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Title
Butsudan (Buddhist family altar) on stand
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1941/1946
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
2004
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren Shonin, and family ancestors.
Format
71 3/4 x 22 x 14 1/2 in.
color slide
1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 7.0
None
2800
RGB
24 Bit
4200 x 8682
104.3
Tiff
Identifier
jc24k
ark:/13030/kt1h4nc5gt
1415.JPG
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/1408
Subject
Japanese Americans--Religion
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Tule Lake Relocation Center
Concentration camps--California
Buddhism--Customs and practices
Household shrines, Buddhist
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MSS 94/01. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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