Handmade Kite, Aomori Nebuta, undated

File — Multiple Collection Box: MCB XOVS 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains a variety of materials that Tohoru Miyashita acquired throughout his lifetime. Miyashita kept brochures, postcards, and matchbooks from his travels. He also collected reports and newsletters from the various Japanese organizations in Chicago, Illinois, which include Heiwa Terrace, the Japanese American Citizens League and the Japanese American Service Committee. Miyashita saved the financial booklet and tanomoshi charts from his time on the board at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago. Miyashita kept the personal letters in Japanese that were sent to him from 1979 to 1999.

Dates

undated

Extent

From the Collection: 5 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Japanese

Additional Description

General

Handmade kite with painted image of Nebuta; this samurai figure hails from the Aomori Prefecture and is featured in an annual Japanese summer festival; artist unknown; kite likely created in a class held at Heiwa Terrace