Digital Collections

- Kimono suitcase (kori).
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japan -- Emigration and immigration [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh];
- Japanese women store their kimonos in a kori. This suitcase was used by an immigrant from Japan to the United States and then taken to an internment camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Rain umbrella (bangasa).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Arts, Japanese [lcsh];
- Bangasas are made of wood and oiled paper. This parasol is made from split bamboo. It was handmade by a parasol shop artist in Japan and bought by an immigrant to the United States in the early 1900s.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Hisaichi Kawanishi standing outside.
- Japanese American farmers [lcsh]; Japanese American men -- California [lcsh]; Kawanishi, Hisaichi [aacr2];
- Mr. Kawanishi was a farmer and early immigrant to the California area.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Hisaichi Kawanishi standing beside a brick building.
- Kawanishi, Hisaichi [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American farmers [lcsh];
- Mr. Kawanishi was a farmer and early immigrant to the California area.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Teabowl with brushed design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan for thin tea is decorated with vigorous white brushwork over a warm-toned glaze. The brushed pattern is known as hakeme, which originated in Korean pottery kilns. It was probably introduced to Japan through the acquisition of imported...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection