K – Kayoko Wakita K We did ensemble work. And then gradually, as my students graduated, we had a larger ensemb… 続きを読む 70. Staging of large ensemble works by Shin’ichi Yuize with former students, while performing for their fund raising in return.
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65. Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima performed as guests and inspired me to continue koto.
K – Kayoko Wakita K I think the most interesting would be when Yuize and Nakashima were guests of ours, and th… 続きを読む 65. Yuize and Yasuko Nakashima performed as guests and inspired me to continue koto.
64. Shin’ichi Yuize, a western trained Japanese musician, wrote many works for koto and shamisen.
K – Kayoko Wakita K And Yuize was basically a western trained musician. He was a harpist, concert harpist whos… 続きを読む 64. Shin’ichi Yuize, a western trained Japanese musician, wrote many works for koto and shamisen.
58. My parents played music every Sunday before work at their Chinese restaurant. People came to play with them, predominantly koto, but also shakuhachi and shamisen.
K – Kayoko Wakita K But the weekends were taken up because my parents went back to, of course, the music, thei… 続きを読む 58. My parents played music every Sunday before work at their Chinese restaurant. People came to play with them, predominantly koto, but also shakuhachi and shamisen.
56. Shirley Muramoto talks about her son, who became interested in koto because of the modern music of the Sawai school, and eventually studied for a teaching degree.
S – Shirley Muramoto S Well, modern kids, I think, these days, are, just like my son, he became interest in ko… 続きを読む 56. Shirley Muramoto talks about her son, who became interested in koto because of the modern music of the Sawai school, and eventually studied for a teaching degree.
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.
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.
30. My mother started to teach koto in camp, but she only had two kotos. Makeshift instruments and devices were used for practice.
K – Kayoko Wakita S – Shirley Muramoto K And soon, as my mother was playing, you know, people could hear. And … 続きを読む 30. My mother started to teach koto in camp, but she only had two kotos. Makeshift instruments and devices were used for practice.