My mother was studying the Ikuta Style, but the Ikuta Style also has several schools, and you had to study wit… 続きを読む 11. My mother, an Ikuta school player, had recitals with Yamada school friends.
カテゴリー: Kayoko Wakita
10. My father’s correspondence with the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) makers in Japan
because my father, being the scholarly type, he was always interested in how better to improve the shakuhachi … 続きを読む 10. My father’s correspondence with the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) makers in Japan
9. My parents removed constraints on Japanese traditions in the U.S., playing and practicing with musicians from other schools.9.
They broke tradition, in a way, but in Japan they would be totally confined in a very strict rule of, you must… 続きを読む 9. My parents removed constraints on Japanese traditions in the U.S., playing and practicing with musicians from other schools.9.
8. Issei worked hard to survive. Hope for Nisei to be the bridge.
Face it, all Issei’s, they had everything to gain and nothing to lose. And they worked so hard! And they knew … 続きを読む 8. Issei worked hard to survive. Hope for Nisei to be the bridge.
7. My mother, also from a wealthy family, aspired to become a dentist in the U.S.7.
she was born in Shingu which is in the Wakayama Prefecture, but it was a larger city. And her mother’s parents… 続きを読む 7. My mother, also from a wealthy family, aspired to become a dentist in the U.S.7.
6. Sons of well-born Japanese (including her grandfather) came to visit America to see how it was.6.
Yes, well his father came to visit to see how America was ‘cause everybody else was doing that at that time. A… 続きを読む 6. Sons of well-born Japanese (including her grandfather) came to visit America to see how it was.6.
5. Class segregation in my father’s home village in Okayama Prefecture
But he was telling me, growing up, he said, there were segregations of people of class, and he said that bothe… 続きを読む 5. Class segregation in my father’s home village in Okayama Prefecture
4. Why my father wanted to stay in the U.S., doing a houseboy.
Getting back to my father, he wanted to stay in the United States. He was very well read individual. And he wa… 続きを読む 4. Why my father wanted to stay in the U.S., doing a houseboy.
3. Janet Gaynor loved my parents’ music.
And then that time, the Orpheum Theater, which still exists, had live shows, and many of the stars would perfo… 続きを読む 3. Janet Gaynor loved my parents’ music.
2. My parents shared music with neighbors while succeeding in the restaurant business in LA.
And since they both played shakuhachi and koto, they shared that with neighbors and friends, and eventually th… 続きを読む 2. My parents shared music with neighbors while succeeding in the restaurant business in LA.