Digital Collections

- Large temari thread ball with multi-colored bands.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature temari thread ball with gold band.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year's...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Small temari thread ball with star shape.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tea caddy for thick tea with white glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
- This Japanese-made chaire is intended to resemble a highly valued Chinese bunrin or apple-shaped tea caddy. It is paired with a cover (shifuku) of blue and gold sasazuru donsu, bearing the auspicious pine, bamboo, and plum motif which symbolizes...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Temari thread ball with geometric pattern.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Temari thread ball with gold and pink flower pattern.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Temari thread ball with star shape in shades of gold.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temari [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Decorative textile balls originally used as children's toys in Japan. Today, temari represent a highly valued and cherished gift symbolizing deep friendship and loyalty. It is traditional for a mother to make a ball for her daughter as a New Year...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase