I guess he saw something in me. So he told my mother that the only place where I could learn to really dance w… 続きを読む 5. Advised by Rev. Iwanaga, learned Japanese dance in Japan from the age of 11 to 14.
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4. Rev. Yoshio Iwanaga at San Jose Buddhist Temple used to come to Mountain View to teach Bon odori and dōyō (children’s songs).
S – Sahomi Tachibana SM – Shirley Muramoto S Reverend Iwanaga, I think he came from Hawaii, and I think he wen… 続きを読む 4. Rev. Yoshio Iwanaga at San Jose Buddhist Temple used to come to Mountain View to teach Bon odori and dōyō (children’s songs).
3. My cousin taught me how to dance to fill the Kabuki intermission when I was seven.
the intermission was so long because they had to change costumes and change sets. You know, they’re all amateu… 続きを読む 3. My cousin taught me how to dance to fill the Kabuki intermission when I was seven.
2. My family got involved in Kabuki because there was somebody in the area who was able to direct Kabuki.
S – Sahomi Tachibana SM – Shirley Muramoto S So they used to put on their own Kabuki plays because my grandfat… 続きを読む 2. My family got involved in Kabuki because there was somebody in the area who was able to direct Kabuki.
1. My grandparents had their own Kabuki group with props bought from Japanese touring troupes.
Anyway, my grandparents were very interested in amateur Kabuki. They used to have their own Kabuki group, and … 続きを読む 1. My grandparents had their own Kabuki group with props bought from Japanese touring troupes.
3. Learned kabuki from written script and by imitating Miyazaki Danshō
we had to have something written, yeah. Otherwise, I can’t remember by somebody just talking to me, yeah. Well… 続きを読む 3. Learned kabuki from written script and by imitating Miyazaki Danshō
2. How Miyazaki Danshō taught classical dance and kabuki.
Y – Yukino Okubo Harada J – Josh Fong S – Shirley Muramoto Y Miyazaki Dansho? He taught dancing and Kabuki bot… 続きを読む 2. How Miyazaki Danshō taught classical dance and kabuki.
1. Leaned Japanese performing arts from Miyazaki Danshō (宮崎団昇), Kineya Kimiyo (杵屋君代), Fujima Kansuma (藤間勘須磨), Kiyomura (清村) and Nakamura Tomofuku (中村友福).
Y – Yukino Okubo Harada S – Shirley Muramoto Y Well, I learned dancing from, I learned both, dancing and Kabuk… 続きを読む 1. Leaned Japanese performing arts from Miyazaki Danshō (宮崎団昇), Kineya Kimiyo (杵屋君代), Fujima Kansuma (藤間勘須磨), Kiyomura (清村) and Nakamura Tomofuku (中村友福).
21. Dilemma of being a Japanese American when two countries were at war, but everyone suffered on both sides.
Your parents look like the enemy, you look like the enemy, and then you have friends that are non-Japanese and… 続きを読む 21. Dilemma of being a Japanese American when two countries were at war, but everyone suffered on both sides.
20. A brother of my non-Japanese friend died in WWII, but their friendship continued.
K – Kayoko Wakita P – Pauline Fong K My brother (friend’s brother), Bud, will escort us, and it was so n… 続きを読む 20. A brother of my non-Japanese friend died in WWII, but their friendship continued.