Digital Collections

- 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
- Wooden chopsticks carved with braided effect.
- Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden crate label.
- Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]
- Labels reads: "Northern California Farms Co., Florin, California, contents 12 baskets net wt. 12 oz. each when packed".
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden plaque with buddhist prayer.
- 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 fourth darwer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). Butsudan made 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, and...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden recipe box.
- Woodwork [lcsh]; Uyemura, George [aacr2]; High school students [lcsh];
- Recipe box made by George Uyemura for his sister Mildred in junior high or high school shop class. Most likely made pre-World War II.
- 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 toy, ball on peg with yellow handle.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden toy, ball on peg.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
- 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
- World War II military uniform worn by George Oki.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Oki, George [aacr2]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh];
- Uniform (as shown) comprised of jacket (JC3A:01), shirt (JC3A:01a) and tie (JC3A:01d)
- 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
- Yellow bristle brush.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow flower shell earrings.
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the ground....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow obi sash.
- Kimonos [lcsh]
- An obi (belt) is used to tie a kimono.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow Seto sweet dishes
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- Set of sweet dishes in the style known as Yellow Seto.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Yosh and Mary Tsukamoto
- Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Tsukamoto, Yosh [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Mary [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yumyosai (1853-1917) favored Kamo Gawa basket for flowers
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- The idea for the design of this basket came from a very old practice of controlling the flow of water in the Kamo River that flows through Kyoto by wrapping large stones in bamboo and placing them strategically. The bamboo tube inside the original...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection