Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Postcards [lcsh]; New Year's Day cards -- Japan [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2];
Postcard was printed in Tokyo Japan, but was originally a postcard of only flowers. Yoshio Harry Tsuruda most likely painted the calligraphy. Tsuruda family name appears on lower left corner. It appears to be neither mailed nor does it have any...
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 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 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 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...
This souvenir was brought from Japan in 1934 by Al Tsukamoto's mother, Ito Tsukamoto. Kokeshi are traditional Japanese folk dolls made of wheel-turned wood, consisting of a head and body with no limbs. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes,...
