Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. Vase made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac. 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,...
This fukusa is decorated with soft orange, white, and yellow stripes on a pink ground. Just as the fan (sensu) has come to represent the guest, the fukusa serves to signify the host's role in a tea gathering. The informality of decorated fukusa...
Fukusa are finely woven silk cloths designed for purifying tea utensils. The host folds and refolds the fukusa many times during the tea procedure (temae). This woman's fukusa is decorated with a pattern of green maple leaves on a pale green...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
Pin made at Tule Lake 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 also made their own...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. 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 also made their own brushes, paints, and...
Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American families [lcsh]; Kunitake, Mary [aacr2]; Nakano, John [aacr2];...
There were no guidelines for detention at the assembly centers at the time. This allowed the eldest son, Harry, to go into town to make arrangements for the funeral. Identified: Front row L to R: Mary Kunitake, Mrs. Kunitake, John Nakano, Masako...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]
Butterfly made of pipe cleaner. 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 also made their own brushes, paints,...
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 Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Playing cards [lcsh]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh];
These cards were made by Mr. Choji Nakan at Tule Lake Relocation Center to provide his fellow Isseis with recreational activities. He used hard electrical insulation boards to make the cards. They became so popular he made them for people in the...
"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
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
Hand carved and painted lapel pin. Most likely made in an internment camp. 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...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
Made in an internment camp. Vase made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac. 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,...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh];
This cane was carved at Tule Lake Relocation Center. It contains painted images of a monkey, giraffe, lion, frog, and native americans. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created...
Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
Pin made at Gila River 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 also made their own...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year's...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's Day to make special rice cakes called mochi. The women cooked the rice; the men pounded the rice in the usu with wooden mallets, and the children...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
The usu was carved from a solid granite stone by the Ruhkala Brothers in circa 1934. The Ruhkala's owned a granite quarry in Rocklin California. Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's...
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
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 also made their own brushes, paints, and tools from nails, needles,...
