Wood block plane used by Otoichi Yamamoto in Japan and in the United states. Single black of wood with metal blade at 45 degree angle. The owner arrived in the United States in 1915. He had been trained in Japan as a woodworker but did not practice…
Carved relief lacquer on wood of Chinese style landscape. Cinnabar color. Red lacquer back with picture support. Dark stained frame of Keiyaki wood. Inscription in Kanji done in gold paint of bottom of frame. Inscription on back: "June 171968. To…
Wood Plaques A: Placque painted on the front is a picture of the badger on a tight rope with a yellow umbrella. On his back is a black tea kettle with white kanji. Above left are black kanji characters: "Avoid misfortune (especially traffic…
Wooden plaque with painted kokeshi doll Painted figure with black crown and side hair pieces eyebrows open eyes nose red closed mouth scarf markings on head with green decoration body is painted in horizontal stripes in orangey red and yellow with…
3 Wood Plaques - Ema A: Wooden rectangle with a peaked top background is whitewashed. On the front is a painted dog with the tail curved over the back an image of Inu-Hariko (Inu-Hariko were invoked for easy births and as a gift to shrines soon after…
Rectangular cardboard board with faux wood paper. On the front are miniature paper cylinders and then a miniature hagoita ema kite. Kite and hagoita have come off the board.
Black granite marker 20" x 30" commemorating the Japanese American Internment in 1942 - 1945. Logo design by Frank Fuji. Created as a Washington State History Day Project 2000.
