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![The Downbeats (ddr-densho-298-45)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/59/df/59df743f7464ff6f8631452bac14a718.jpg)
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The Downbeats (ddr-densho-298-45)
Caption in album: "'Downbeats' - 1942. Front row: Piano (?); Richey, guitar; Al Nitta, tenor sax; George Nakao, alto sax; Tosh Makishima, 3rd sax."
![Young girl plays piano her teacher observing (ddr-densho-362-24)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bc/f6/bcf631cf9dec1a2670de6a99699a1415.jpg)
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Young girl plays piano her teacher observing (ddr-densho-362-24)
A Marie Konishi plays the piano while her teacher, Mitseu Ushio, observes.
![Young Japanese American woman playing the piano (ddr-densho-362-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1b/ce/1bceaf017b79eb71eb1ac9d3e79af272.jpg)
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Young Japanese American woman playing the piano (ddr-densho-362-26)
Picture of a young woman playing the piano with an inscription on the front and back of the picture. Inscription on the front of photo reads "Dearest Mich-chan, Sincerely, Mitsue Ushio". Inscription on the back of the photo reads June 9, 1945.
![Pep songs (ddr-densho-390-132)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6c/a4/6ca4c0db30eec2dd84c4bdcd7e0eb487.jpg)
![Drawing of the music school at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ab/ff/abff643b4c64aec626d0b99d204e3a1d.jpg)
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Drawing of the music school at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-5)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is the Tanforan music school which prior to evacuation served the racetrack fans as a refreshment house. At all hours, the sounds of pianos and violins would sound forth from every window. Every so often, music concerts would be held, and the edifice would be jammed every time. The [sic] …
![Japanese singer (ddr-densho-397-119)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/20/05/200514c99b1f955becf25dd02b9258ec.jpg)
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Japanese singer (ddr-densho-397-119)
The caption in the photo album reads "Miss Asai sings a S. American number". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.
![Japanese women performers (ddr-densho-397-273)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/22/2b/222bfebf698191acc87cd9c62a662eca.jpg)
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Japanese women performers (ddr-densho-397-273)
The caption in the photo album reads "Girls entertain the boys at the billet one Sunday evening". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.
![Portrait of a woman with a music book (ddr-densho-404-134)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/35/1135ae1be8c2b010f7b4c88c89798972.jpg)
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Portrait of a woman with a music book (ddr-densho-404-134)
Portrait of a young woman wearing a plaid blouse and posing with a book titled, "Children's Piano Pieces: The Whole World Plays."
![Eddie Peabody (ddr-densho-328-33)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e4/52/e452de78401db7b3c3306e865916ce90.jpg)
![High school band performance program (ddr-densho-338-180)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/90/eb/90ebb7dfc37b60ac4748a317da543aa2.jpg)
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High school band performance program (ddr-densho-338-180)
"Demonstration of Bands and Orchestras of the San Jose Public Schools."
![First Hill drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-353-360)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/42/52/42528bd00d40c48f09747d51da0e9e69.jpg)
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First Hill drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-353-360)
The Corps performed at the national Japanese American Citizens League convention.
![Quintet playing instruments (ddr-densho-383-360)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f8/70/f870a4e643f6c4d99612987f5ffd0b8f.jpg)
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Quintet playing instruments (ddr-densho-383-360)
Group of five men practicing or playing for performance at Nippon Kan Theatre. Embossed on photograph: "Toyo Studio, Seattle Wn."
![Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-365)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2e/38/2e3897ee51ec8fcc094fcfddcf242d0b.jpg)
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Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-365)
Performance of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees," at Nippon Kan Theatre. Written on back of photograph: Mom [Tamako Inouye] - dancer on rt".
![Nippon Kan stage with backdrop (ddr-densho-383-361)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/20/d1/20d12ef6342084e965ff0d4399fab080.jpg)
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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".
![Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-358)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c1/96/c1967c3fd0953883407ad3d9b13962a2.jpg)
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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 …