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Title
Medal with purple tassel in wooden box
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
Medal offering to Buddha. Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). 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
1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.
color slide
1 1/2 x 1 1/2
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 7.0
None
2800
RGB
24 Bit
4200 x 2518
30.3
Tiff
Identifier
jc22q-19
ark:/13030/kt6s2021x8
1383.JPG
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/1376
Language
Japanese
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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