Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Temples, Buddhist -- Japan [lcsh];
The charm has bell and gold charm symbolizing the Todaiji Temple in Japan. Todaiji ("Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. Todaiji was constructed in 752 as the head temple...
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 -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh];
The wooden base is made from a crate box. The pencil holder was made at Gila River Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- New Mexico [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh];
The words "Lordsburg New Mexico 1942" are painted at the bottom. Wall hanging painted by Shigeichi Sumida while interned at the Lordsburg Internment Camp.
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh];
Trade made for serving higashi, the pressed sweets for thin tea. Its wooden box has a larger inscription ZUIUN (Auspicious Clouds) and the signature of the renowned Kyoto lacquer studio Zohiko.
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 -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the ground. After gathering,...
Two small wooden boards (kizue) to be used in specific chabako procedures. The long board is used in the autumnal chabako dedicated to the moon (tsuki) and the single panel is used for the chabako known as wakei.
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Implements, utensils, etc. [lcsh]
When transporting utensils to the site of an outdoor tea gathering, the tea whisk (chasen) is stored in a lacquered wooden sheath (chasenzutsu) inside of the tea utensil box (chabako). It is removed from the sheath during the tea procedure and used...
Wooden abacus (soroban) used by the Nakano family prior to World War II. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in West Sacramento where they purchased land to farm. Their three children...
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...
Gila River Relocation Center -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
Wooden handles are painted with scene of the Gila River Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from...
Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American art [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh];
Wooden screen made by Tanekichi Hamamoto while interned at Minidoka Relocation Center.
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
Wooden vase made by Kametaro Takeuchi, who resided at Block 21, #2114-B in Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Decorative arts [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh];
Wooden vase pedestal by Kametaro Takeuchi. He resided at Block 21, #2114-B in Tule Lake Relocation Center.
