Happy Matsutake Season!

Please enjoy these items from our collection featuring mushroom foragers and their loot. We hope you are able to enjoy some matsutake this season!

2010.79.10.15.14

Here's what we know about this item:

Title: Thomas Shoyama picking mushrooms on Malahat

Date: 1938

Location: Malahat, Vancouver Island, BC

Institution: Nikkei National Museum

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2010.30.1.1.96

Here's what we know about this item:

Title: Unidentified person with mushroom

Date: unknown [ca. 1925]

Location: unknown

Institution: Nikkei National Museum

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2010.30.1.2.41

Here's what we know about this item:

Title: Four unidentified persons sitting in a group with baskets of mushrooms at Kojin Mountain Summit

Date: unknown [ca. 1921]

Location: Kojin Mountain, [Hyōgo, Japan]

Institution: Nikkei National Museum

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Can you fill in the blanks? If you know the names of people depicted in this photograph or have information about an activity, event, or place that is pictured, we would love to hear from you in the comments below. We would also love to see your photographs from mushroom picking season! Get in touch with us by leaving a comment below or emailing luyeda@nikkeiplace.org