Digital Collections

- Samurai lower body armor (kusazuri).
- Armor [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh];
- Part of samurai armor set.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Samurai right armored shin guard (suneate).
- Armor [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh];
- Part of samurai armor set.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Samurai left armored shin guard (suneate).
- Armor [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh];
- Part of sumarai armor set.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Body armor for Boy's Day set.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Tango no sekku [aacr2]; Dolls [lcsh]; Armor [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
- 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
- Samurai battle helmet (kabuto).
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Armor [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh];
- Part of sumari armor set. The basic composition of the kabuto includes two parts: the hachi (bowl) and the shikoro (nape-guard).
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese betrothal money holders.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Weddings [lcsh];
- These fancy wrapped papers hold dowry money (yuino-kin) and is given to a bride's family at an engagement party. The fancy wrapped papers are thought to carry good luck to the newlyweds, so the wrappings may be used over and over again, even loaned...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Taketa award.
- Award presentations [lcsh];
- Award and Sake set were presented to the Taketa family to acknowlege their gift of the estate to Yanomachi, Hiroshimaken, by the Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Boulder for the plaque of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark being set in permanent location.
- Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm; Agriculture -- California [lcsh];
- Plaque will read: 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...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- "Live" Girl's Day altar at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Hina-matsuri...
- Japanese Girl's Day is March 3rd and is called Hina-matsuri (Doll Festival) in Japan. It's a celebration for young girls and people display a set of hina dolls and props in the house, wishing girls healthy growth and happiness.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese American girls wearing kimonos for Girl's Day Celebration.
- Japanese American children [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kimonos [lcsh]; Hina-matsuri [aacr2];
- Japanese Girl's Day is March 3rd and is called Hina-matsuri (Doll Festival) in Japan. It's a celebration for young girls and people display a set of hina dolls and props in the house, wishing girls healthy growth and happiness.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Article 1: Calif. Bill Urges President, Congress to Approve Redress; Article 2: House and Senate Redress Hearings Set for the Same Day, June 17th,1987.(H.R. 442)
- Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislators -- California; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislative hearings -- United States;
- Article 1: Sen. Ralph Dills (D-Calif.) introduced SJR 21, a joint resolution, June 8 asking for the President and Congress to enact redress legislation in both the House and Senate. Article 2: The House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter...
- Robert Matsui Legacy
- Tea box
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- This unlacquered paulownia box is designed to hold both a ceramic caddy for thick tea (chaire) and lacquered caddy for thick tea (natsume) for the satsubako tea procedure (temae), one of a set of four orally transmitted temae. When a guest...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop named Zuiun (Auspicious Clouds)
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- This chashaku, crafted in dark bamboo, was fashioned by Goto Zuigan Roshi, 503rd abbot of Daitokuji ZenTemple in Kyoto, Japan, and first Zen master to Hounsai Daisosho, the 15th generation Urasenke Grand Master. The work exhibits a strong and...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea caddy for thin tea with wild orchid design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This small-sized (ko-hira) natsume was often used by its owner for chabako temae and is decorated with a wild orchid motif. It is very skillfully made, representing many hours of work on the part of the craftsperson. The natsume is accompanied here...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Covered bowl with fern motif
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- These covered lacquer bowls are generally used for the nimono, or main course of the formal kaiseki meal, though they may also be used for the soup course of the tenshin repast, a lighter, more informal meal. The nimono course, also known as...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Tea scoop with cover
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Scoops [lcsh]
- This chashaku, with its central node, is a classic example of the informal (so) style. It is accompanied by a silk brocade cover (fukuro) - part of a set of fabric covers (shifuku) designed for chabako. The brocade pattern is known as setsugekka...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in three-lobed leaf shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the three-lobed leaf shape (mitsuba futaoki) that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set and crafted in a crackled white raku glaze known as koro kusuri (incense burner glaze).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in ikkanjin shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the ikkanjin shape (a person looking down a well), that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set. This raku ware was made to ressemble green and white Oribe.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in sazae seashell shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of a sazae seashell, that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Lid rest in the incense censor shape
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Lid rest, in the shape of an incense censor (hoya koro futaoki) that is part of the Rikyu Seven futaoki set. It is covered with a green raku glaze and highlighted with gold. Two versions of this lid rest exist, one with five medallions in which...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection