Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Shogi [lcsh];
Wooden box contains forty-one shogi pieces. Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board and each player has twenty pieces. Shogi is much...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Shogi [lcsh]
Set iincludes the game board (JC1H:04a) and 41 playing pieces (JC1H:04b). Shogi is a Japanese board game played by two players. The object of the game is to capture the opponent's King. Shogi is played on a nine-by-nine board and each player has...
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...
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...
Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Kato, Kotono [aacr2];
Set of 37 artificial flower making tools brought from Japan ca. 1928. The tools were used to transform different kinds of paper into a variety of flowers such as roses, chrysanthemums, lilies and cherry blossoms. Mrs. Kotono Kato brought these...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Sakazaki, Yukimi [aacr2]; Decorative arts [lcsh];
Quilt made by Yukimi Sakazaki while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. The quilt is made from about 1700 different pieces. She learned to sew during an adult education course. She resided at Block 4, #405B. Yukimi Sakazaki is from Sacramento.
Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Kimura, Giichi [aacr2]; Chests [lcsh];
Manzanita trees grew around the land at Minidoka Relocation Center. Mr. Kimura pulled them up by the roots and sawed the branches into pieces approximately one-eighth inch thick. He then glued each piece into the wooden chest which was made from...
Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Veterans -- Services for -- United States; Military pensions -- Law and legislation -- United States
Robert T. Matsui spoke at a Sacramento Veterns Resource Center luncheon. Robert T. Matsui supported two pieces of legislation to increase veterans retirement benefits including the Retired Pay Restoration Act, H.R. 303 and H.R. 548. Photograph...
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.
