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Title: Ayame Tsutakawa Interview II
Narrator: Ayame Tsutakawa
Interviewer: Tracy Lai
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: June 5, 1998
Densho ID: denshovh-tayame-02-0026

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TL: You also mentioned that at the University of Washington George helped to put together a center for the Asian arts or something like that?

AT: That was American government program inviting Japanese artists and scholars and Japanese musicians.

TL: And were you involved in that a little bit? What did you do?

AT: I was sort of interpreting these Japanese speaking artists (so) went to school with them. One in particular print maker, Kiyoshi Saito, he became good friend with George so he stayed upstairs in our (house) and so I cook breakfast. I drove him to university and stayed with him because he couldn't speak English to communicate with the students. So after the class I would bring him back. George and he had such a great time and discussing Japanese art or art in general. Then I would be busy cooking big dinner. [Laughs] This went on for quite a while and there (were) other artists, too, that were coming, performing artists.

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