- Y – Yukino Okubo
- S – Shirley Muramoto
- P – Pauline Fong
- S
- So Kimiyo Kimio, Kineya Kimiyo, you learned mostly shamisen?
- Y
- Shamisen, I did learn some odori because we went to perform at the Greek Theater, one time.
- P
- What kind of audience came to the Greek Theater, mostly Japanese or did you have non-Japanese, too?
- Y
- I really don’t recall, but it was… “hakujin” (Caucasian people), I think.
- P
- Probably, if you went to the Greek Theater, uh-hm. Do you remember did they clap a lot, did they enjoy it?
- Y
- Oh yeah, it was… Kimiyo Oshishosan had her own students. And I was learning from Miyazaki Dansho so they combined the two groups together, and we performed at the Greek Theater.
- S
- Did Miyazaki Dansho and Kineya Kimiyo work together?
- Y
- So, Kimiyo Oshishosan needed more dancers so Miyazaki Dansho used to let us go and join her group and dance together.
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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).
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2. How Miyazaki Danshō taught classical dance and kabuki.
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3. Learned kabuki from written script and by imitating Miyazaki Danshō
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4. Shamisen and classical dance teacher, Kineya Kimiyo
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5. I went through the right channels to change teachers from Kineya Kimiyo to Fujima Kansuma
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6. Joint performance of the students of Kineya Kimiyo and Miyazaki Dansho at Greek Theatre attended by Caucasian audience.
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7. Danced in camp to the Japanese military songs about Japan’s victory.
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8. (2 segments) Danced a classical dance, “Renjishi,” at Yamato Hall right before the war.
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9. Began teaching classical dance in camp because there was no teacher at Amache.
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10. ow to get she got kimono for dancing in camp.
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11. Got a pass to go to Rohwer camp to learn dances from Kansuma.
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12. Taught Bon dance on stage in Rohwer.
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13. My students from Amache camp followed me to Denver after the war to continue dancing.
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14. In camp, used to go block to block performing to entertain the people.
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15. (2 segments) An Issei kabuki artist, Matsui Suimin, taught new repertories and made wigs in camp.
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16. All the props were made in camp, usually by a carpenter.