Digital Collections

- Bizen-style vase with crane's neck design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Bizen pottery [lcsh]; Vases [lcsh]
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Crane origami display made with gum wrappers.
- Decorative arts [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Drum with crane design for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- 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, and stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris is...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board about a crane.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]
- Kanji reads "A voice of a crane is the best." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Origami crane bouquet.
- Decorative arts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting of crane on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Hanganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl for thin tea with folded crane design
- 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...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- White crane and two large flower blossoms on pedestal made from shells.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Sculpture [lcsh]; Takeuchi, Misako [aacr2]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
- Misako Takeuchi resided at Block 21, #2114-BC 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 for...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase