Military funerals [lcsh]; Flags -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Kojima, Sam [aacr2]; Masuhara, Sam [aacr2]; Ishimoto, Bob [aacr2]; Hara, Tom [aacr2]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh];
L to R: Sam Kojima, unidentified soldier, Sam Masuhara, unidentified priest, Bob Ishimoto, Tom Hara, unidentified soldier.
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...
Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Dolls [lcsh];
The doll is performing the sun hat dance. Kimekomi means to "tuck in 1" in Japanese. Cloth, usually made of silk brocade with traditional Japanese design, is glued and tucked into grooves of the doll body. The origin of kimekomi dolls dates back...
Scroll reads "Shoufuu issetsu ni kusu" which translated into English means "With one sip I drink in the pine wind." The source of the quote is from the late Southern Sung priest Kaiseki Chihou's poem titled "Keizan sencha". Keizan refers to a...
