Digital Collections

- Brown woven vase basket.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
- Made in an internment camp. Vase made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac. 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,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Charcoal basket
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- Charcoal basket (sumitori) made in the style of a charcoal basket owned by Sen Rikyu. This style is known by the name of the original, Aburatake Sumitori. Literally meaning "oiled bamboo," aburatake is an old name for smoked bamboo from which the...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Cigarette pack holder woven from onion sack.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Made by Shigeichi Sumida either in Sante Fe Detention Center or at Tule Lake Internment Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cloth with leaf pattern for purifying tea utensils.
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Fukusa [lcsh]
- Fukusa are finely woven silk cloths designed for purifying tea utensils. The host folds and refolds the fukusa many times during the tea procedure (temae). This woman's fukusa is decorated with a pattern of green maple leaves on a pale green...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Light and dark brown woven vase basket.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
- Made in an internment camp. Vase made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac. 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,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Toothpick holder woven from onion sack.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Made by Shigeichi Sumida either in Sante Fe Detention Center or at Tule Lake Internment Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Woven vase basket with handle.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Basket making [lcsh];
- Most likely made in an internment camp. Basket made by wrapping crepe paper around thin wire and covering with shellac.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase