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Three people pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-31)
img Three people pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-31)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-31/
Man with mochi hammer (ddr-densho-456-41)
img Man with mochi hammer (ddr-densho-456-41)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-41/
John Shigaki and Kakuzo Kawakami pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-8)
img 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"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-8/
Three men (family) pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-32)
img Three men (family) pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-32)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-32/
Four people shaping mochi (ddr-densho-456-43)
img Four people shaping mochi (ddr-densho-456-43)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-43/
Three men (family) pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-33)
img Three men (family) pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-33)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-33/
Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-34)
img Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-34)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-34/
Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-37)
img Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-37)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-37/
Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-42)
img Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-42)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-42/
Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-35)
img Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-35)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-35/
Finished Mochi in wooden bowl (ddr-densho-456-38)
img Finished Mochi in wooden bowl (ddr-densho-456-38)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-38/
Close up of mochi hammers and bowl (ddr-densho-456-40)
img Close up of mochi hammers and bowl (ddr-densho-456-40)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-40/
Close up of mochi hammer and bowl (ddr-densho-456-39)
img Close up of mochi hammer and bowl (ddr-densho-456-39)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-39/
Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-36)
img Two men pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-36)
Written on back: 1957 12/27
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-456-36/
[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
https://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 …
https://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.'"
https://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."
https://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."
https://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."
https://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."
https://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."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-55/
Susumu Tomine making mochi (ddr-ajah-6-949)
img Susumu Tomine making mochi (ddr-ajah-6-949)
Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (left) pounds rice during Mochitsuki in Alameda, CA. Circa early 1950s.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-949/
Yoshiko (Nakato) Nakahara and Masako Chikamura making mochi (ddr-densho-477-385)
img Yoshiko (Nakato) Nakahara and Masako Chikamura making mochi (ddr-densho-477-385)
The caption below the photo reads "Yoshiko, Masako Chikamura Takeshi's sister-in-law. Family & Friends formed 100s of rice mochi." in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-385/
Sharon, Mary, and Lori Nakahara making mochi (ddr-densho-477-386)
img Sharon, Mary, and Lori Nakahara making mochi (ddr-densho-477-386)
Photograph of Mary (Kouchi) Nakahara (center) making mochi with her daughters Sharon (left) and Lori (right). The caption around the photo reads "Isoshima family tradition mochi making for New Years. Sharon, Mary, Lori Nakahara's" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-386/
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