Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh];
The doll is performing the sun hat dance. Kimekomi means to "tuck in 1" in Japanese. Cloth, usually made of silk brocade with traditional Japanese design, is glued and tucked into grooves of the doll body. The origin of kimekomi dolls dates back...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity [lcsh]; Sumida, Tatsuko [aacr2];...
Tatsuko Sumida (back row, far right) played the samisen. Mrs. Sumida was left behind when her husband, Shigeichi Sumida, was sent to the Santa Fe Internment Camp.
Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful blue motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
Used for serving a single fresh moist sweet (namagashi) to a guest, this plate employs a colorful green motif depicting flower-viewing dumplings (hanami-dango). These skewered, steamed rice dumplings are common during Kyoto's Miyako-odori, a dance...
