K – Kayoko Wakita K And I remember my music teacher, piano teacher’s husband, who said, “I will drive you to L… 続きを読む 43. My piano teacher’s husband offered to drive her family to LA where their relatives were before going to camp; last time she saw them because the piano teacher and husband died during the war.
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42. I asked my father to get her a Philco radio to bring to camp, which became her best friend.
K – Kayoko Wakita K And my father said, you know, “you can only take what you can carry. What do you want befo… 続きを読む 42. I asked my father to get her a Philco radio to bring to camp, which became her best friend.
40. A daughter of “kengyo” (Chihoko Nakashima) visited Manzanar from another camp (Poston) to teach “sangen” shamisen and koto and had a concert.
K – Kayoko Wakita K from another camp, we had this marvelous…she was the daughter, direct line, in fact, of a … 続きを読む 40. A daughter of “kengyo” (Chihoko Nakashima) visited Manzanar from another camp (Poston) to teach “sangen” shamisen and koto and had a concert.
38. My father, who mostly played Miyagi Michio’s modern compositions, learned shakuhachi classics from Tamada (Nyohyo) in camp.
K – Kayoko Wakita K there was a man named “Tamada”, Tamada Sensei, and he was a master of classics. So my fath… 続きを読む 38. My father, who mostly played Miyagi Michio’s modern compositions, learned shakuhachi classics from Tamada (Nyohyo) in camp.
37. (2 segments) My father took two or three shakuhachi to camp; there were many others who also brought shakuhachi into camp.
K – Kayoko Wakita K he took his shakuhachi in, and he had two with him, two or three with him because they wer… 続きを読む 37. (2 segments) My father took two or three shakuhachi to camp; there were many others who also brought shakuhachi into camp.
36. (2 segments) People made music stands for shakuhachi and koto so that they could sit on chairs to play.
K – Kayoko Wakita S – Shirley Muramoto S (showing Kayoko photo of music stands from Manzanar) Were these music… 続きを読む 36. (2 segments) People made music stands for shakuhachi and koto so that they could sit on chairs to play.
35. My father had a stack of writing in Japanese about traditional Japanese music, yet had to burn it all before going to camp.
K – Kayoko Wakita K he was writing about the musicians here as well as in Japan because he was in touch with m… 続きを読む 35. My father had a stack of writing in Japanese about traditional Japanese music, yet had to burn it all before going to camp.
34. Koto music notations in camp; they were copied by hand and loaned among the internees.
K – Kayoko Wakita K we did have music, and we copied by hand. We would loan our copy, you know, our music copy… 続きを読む 34. Koto music notations in camp; they were copied by hand and loaned among the internees.
33. Kimonos entrusted to friends upon internment were later sent to camp; the internees also bought fabric from mail order catalogs and made kimonos.
K – Kayoko Wakita S – Shirley Muramoto K Yes, we had kimonos. This was because we had trusted friends who were… 続きを読む 33. Kimonos entrusted to friends upon internment were later sent to camp; the internees also bought fabric from mail order catalogs and made kimonos.
31. Recitals were held at the “mess hall,” involved many people in the preparation, and brought about happiness and peace among them.
K – Kayoko Wakita K And we had two, possibly three recitals at what we called the “mess hall”. When you have s… 続きを読む 31. Recitals were held at the “mess hall,” involved many people in the preparation, and brought about happiness and peace among them.