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Kabuki performers on stage in costume (ddr-densho-383-436)
Written on back of photograph: "Sachi Kuniyuki passed away March 2004. Sumi Dangawa. Mom [Tamako Inouye] - 2nd from right". Tamako Inouye at fifteen years old.
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Performace at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-357)
Toku Inouye performing on stage (third from left) at Nippon Kan Theatre. Stamped on photograph mat frame: "Toyo Studio, Seattle, Wn." Written on back of photograph: "Mom, third from left. Teacher - in black kimono next to musicians. They all helped make sakura flowers while waiting their turn during practice".
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Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-358)
Performance of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees," at Nippon Kan Theatre. Tamako Inouye on stage in kimono, at back right. Printed and pasted on back of photograph: "Kabuki was extremely popular in the mid-thirties. This is a scene from Sen Zakura (a thousand cherry blossoms), a play centered on Yoshitsune, a …
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Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-362)
Performance of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees," at Nippon Kan Theatre. Written on back of photograph: "Mid-thirties at Nippon Kan (Hall). A scene from Kabuki - Senbon Zakura (Thousand Sakura). Dancing (Dancer) stems from literature. Mt. Yoshino - site where there are thousands of blossoms? Play-center on Yoshitsune, medieval warrior who …
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Nippon Kan stage with backdrop (ddr-densho-383-361)
Curtain drawn over stage at Nippon Kan Theatre. Written on photograph: "Aiko Studio".
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Portrait of two women in costume (ddr-ajah-3-9)
Caption: Frances Tsuchiya (left) and Tomoe Otsu perform the Tsuki no Sabako for this posed studio portrait. Otsu performed on stage at the Alameda Buddhist Temple many times. January 1935
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Man performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-315)
Caption below photo: George Mikami. He danced in a live stage performance of "Flower Drum Song" in Las Vegas. Buddhist Temple alameda, CA circa 1950s
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Girl in tap shoes on stage (ddr-ajah-3-314)
Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s
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Portrait of two women in costume (ddr-ajah-3-7)
Caption: Frances Tsuchiya (left) and Tomoe Otsu perform the Tsuki no Sabako for this posed studio portrait. Otsu performed on stage at the Alameda Buddhist Temple many times. January 1935
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Portrait of two women in costume (ddr-ajah-3-8)
Caption: Tomoe Otsu (left) and Frances Tsuchiya perform the Tsuki no Sabako for this posed studio portrait. Otsu performed on stage at the Alameda Buddhist Temple many times. January 1935
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Girls at Japanese dance class (ddr-densho-34-159)
Traditional Japanese dance lessons were taught to the girls in the community at the local Japanese Hall. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Setsuko Abe Hirano (left) and cousin, Edith Abey (right) dancing Japanese buyo dance at Topaz (ddr-csujad-55-2201)
Setsuko was sent from San Leandro to the Tule Lake camp and later transferred to the Topaz camp. Doris Abey Hrubant aka Sahomi Tachibana, was their dance teacher at Tule Lake and Topaz (Edith's older sister). The Abe family decided to change the spelling to "Abey" so most Americans would pronounce it correctly. See this object …
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Gabrielle Nomura Gainor Interview Segment 5 (ddr-sjacl-2-29-5)
Studying traditional Japanese dance
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Gabrielle Nomura Gainor Interview Segment 2 (ddr-sjacl-2-29-2)
Exploring Japanese American identity through the arts
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June Yasuno Aochi (Yamashiro) Berk Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-453-3)
Learning classical Japanese dance at a young age from a famous teacher from Japan
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Martha Nishitani Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-71-28)
First discovery of dance: "I wanted to dance ever since I was six"