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Title
Mochi rice hammer (kine)
Creator
Unknown
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
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 shaped the rice into individual pieces.
Type
image
Format
36 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.
color slide
1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
1.50 x 0.70 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 7.0
None
2800
RGB
24 Bit
4200 x 1972
23.7
Tiff
Identifier
jc24x
ark:/13030/kt5k4021sk
1427.JPG
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/1420
Subject
Japanese Americans--Social life and customs
Kitchen utensils
Rice--Social aspects
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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