The first two that took the natori went to Japan, but I couldn’t go with them. But then my teachers had already passed away but then her daughter was there, so her daughter took my place and went with them. And they had their test in Japan, and then they got their natori names and they came back. The third one, the “Iemoto” (Japanese: head master) was visiting New York and “sō-ke”(Japanese: head of school), both of them, so they gave her a test in New York and they said, “Oh, yeah, she’s good enough”, so she said we’ll sent you the certificate from Japan. So she sent the certificate from Japan. I had their ceremony, more or less, their ceremony with the sa-ke going around, although it was water ‘cause we all don’t drink sa-ke. And we had it at the Buddhist temple, and the Buddhist minister there gave us a nice talk. It was nice, and she got her name, so. The first two were “Sahotae” and “Sahotoyo”, you know, from name from “Saho(mi)”. And then the last one, her name was “Tomie”. She’s only half Japanese. Her father was some other… her mother was Hawaiian also, Hawaiian sansei. And her name was Tomie. So, I took the “To” away, and got her “-miye” in from my “Sa-“ and my “-mi” and just changed the middle name, character, so she got “Samie”.
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- 1. My grandparents had their own Kabuki group with props bought from Japanese touring troupes.
- 2. My family got involved in Kabuki because there was somebody in the area who was able to direct Kabuki.
- 3. My cousin taught me how to dance to fill the Kabuki intermission when I was seven.
- 4. Rev. Yoshio Iwanaga at San Jose Buddhist Temple used to come to Mountain View to teach Bon odori and dōyō (children’s songs).
- 5. Advised by Rev. Iwanaga, learned Japanese dance in Japan from the age of 11 to 14.
- 6. Taught all the dances learned in the past three years in Japan at Oakland Buddhist Temple.
- 7. Studied another three years in Japan and came back one month before the war broke out.
- 8. Mr. [Enjiro] Kodani made a stage backdrop with the Castle Rock drawing.
- 9. My family’s Kabuki “equipment” was later sent to Tule Lake; masks were handmade by …
- 10. The sword and buckets for dance were handmade in camp and I still use them.
- 11. Kabuki was performed about once every two months in camp.
- 12. Parents didn’t speak English and wanted their children to get some Japanese culture in camp.
- 13. Most of the Nisei didn’t show much interest in Japanese culture, while the Issei parents …
- 14. My current students are mostly the fourth generation Japanese Americans with mixed race …
- 15. I was not treated differently in Japan but received special attention because I had some …
- 16. I taught my husband (non-Japanese G.I.), Japanese dance and staged our dances at a Buddhist …
- 17. My first two natori credentialed students took their test in Japan, while the third one did …
- 18. Sansei became more interested in Japanese culture so did the Caucasian, but not anymore.
- 19. I incorporated in Portland Obon dances a Japanese folk dance learned in Japan and also …
- 20. The Bando school teachers from LA were teaching many war brides in Tacoma, Washington, who …
- 21. Most of the dances I did at Tule Lake were short pieces called “buyo kouta” and also some …
- 22. Later, they formed a western orchestra that played with Japanese instruments at Tule Lake.
- 23. I used to attend dance performances of Bando Misa in Tule Lake. She was the only other …
- 24. I didn’t feel so bad in camp because I was doing what I liked. I just started teaching in …
- 25. The Iemoto (headmaster) often visited New York to see the Broadway shows and then taught my …
- 26. Demonstration of various fan movements and their meanings in Japanese dance.