Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh];
Painted by Charles Mikami on a bleach crate. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1901 and began studying sumi-e painting at the age of fourteen. In 1919 he immigrated to Seattle. He and his family were interned in Tule Lake Relocation Center and...
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...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration Camps --...
The term "Sen nin bari" literally means 1,000 knots sewn by people, but in a real sense the many knots were sewn by women, and the knots were sewn into sashes, shirts, vests or other items. It is said that each knot represents its makers wish for...
Japanese American business enterprises -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Fan painting, Japanese [lcsh]; Advertisements [lcsh]; Tanikawa Mercantile Store [lcna];
T. Tanikawa Co. was a mercantile store on the corner of Reese and Florin Roads in Florin, California. The fan was made in Japan and used prior to World War II.
Clothing marked with a family crest is called Montsuki. The kimono was sent by William G. Holmes, who was stationed in Japan with the United States Army in 1947, to his sister Dorothy.
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Sports [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
Hago-Ita is a badminton game played by young Japanese girls on Syou-Gatsu (1st of January) to confirm their friendship. This paddle was designed and created by John Marshall, a professional textile designer who teaches and lectures internationally...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2]
Set includes display box (JC8:05), helmet (JC8:06), body suit (JC8:07), face apron (JC8:08), back leg armor (JC8:09), and stand (JC8:19). Boys' Day Festival (Tango-no-Sekku) is observed annually on May 5th to celebrate the healthy growth and...
Furniture [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Kawasaki, George [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
Hutch consists of bottom portion (JC25O:04) and top portion 9JC25O:05). Built by George Masaaki Kawasaki at the Tule Lake Relocation Center utilizing new and scrap wood. The bottom portion has two drawers and one shelf behind swinging doors and is...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tsuda, Wally [aacr2]; Tsusaki, Matsu [aacr2]; Miyao, Martin [aacr2]; Suetaro, Kiino [aacr2]; Tanikawa, Tamazo [aacr2]; Tahara, Hiro [aacr2];...
Identification on back of photo: (front) Wally Tsuda, Matsu Tsusaki, Martin Miyao, Suetaro Kiino, Tamazo Tanikawa, Hiro Tahara, Hidemo Kodama, Sam Tsukamoto, Hitoshi Ouchida, Pedro Ouchida (seated behind Tanikawa), Hideo Kadokawa, Charles Nishi,...
Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Women basketball players [lcsh]; Itogawa, Nancy [aacr2]; Sawade, Clara [aacr2]; Okada, E.M. [aacr2]; Yoshida, Eva [aacr2];...
Most likely a girl's basketball team. Identified: Front row L to R: Nancy Itogawa, ?, Clara Sawade, Lillian ?. Second row L to R: E.M. Okada, ?, ?, Eva Yoshida, Rosie Tsukamoto
Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Epworth League (U.S.) [lcna]; Yamada, Helen [aacr2]; Masuda, Ida [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Mary [aacr2]; Kawamoto, Joyce [aacr2]; Kushi, Bertha [aacr2]; Shigeno,...
Identified: Front row; Helen Yamada, Ida Masuda, Mary Dakuzaku, Joyce Kawamoto, Bertha Kushi, Agnes Shigeno, Amy Murakami, Ruby Uchida, Frances Seno; Middle row; Ruth Dakuzaku, Kiyono Yasui, Edith Tsukamoto, Mary Uchida, Ito, Alice Yamada, Hideo...
Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; School children [lcsh]; Students -- California -- Florin [aacr2]; Sakakihara, Pauline [aacr2]; Nakamura, Hatsuye [aacr2]; Kadokawa, Mary [aacr2]; Miyoshi, Doris...
The school was segregated. Identified: Front row; Pauline Sakakihara, Hatsuye Nakamura, Mary Kadokawa, Doris Miyoshi, Ella Yoshinaga (valedictorian), Barbara Yamada, Misu Kushi, Katherine Takahashi, Elsie Seno, Nami Tsukamoto; Back row; Rosie...
Japanese American children [lcsh]; Nagumo, Reiko [aacr2]; Los Feliz School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) [aacr2]; Watson, John [aacr2]; Barrington, Tom [aacr2]; Kirman, Connie [aacr2]; Dwyer, Elise [aacr2]; White, Mary Frances [aacr2];...
Photo of Reiko Nagumo and second grade classmate friends at Los Feliz school. Front Row L to R: Unidentified, John Watson, Tom Barrington. Back Row L to R: Connie Kirman, Reiko Nagumo, Elise Dwyer, Mary Frances White, Marion Clemenshaw, Geraldine...
Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Taketa, Masao [aacr2]; Taketa, Ichi [aacr2]; Taketa, Henry [aacr2]; Taketa, May [aacr2]; Taketa, Tom [aacr2];
Family lived in Sacramento. Photograph taken before Tom left for UC Berkeley at age 20 as a junior. Identified: Front row; Masao, Ichi; Back row; Tom, May, Henry. Masao Taketa and Ichi Taketa were fruit farmers in Florin. The Taketas and extended...
