Furumoto studied Japanese classical dance with Madame Fujima Kansuma and performed at the Music Center for her senseis 30th anniversary.

By MARIKO WATABESpecial to The RafuSecond of three partsWhen I first set foot in Los Angeles in 1973.with the aging of performers and other factors.

with work assignments and cooperation among residents.yet Japanese culture was thriving.it was Yamato Yasoyo-san (Kineya Yaso-shiro) who consistently maintained nagauta and Yamato-gaku.

Japanese Americans endured the painful experience of being sent to internment camps during the warJapanese Americans endured the painful experience of being sent to internment camps during the war.

The person who brought all these groups together was ohayashi master Katada Kisaku

She taught health for over ten years.where she was strict but fair.

and I think he was pleased that I had stuck with my studies.14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

and China and lived with her fathers parents and grandmother on a farm in a suburb untouched by the bomb.where he met Elizabeth Liz Joan Nicholson.