Mochitsuki
Community activities
(1956)
Festivals, celebrations, and holidays
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Mochitsuki
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John Shigaki and Kakuzo Kawakami pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-8)
Written on a post-it note on the back: "Mochitsuki, 1960, Seattle / King St. / John Shigaki + his grandfather Kakuzo Kawakami"
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Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-162)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
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[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
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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 …
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Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-160)
Rice is being pounded into mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
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Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-163)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
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Japanese Americans making mochi (ddr-densho-159-161)
Preparing mochi (rice cakes) for New Year's celebrations.
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Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-59)
Caption: "Mochi-Tsuki. Making rice cakes. New Year custom."
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Sketch of mochituski (ddr-manz-2-5)
Caption: "Making rice cakes (mochi-tsuki). New Year custom. No 2 kitchen. Dec. 31 - 1942."
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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."
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