Terbium(III) and dysprosium(III) complexes with a tripodal N-7 ligand containing three imidazoles (H3L) and a bidentate acetate ion (OAc-), [Ln(III)(H3L)(OAc)](ClO4)(2)center dot MeOH center dot H2O (Ln = Tb, 1; Ln = Dy, 2), were synthesized and studied, where H3L = tris[2-(((imidazol-4-yl)methylidene)amino)ethyl]amine. The Tb-III and Dy-III complexes have an isomorphous structure, and each Tb-III or Dy-III ion is coordinated by the tripodal N-7 and the bidentate acetate ligands, resulting in a nonacoordinated capped-square-antiprismatic geometry. The magnetic data, including temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibilities and field dependence of the magnetization, were analyzed by a spin Hamiltonian, including the crystal field effect on the Tb-III ion (4f(8), J = 6, S = 3, L = 3, g(J) = 3/2, F-7(6)) and the Dy-III ion (4f(9),J = 15/2, S = 5/2, L = 5, g(J) = 4/3, H-6(15/2)). The Stark splittings of the ground states F-7(6) of the Tb-III ion and H-6(15/2) of the Dy-III ion were evaluated from the magnetic analyses, and the energy diagram patterns indicated an easy axis (Ising type) anisotropy for both complexes, which is more pronounced for 2. The solid-state emission spectra of both complexes displayed sharp bands corresponding to the f-f transitions, and the fine structures assignable to the D-5(4) -> F-7(6) transition for 1 and the F-6(9/2) -> H-6(15/2) transition for 2 were related to the energy diagram patterns from the magnetic analyses. 1 and 2 showed an out-of-phase signal with frequency dependence in alternating current (ac) susceptibility under a dc bias field of 1000 Oe, indicative of a field-induced SIM.