Digital Collections

- Journals of dissent and social change
- "A bibliography of titles in the California State University, Sacramento, Library." Vols for 1969-1972 issued by the University under its earlier name: Sacramento State College Vols. for 1969- compiled by John Liberty
- Faculty Publications
- Tea caddy with high shoulders for thick tea
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This high-shouldered chaire (katatsuki) is housed in a patterned silk cover (shifuku) known as sasazuru donsu, featuring the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif, which symbolizes long life, nobility, and hope. Seto ware (Seto-yaki)
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea caddy for thick tea with white glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This Japanese-made chaire is intended to resemble a highly valued Chinese bunrin or apple-shaped tea caddy. It is paired with a cover (shifuku) of blue and gold sasazuru donsu, bearing the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif which symbolizes...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop with cover
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- This chashaku, with its central node, is a classic example of the informal (so) style. It is accompanied by a silk brocade cover (fukuro) - part of a set of fabric covers (shifuku) designed for chabako. The brocade pattern is known as setsugekka...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop in shin formal style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- Tea utensils are often classified by their degree of formality. This elegant chashaku is crafted in the formal (shin) style, as it lacks the "node" typical of more informal pieces, and is made from ivory, considered to be a formal material.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop named Zuiun (Auspicious Clouds)
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- This chashaku, crafted in dark bamboo, was fashioned by Goto Zuigan Roshi, 503rd abbot of Daitokuji ZenTemple in Kyoto, Japan, and first Zen master to Hounsai Daisosho, the 15th generation Urasenke Grand Master. The work exhibits a strong and...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop in the so informal style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- This chashaku is crafted from bamboo in the informal (so) style. The maker has given this piece a dignified air, balancing the large node against the straight grooves and pointed tip.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop in so informal style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- Tea scoop (chashaku) in the informal (so) style with the bamboo node falling in the middle of the scoop. This type of speckled bamboo is named gomadake or "sesame bamboo".
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop in so informal style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- Tea scoop (chashaku) in the informal (So) style with the bamboo node falling in the middle of the scoop.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoops in the style of so (informal) and gyo (semi-formal)
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];Scoops [lcsh]
- Three tea scoops, two in the semi-formal (gyo) style with the bamboo node at the tip of the scoop, and one in the informal (so) style with the bamboo node falling in the middle of the scoop. The latter has been carved in a style reminiscent of the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Pink thermal underwear bottoms.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
- Most likely used by a Japanese American during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Origami crane bouquet.
- Decorative arts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Feather brush
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Feather brush (habouki) used when building the charcoal fire. In the furo season the wider portion of the feather is positioned to the right.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Small feather brush
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Small feather brush (habouki) to be used in the chabako procedure for autumn dedicated to the moon (tsuki chabako).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Ash spoon
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
- Furo season ash spoon (haisaji) made of bronze with handle wrapped in bamboo sheath. This style was known to have been favored by Sen Rikyu (1522-1591).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Kazari fire chopsticks
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]; chopsticks [lcsh]
- Decorative fire tongs (kazaribashi), with a finial design in the shape of chrysanthenum flowers, a design that was favored by the 14th generation Head Master of the Urasenke tradition of tea, Tantansai Mugensai Soshitsu (1893-1964). The kazaribashi...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Kazari fire chopsticks
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]; Chopsticks [lcsh]
- Decorative bronze fire tongs (kazaribashi) of the Buddhist motif, the "pearl of wisdom" (hoju). This type of bronze fire tongs with various shaped finials are an integral part of the utensil setting for a daisu or nagaita utensil stand display.
- 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
- Thin fresh water jar in Shigaraki style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Shigaraki pottery [lcsh]
- This shape of mizusashi or fresh water jar is used in a particular tea procedure known as nakaoki, which occurs only in the last few weeks of October. As the chill of winter approaches (by Japanese reckoning winter runs from November through...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Model of a Japanese shamisen.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kabuki music [lcsh]; Shamisen [lcsh];
- The shamisen is the principle instrument of Kabuki theatre. It is a three-stringed, fretless instrument. The genres of music played by shamisen players is nagauta, or long song, and jojuri, named after a singing style in puppet plays. Jojuri is...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase