Rainbow Sash
name: label: user
content: Buddhist Church of San Francisco
notes: label: Description
content: This rainbow sash, purchased from Cliff’s Variety Store in the historically LGBTQ Castro district of San Francisco, was donated by Rev. Ronald Kobata of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco (BCSF). This is related to the clerical stole (okesa) in the same collection – Rev. Kobata wore the okesa in support of the LGBTQ community and a member of the church sewed BCSF patches onto sashes like this one. Prior to his residency in San Francisco beginning in 2009, Rev. Kobata served as a “temple minister” in the White River Buddhist Temple in Washington and Hawaii Betsuin, Kahului Hongwanji, and Makawao Hongwanji, all in Hawaii. In addition to his participation in the Japanese American Religious Federation, Japanese Community Youth Council, and San Francisco Interfaith Council, he also works with the LGBTQ community. (See record 2016.0158.01 for more detail on the Buddhist Church of San Francisco.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rev. Ronald L. Kobata
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0158.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0158
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0158.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sash
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 4 in; 93.98 cm x 10.16 cm