Digital Collections

- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board about aroma of tea.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- The poem reads "I am enjoying an aroma of newly-picked tea leaves with my wife, whom I have lived with for fifty years." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board about tea.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- The poem reads "One of the things that make me so happy and pleased in my hometown is an aroma of newly-picked tea." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Haiku poem written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Haiku [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- The poem reads "I am enjoying having a tea made of newly-picked tea leaves, thanking my long life." Artist's signature and stamp are at lower right corner. From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board about a crane.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]
- Kanji reads "A voice of a crane is the best." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board with gold border.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- Translation: "like" or "to look like." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh];
- Kanji reads "Peace, harmony or Japan." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting of a house in the woods on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]
- From the Higashi Hanganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting of crane on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Hanganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a chestnut (kuri) and persimmon (kaki).
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a dragonfly and morning glories.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a gourd with a haiku poem.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a narcissus flower.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a pomegranate.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of a squirrel and leaves.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Painting on board of sparrows.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
- From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- 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
- Tanka poem written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Buddhism [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Japanese poetry [lcsh];
- The poem, composed by Tomoko Ohtani, the wife of a Buddhist priest, reads: "I believe that people could overcome any hardship by learning and following the teachings of Buddha." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles. Tanka is a...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase