- Y – Yukino Okubo
- P – Pauline Fong
- J – Josh Fong
- Y
- Then, I went to Denver, and I taught again. Because after we got out of camp, my students, lot of them, followed me and went to Denver. So, I taught some more in Denver.
- P
- How many students did you have in camp?
- Y
- Oh, I don’t know, maybe about 10 students.
- P
- And they continued afterwards so they were pretty serious.
- Y
- Yeah, some of them. Not all of them came. They went back to wherever they came from, Sacramento, or wherever. But many of them went to Denver, and followed me.
- J
- So, who were your good students, who stood out for you when you were teaching?
- Y
- Well, there was one from… Mariko Shimada, she was a very good student of mine. I taught her in camp, and she came to Denver and I taught her there, too. She from somewhere near Sacramento, I think.
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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.