Music

img 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".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-357/

img Portrait of girl dressed in kimono with instrument (ddr-densho-383-236)

Embossed on bottom right corner of photograph: "Takano Studio".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-236/

img Stage performace at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-366)

Written on front of photograph: "June 14, 1931(?)" Written on back of photograph: "Mom [Tamako Inouye] - 3rd from L. Teacher on rt playing biwa".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-366/

img Postcard photograph of woman and girl in kimonos (ddr-densho-383-434)

Tamako Inouye on left with music teacher on right. Embossed on front of photograph: "Aiko Studio, Seattle, Wash." Written on back of photograph: "Mom on left with Biwa teacher".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-434/

doc Scholarship letter for Scari Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-130)

From Band-Orchestra Parents Association

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-355-130/

img HMS Pinafore flyer (ddr-densho-483-111)

Flyer for the Bainbridge Island High School Music Department's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore on April 8

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-111/

doc HMS Pinafore program (ddr-densho-483-113)

Program for the Bainbridge Island High School Music Department's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-113/

img HMS Pinafore flyer (ddr-densho-483-112)

Second flyer design for the Bainbridge Island High School Music Department's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore. The name Mary is signed on the reverse in pencil.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-112/

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-873)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan's sister, Tok, and brother-in-law, Norman, have just had a daughter. He is doing a lot of farming at Taliesin and designing a house "just for fun." He feels less artistically inclined than many of the other fellows. Growing to like Taliesin better but doesn't want to stay there forever. Still curious about …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-873/

img Outdoor choral concert (ddr-densho-329-726)

A chorus of ten or twelve people cluster in a semi-circle while others recline nearby to listen, in a woodland setting. Likely the Saturday weekly choral group described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872, written in the early days of his fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-726/

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-880)

Letter from Taliesin. On sewing a Halloween costume for a party with the fellows, along with sketches of how he made a Japanese Haori out of a blanket; goings on at Taliesin both social and professional. Buckminster Fuller comes to speak to the fellows.

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img Outdoor chamber music gathering (ddr-densho-329-723)

A string quartet plays outdoors among trees and boulders while an informal audience reclines to listen. Very likely taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939 as described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872. Also seen as a print in object ddr-densho-329-835.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-723/

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-872)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan has begun to apprentice at Taliesin, though his work is menial so far" working in the kitchen and sandpapering the floor of the new drafting room. He describes the weekend tradition in the fellowship of Saturday evening picnics and entertainment (shown in photos ddr-densho-329-721 through -726 and ddr-densho-329-835). He hasn't yet had …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-872/

doc Gem of Songs (ddr-densho-433-277)

A collection of songs compiled and published by the Butte Young Buddhist Association at the Gila River concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-277/

doc Letter from Lorraine to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-24)

Lorraine writes to Kimi Fujii about her recent outings with friends.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-24/

doc Concert Association membership renewal (ddr-densho-433-52)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-52/

doc Candlelight concert program (ddr-densho-433-987)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-987/

doc Let's all sing (ddr-csujad-55-1943)

List of songs and lyrics, probably from the "Let's All Sing" program at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1943 through sac_jaac_1948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1946

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1943/

doc Let's sing (ddr-csujad-55-1941)

List of songs and lyrics for the "Let's Sing" program at Tule Lake incarceration camp. "Community Activities Section, District IV." See also sac_jaac_1943 through sac_jaac_1948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1941/

img Tule Lake musicians (ddr-csujad-55-2211)

Black and white photograph of musicians at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (standing): C. Nagao, K. Yamamoto (singer), unidentified (singer), J. Ota, S. Arima, J. Hatanaka (singer), F. Kunisawa (singer), unidentified (singer), [Frank Yoshimi]. Sitting - K. Arima, T. Matsuoka, B. Yokotaki, H. Nakata, J. Mitsukiro, and N. Yamaguchi. See this object …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2211/

doc Song sheet with lyrics (ddr-csujad-55-1944)

List of songs and lyrics for ten songs, probably from the "Let's Sing" program at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1943 through sac_jaac_1948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1947

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1944/

img Tule Lake orchestra combination with Koto and vocal (ddr-csujad-55-2204)

Black and white photograph of the Tule Lake orchestra combination with Koto and vocal, performing on stage at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Verso reads: The full orchestra containing over 30 pieces can't be seen because their [they are] all in the back. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2307

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2204/

doc Song sheet with lyrics (ddr-csujad-55-1942)

List of songs and lyrics for six songs, probably from the "Let's Sing" program at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1943 through sac_jaac_1948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1945

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1942/

doc Fumiko Yabe (ddr-csujad-55-2517)

Essay about Japanese American singer Fumiko Yabe. Covers Yabe's performances on December 7, 1941 and in June 1942 at the Walerga Assembly Center, that is, the Sacramento Assembly Center. See also sac_jaac_2622. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2623

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2517/

doc Let's sing (ddr-csujad-55-1940)

List of songs and lyrics for the "Let's Sing" program at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See also sac_jaac_1944 through sac_jaac_1948. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1943

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1940/

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