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Mochitsuki

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Mochitsuki (12)

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[Woman, kitchen] (ddr-csujad-5-57)
img [Woman, kitchen] (ddr-csujad-5-57)
A black and white negative. Photographed are a man and woman of Japanese ancestry pounding mochi in a kitchen. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_06_011
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-57/
Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, December 13, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-112)
doc Letter from Ayame Okine to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, December 13, 1945 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-112)
Ayame Okine writes from Bartlett, Illinois, to her parents-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. She states that she is glad to hear that they have returned to California safely and would be able to spend winter holidays at home. She also describes the Japanese community in Chicago, making mochi for new year's day. The ...
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-112/
Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-57)
img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-57)
Caption on reverse: "Pounding the 'mochi.'"
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-57/
Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-59)
img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-59)
Caption: "Mochi-Tsuki. Making rice cakes. New Year custom."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-59/
Sketch of mochituski (ddr-manz-2-5)
img Sketch of mochituski (ddr-manz-2-5)
Caption: "Making rice cakes (mochi-tsuki). New Year custom. No 2 kitchen. Dec. 31 - 1942."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-5/
Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-58)
img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-58)
Caption on reverse: "New Year's 'mochi' on Block 35. We especially appreciated this custom in camp during wartime."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-58/
Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-56)
img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-56)
Caption: "Making rice cakes. New Year custom."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-56/
Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-55)
img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-55)
Caption on reverse: "More mochi at Manzanar."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-55/
Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-160)
img Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-160)
Rice is being pounded into mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-160/
Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-161)
img Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-161)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-161/
Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-163)
img Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-163)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-163/
Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-162)
img Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-162)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-162/
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