Digital Collections

- Storefront from "A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution" exhibit at the Smithsonian.
- Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Museum exhibits [lcsh]; Japanese American business enterprises [lcsh]; United States. Constitution [lcsh]
- Exhibit located at National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Florin area exhibit on farming at the "A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution" exhibit at the Smithsonian.
- Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Museum exhibits [lcsh]; Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; United States. Constitution [lcsh]
- Exhibit located at National Museum of American History (U.S.) .
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Mary Tsukamoto as talking head at Smithsonian Museum, Washingon, D.C.
- Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. [lcsh]; Museum exhibits [lcsh];
- Exhibit located at National Museum of American History (U.S.) [lcna];
- 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
- Tea cloth in green brocade
- Japanese tea ceremony [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
- Small kettle with handle
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Tetsubin are small iron kettles with an integral handle that can be used in a variety of more informal tea procedures. Rather than using a ladle (hishaku) to pour the hot water into the teabowl, the host lifts and pours water directly from the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Fresh-water jar with shrimp-shaped ears
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- The "ears" on this fine mizusashi are fashioned in the shape of shrimp, which suggest a congratulatory theme. The work exhibits pleasing ash marks from the firing and the rich, toffee-colored (amegusuri) glaze which is a special attribute of the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl, black raku-style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- The rim of this well-balanced chawan exhibits the gozan or "five peaks" motif, which is frequently employed by Raku and raku-style potters. The dark color provides a particularly appealing ground for the intense green of the tea. The heavy walls...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop named Zuiun (Auspicious Clouds)
- 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...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea tray
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- This style of tray, known as a hanagatabon or flower-shaped tray, is designed for use in the hana (flower) temae, a chabako tea procedure for the spring season. The red-lacquered edges of this tray suggest stylized petals, and the center of the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection