and painted lapel pin. Most likely made in an internment camp. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Brown and orange wooden bird pin.
- Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Hand carved and painted lapel pin.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wood cane with handle carved into shape of a dragon's head.
- Wood-carving [lcsh]
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mochi usu (mortar) with wood lid.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
- The usu was carved from a solid granite stone by the Ruhkala Brothers in circa 1934. The Ruhkala's owned a granite quarry in Rocklin California. Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Manzanita cane with paintings of animals and native americans [close-up view].
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh];
- This cane was carved at Tule Lake Relocation Center. It contains painted images of a monkey, giraffe, lion, frog, and native americans. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tortoise carved out of oak wood.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Takeuchi, Kametaro [aacr2]
- Mr. Kametaro Takeuchi, originally from West Sacramento, California resided at Block 21, #2114-B at Tule Lake Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Two pairs of miniature sandals.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
- These sandals were carved at an internment center. 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
- Wood carved bird pin.
- Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Made at Poston Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own brushes,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cold water jar with shunkei lacquer
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Bentwood cold water jar covered in shunkei lacquer, with decorative carved wood grain.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoops in the style of so (informal) and gyo (semi-formal)
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];Scoops [lcsh]
- Three tea scoops, two in the semi-formal (gyo) style with the bamboo node at the tip of the scoop, and one in the informal (so) style with the bamboo node falling in the middle of the scoop. The latter has been carved in a style reminiscent of the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection