Digital Collections

- 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
- Black incense container for furo season
- Incense burners and containers [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Black lacquer incense container (kogo) with Wisteria crest in gold lacquer. Note how the crest also references the image of a butterfly.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Black wooden box with gold seal for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- Box used to display and store warrior doll's armor for Boy's Day set. 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...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Blue kimono with gold applique diamond shapes.
- Kimonos [lcsh]
- 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
- Bowl to hold incense.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Ceramic bowl plated with gold. Located in the fourth drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Buddhist paper offering with gold band.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Religious artifact belonging with the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) that was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren Shonin,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Buddhist prayer with gold border on purple board.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Religious object belonging with the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) that was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren Shonin,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Calligraphy in gold frame.
- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Acknowledgements [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh];
- Presented by the mayor of the town called "Yano" to the Taketa family as acknowledgement for their long-term distinguished service to the town.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- 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
- 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
- Complete Boy's Day Set.
- Tango no sekku [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh];
- Boy's Day set is comprised of display box for armor (JC8:05), helmet (JC8:06), body suit (JC8:07), face apron (JC8:08), back leg armor (JC8:09), display rack for swords (JC8:10), removable sword and scabbard (JC8:11), sword (JC8:12), display rack...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dinner ceremony for the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque at the Hotel El Dorado.
- Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [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
- Fan set for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- Includes fan rack (JC8:13), gold fan set (JC8:14), and pole with tassel (JC8:15). 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...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- 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
- 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
- Gold fan with rising sun for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- Fan sits on tall rack in Boy's Day display. 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...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase