Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh]; Talismans [lcsh];
Tengu are mountain and forest goblins with supernatural powers that include shape-shifting into human or animal forms, the ability to speak to humans without moving their mouth, the magic of moving instantly from place to place without using their...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Church vestments [lcsh]; Stockton Buddhist Church [aacr2];
From the Stockton Buddhist Church. An Okesa is a Buddhist vestment worn around the neck. Traditionally worn by priests, the Okesa now is worn by lay attendees at a religious service or retreat to help focus one's sensitivity towards the Dharma...
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 -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kokeshi dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
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, and are painted to give them distinguishing features. Originally, Kokeshi dolls were made as...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [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 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,...
Located in the first 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 worship), Buddha, Nichiren...
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 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 Americans -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Haruko Ruth [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Yoshiko Jean [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Toshiko Julia [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Kame Yoshinaga [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Tomomitsu George [aacr2];...
Portrait of the Dakuzaku family. Identified: (back) Isabel, Mary, Ruth; (front) Jean, Julia, Kame, George, Chosei.
Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Kame Yoshinaga [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Chosei Taro [aacr2]; Dakuzaku, Haruko Ruth [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2]; Oda, Nobuko Dakuzaku [aacr2]; Oda, Chosin Dakuzaku...
Photo taken on New Years, Emperor Taisho's sixth year, in San Francisco. Identified, L to R: Kame Dakuzaku holding Mary Tsuruko (age 2), Ruth Haruko (age 4), Chosei Taru Dakuzaku, Nobuko Oraku and Chosin Dakuzaku.
