Digital Collections

- Journals of dissent and social change
- "A bibliography of titles in the California State University, Sacramento, Library." Vols for 1969-1972 issued by the University under its earlier name: Sacramento State College Vols. for 1969- compiled by John Liberty
- Faculty Publications
- Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2];
- Reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tray for serving dry sweets in black and gold
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh];
- The geometric shape of this tray is a stylized image of a snow flake.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea caddy for thick tea with white glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This Japanese-made chaire is intended to resemble a highly valued Chinese bunrin or apple-shaped tea caddy. It is paired with a cover (shifuku) of blue and gold sasazuru donsu, bearing the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif which symbolizes...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with gold glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh];
- Teabowl suitable for thick tea as well as thin tea. Made by the potter Choraku. The Choraku kiln was founded by Ogawa Choraku (1874-1939). He worked with the 11th and 12th generation masters in the Raku family and established his own kiln in Kyoto...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Cloth for tea utensils
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- The damask (donsu) fabric of this dashibukusa employs a stylized pine cone motif known as karamatsu (Chinese pine) over which an emblem of stylized wisteria leaves has been embroidered in gold thread. It was presented to Nakatani Sokiku in her...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Miniture gold and silver orgami drum with red string and tassels.
- Decorative arts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Reagan, Ronald [lcna];...
- Ronald Reagan (left) and Eugene Chappie (right) with two unidentified Japanese Americans and students from Gold Hill Elementry School at the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. The plaque reads: Site...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Presenter at the dedication ceremony for the site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Reagan, Ronald [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];...
- Ronald Reagan on stage. Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Dedication ceremony for the site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm...
- Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ginko leaf lid rest
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Lid rest for use when a utensil stand is used in the tea procedure. The pattern of paired ginko leaves in green and gold reflect the passage of time from spring green to autumn gold. The ginko has been associated with the Urasenke Tradition of Tea...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in the incense censor shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of an incense censor (hoya koro futaoki) that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set. It is covered with a green raku glaze and highlighted with gold. Two versions of this lid rest exist, one with five medallions in which...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- School children touching boulder used for the plaque of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark.
- Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
- The historical landmark marks the site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. The plaque reads: First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Boulder for the plaque of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark being set in permanent location.
- Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm; Agriculture -- California [lcsh];
- Plaque will read: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ash container for charcoal temae
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Furo season ash container (haiki), in green raku glaze with gold highlights, for charcoal temae.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Red lacquer tray accented with geometric cut gold leafs
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Trade made for serving higashi, the pressed sweets for thin tea. Its wooden box has a larger inscription ZUIUN (Auspicious Clouds) and the signature of the renowned Kyoto lacquer studio Zohiko.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Finished site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
- Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pair of Daruma dolls (white, red, gold painting) with box.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Daruma doll (painted red and gold).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kimekomi doll (gold and orange kimono).
- 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...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase