Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kay, Lisan.
2. Hiraoka, Yōichi.
3. Sakai, Tōkichi.
4. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. dnr
5. Oral history archive.

Found in

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection

Description

1. 4 sound discs (ca. 188 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.

Subject

1. Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979 > Family
2. Kobayashi, Yonezō
3. Takarazuka Kagekidan

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2668

Note

1. Discs 1 and 2, in English: Yoichi Hiraoka, Lisan Kay, and Yeichi Nimura engage in an informal conversation. A majority of disc 1 is a general conversation. In disc 2, Hiraoka and Nimura casually talk about musical theater and the performing arts, and comment about Takarazuka Kagekidan and Yonezo Kobayashi. The handwritten notes in the original container read "Dec. 15, 1962. Mr. Hiraoka was visiting him for the first time in 20 years."
2. Discs 3 and 4, in Japanese: Tokichi Sakai and his wife [name not identified] and Yeichi Nimura engage in an informal, general conversation. Tokichi Sakai and Nimura talk about Japan and the city of Suwa. Nimura talks extensively about his early life in Japan and experiences in the U.S. The handwritten notes in the original container read "Nov. 13, 1962. Mr. Sakai, 52 years old, Ukiyoe appraiser, acquaintance of Mr. Nagano and Mr. Matsuki (?). Through Ms. Ishiguro, met him June 1, 1962. Talked about Japan."
3. The sound quality is fair in disc 1, and good in disc 2. The voices are not always intelligible, and there is extraneous noise in disc 1. The sound quality is good in discs 3 and 4.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.

System details (note)

1. Transferred from a 7 inch reel (ca. 188 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; one channel; half track; originally recorded in 1962) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.

Source (note)

1. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura

Language (note)

1. Discs 1 and 2 in English.
2. Discs 3 and 4 in Japanese.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.

Author

1. Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979.

Title

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay speak with xylophonist, Yoichi Hiraoka [and] Yeichi Nimura speaks with Tokichi Sakai et al. [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1962.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.

System details

1. Transferred from a 7 inch reel (ca. 188 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; one channel; half track; originally recorded in 1962) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.

Language

1. Discs 1 and 2 in English.
2. Discs 3 and 4 in Japanese.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTO 7-2668
2. The identification of the dates, events, and speakers is based on the handwritten notes in the original container. There is a handwritten note regarding the recording included in the container holding the archival original.

Source

1. Gift; Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura, Sept. 2007. NN-PD

Added author

1. Kay, Lisan.
2. Hiraoka, Yōichi.
3. Sakai, Tōkichi.
4. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. Donor
5. Oral history archive.

Added title

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.

Found in:

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2668