Digital Collections

- Young boys playing baseball in sandlot.
- Kosaka, Sanaye [aacr2]; Ehara, Tom [aacr2]; Nakamura, Frank [aacr2]; Baseball teams -- California -- Marysville -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Urban parks -- California -- Marysville [lcsh]; Miners Park (Marysville, Calif.)...
- Identified: Sanaye Kosaka (at bat), Tom Ehara (pitcher), unidentified catcher, Frank Nakamura (tallest boy in background). Located in Marysville at what is today called "Miners Park."
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Young boys "sandlot" baseball team.
- Baseball teams -- California -- Marysville -- History [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Marysville [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Miners Park (Marysville, Calif.) [aacr2]; Urban parks -- California -- Marysville [lcsh]; Uyeno,...
- Back Row L to R: George Uyeno, Sam Nakagawa, Bill Kuroda, Frank Nakamura, Sanaye Kosaka, Joe Kagawa, Joe Nakamura. Front Row L to R: George Murata, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Tom Ehara, Katsumi Kuroda, James Kitahara, Henry Murayama. Located in...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow obi sash.
- Kimonos [lcsh]
- An obi (belt) is used to tie a kimono.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- World War II military uniform worn by Willie Sakai.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Sakai, Willie [aacr2]
- Uniform (as shown) is comprised of jacket (JC3A:02), shirt (JC3A:02a), and tie (JC3A:02c)
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- World War II Internees Split on Rehearing
- Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 --...
- The Japanese American community is divided on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reinstatement of a lawsuit seeking reparations for those interned during World War II. The lawsuit, Hohri v. United States 84-5460, was...
- Robert Matsui Legacy
- Wooden trophy with Japanese characters.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Relay racing -- Awards [lcsh];
- Given to the Tule Lake Relocation Center Block 19 Marathon Relay Team. From Page 3, TULEAN DISPATCH DAILY, April 12, 1943. "The Marathon Relay is scheduled for Sunday, April 18, with the course to extend approximately five miles, up to the top of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden tray with painted with white flowers for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- 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 stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris is...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden rooster good luck charm.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temples, Buddhist -- Japan [lcsh];
- The charm has bell and gold charm symbolizing the Todaiji Temple in Japan. Todaiji ("Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. Todaiji was constructed in 752 as the head temple...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden base and tatami mat for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- 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 stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris is...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wood storage box used by the Masatoshi Abe family during internment at Gila River Relocation Center [set of 2].
- Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Abe, Masatoshi [aacr2];
- Family number 8696 is painted on the box.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Women waiting to welcome Camp Shelby soldiers at Jerome Relocation Center.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2];
- Mary Tsukamoto is in the back row, right side.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Winter hearth in mulberry wood
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Winter hearth (okiro) designed to be used in circumstances when the ro cannot be set flush in the tatami floor. It is placed in the same position within the tearoom as the sunken hearth but stands on top of the tatami.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- White corsage pin.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Corsage is made of pipe cleaner. Made in Topaz Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wheatland Union High School.
- School buildings [lcsh]; High schools -- California -- Wheatland [lcsh];
- Wheatland Union High School is where the Okano family children attended school after resettlement from the camps.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wedding portrait of Mary Tsukamoto's nephew.
- Weddings -- Japan [lcsh];
- Wedding took place in Japan. Groom is the eldest son of Mary's oldest sister, Masako.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wedding montsuki kimono undergarment.
- Kimonos [lcsh]; Wedding costume -- Japan [lcsh]; Nakano, Yaeko Mildred Uyemura [aacr2];
- Clothing marked with a family crest is called Montsuki. Worn by Mildred Yaeko Nakano at her wedding.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Watercolor depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) -- Pictorial works [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Watercolor painting [lcsh]; Prisoners as...
- Watercolor by Harry Yoshizumi depicting boy in front of Poston Relocation Center barracks and latrines. In the foreground is a telephone pole and a trash can. The artist signed his name on the trash can lid.
  Harry Yoshizumi studied art in...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Water replacement pitcher with Shunkei lacquer
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- When a cold water jar (mizusashi) sits on a utensil stand, it is left in the tearoom at the end of the temae. A water replacement pitcher is used to replenish the cold water jar at that time. The Katakuchi shape of this piece is more commonly...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Water ladle for brazier season
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- This hishaku is crafted in the traditional pattern for furo season, distinguished by a smaller cup appropriate to the furo kettle, and by an angled cut on the lower surface at the tip of the handle.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Warrior dolls' body armor for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Armor [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2];
- 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 stick iris leaves on the roof. The iris is...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase