Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2];
Portrait of Jerome Relocation Center internees who shared Block 9 and Block 12 before the camp was closed and everyone dispersed to relocate outside or to another camp, June 1944. Many of these people were former Florin residents.
Concentration camps -- Utah [lcsh]; Central Utah Relocation Center [lcna]; War memorials [lcsh]; Historical markers [lcsh];
Sign reads: "Site of Topaz, a World War II Internment Center. In the never ending struggle for human dignity, there was enacted on this spot an event of historic significance for a nation and its people. During World War II this was the site of an...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh]
The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses or cattle that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh]; Mythology, Japanese [lcsh];
The Kappa is known as the river goblin. It is said to cause swimming children to drown and to challenge people to sumo wrestling. It is also believed that horses that go into a river to drink or bathe are pulled into the water by the kappa and...
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...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration Camps --...
The term "Sen nin bari" literally means 1,000 knots sewn by people, but in a real sense the many knots were sewn by women, and the knots were sewn into sashes, shirts, vests or other items. It is said that each knot represents its makers wish for...
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...
Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh];
