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...
Scrolls reads "Myouju, tanagokoro ni ari" which translated into English means "The bright jewel is within the palm of your hand." The source of the quote is Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record). The term Myouju refers to Buddha nature. There is no...
Trophy reads "Consul General Kaname Wakasugi Trophy, High School Oratorical Contest, Sponsored by The Japanese Students Club of The University of California, 1933." The following names are listed on the back: "Florin Epworth League: Mary Tsuruko...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm...
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- California [lcsh]; Reagan, Ronald [lcna];...
Ronald Reagan (left) and Eugene Chappie (right) with two unidentified Japanese Americans and students from Gold Hill Elementry School at the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. The plaque reads: Site...
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Dedication services -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; High schools -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Florin High School [aacr2];
Description on back of photo reads: "The evacuation of all Japanese people changed this community. Only three of the eight families returned to stay for a while. Soon, only the Kishabas remained. Finally, they too sold their farm and moved to a...
Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna]; Masumizu, Kuni -- Tombs [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- History [aacr2];
Gravestone reads: "In memmory [sic] of Kuni Masumizu // Died Sept. 13. 1915 // Aged 66 years." Kuni Masamizu was a Wakamatsu Colony pioneer. The Wakamatsu party was probably the first organized immigrant-colony arriving in El Dorado county, June...
Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- California [lcsh]; Okei [aacr2]
Photograph taken during the time of the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. Gravestone reads: "In memory of Okei, died 1871, aged 19 years (a Japanese girl)."
Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Weddings [lcsh];
Tule Lake Directory reads (p. 233) "Miss May Asai, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shohei Asai, was married to Hachiro Shinbo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hachiemon Shinbo on Saturday, August 28, with Rev. Naito officiating. Miss Asai who is a R.N. at the Base...
Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Haiku [lcsh];
The poem reads "I am enjoying an aroma of newly-picked tea leaves with my wife, whom I have lived with for fifty years." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
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 American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Haiku [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna];
The poem reads "I am enjoying having a tea made of newly-picked tea leaves, thanking my long life." Artist's signature and stamp are at lower right corner. From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
Japanese American business enterprises -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Advertisements [lcsh]; Hamai Drug Store [aacr2]
The portfolio has envelopes to hold documents. It reads "Hamai Kaishundo Sacramento, Calif." It was given out by Hamai Drug Store when moving from 3rd Street between L and M Streets to the Taketa Building on 4th and M (Capitol) Streets, Sacramento,...
