Japanese-American Internment Experience – Voice, Wood, Silk Strings

GAMAN – biwa version –

The Story of the Japanese American Experience during WWII 【日系アメリカ人強制収容をめぐる物語】 (Lyrics & original music: Nobuko Miyamoto | Translation & biwa arrangement: Nobuko Fukatsu) The biwa is a traditional lute-like Japanese stringed instrument, predominantly used in narrative music. This musical tradition was initially passed on by wandering blind monks, telling stories of those who would otherwiseContinue reading “GAMAN – biwa version –”

Biwas that survived Japanese-American Internment

【強制収容を乗り越えた琵琶】 February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066, that forced 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast to “relocate” to internment camps. With confusion, anxiety, despair, anger and many more emotions, Japanese Americans had to leave their home in just a week with only luggage that they could carry in both hands.Continue reading “Biwas that survived Japanese-American Internment”