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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.