- Y – Yukino Okubo
- P – Pauline Fong
- S – Shirley Muramoto
- Y
- Matsui Suimin. He was teaching us Kabuki. And he was all crippled up, and his hands were all crooked, he walks real funny, he couldn’t walk good, but he still managed to teach us Kabuki. Amazing!
- P
- So you learned some new plays that you didn’t know before the war?
- Y
- Oh yeah, yeah.
- S
- Can we talk about Matsui Suimin, he made the “katsura” wig for you?
- Y
- Oh yeah, he made the katsura. Matsui Suimin made katsura out of wood, he would dye it, I don’t know how he made it but… he put it together from base. I don’t know what he used for base. Anyway, he did some wonders!
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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.