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Additional authors

1. Kodaka, Setsuko.
2. Utsumi, Shigenori.
3. Kita, Hiroshi.
4. Yoshizaki, Kenji.
5. Takahara, Etsuko.
6. Watanabe, Takeo.
7. Baba, Frank S. (Frank Shōzō), 1914-2008.
8. Tsukagoshi, Tsuneji.
9. Kay, Lisan.
10. Goda, Nario.
11. Goda, Kayoko.
12. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. dnr
13. Oral history archive.

Found in

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection

Description

1. 8 sound discs (ca. 391 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
2. Yeichi Nimura Voice of America interview.
3. Yeichi Nimura speaks with Etsuko Takahara.
4. Yeichi Nimura talks about his stock transaction.
5. Yeichi Nimura speaks with Nario and Kayoko Goda.

Subject

1. Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979
2. Ohtaki, Aiko
3. De Lappe, Gemze
4. De Mille, Agnes
5. Kobayashi, Yonezo
6. Graham, Martha
7. Takarazuka Kagekidan
8. Nomura Shōken Kabushiki Kaisha

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2679

Note

1. The eight discs consist of seven recordings from separate occasions.
2. Disc 1(track 1, ca. 2:10 min. to track 2), in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura briefly speaks with a Japanese female (a dancer?), Shinshi (first name unidentified, stage name: Setsuko Kodaka). Nimura states that Ms. Shinshi is a student of Koyama [first name unidentified], and that the recording was made on February 15, 1967.
3. Disc 1 (track 3, ca. 1:10 min.) to disc 2 (track 9), in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura engages in a conversation with Shigenori Utsumi (Takarazuka Kagekidan director), Hiroshi Kita (Takarazuka Kagekidan choreographer), and Kenji Yoshizaki (Takarazuka Kagekidan composer). They talk about Takarazuka Kagekidan and Aiko Ohtaki. The handwritten notes in the original container indicate that the recording was made on February 28, 1967.
4. Disc 2 (track 9, ca. 1:15 min.) to disc 3 (track 4, ca. 1:00 min.), in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura speaks with Etsuko Takahara (a dancer), daughter of Konami Ishii, and advises her regarding her future. Ishii's voice is soft and not always intelligible. Nimura states that the recording was made on January 14, 1967, while the handwritten notes in the original container read "Mar. (?) 14, 1967. 4 months study end & gave future advise."
5. Disc 3 (track 4, ca. 1:30 min.) to disc 4, (track 4, ca. 1:15 min.), in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura consults Sugimoto (first name unidentified) of Nomura Shoken kabushiki kaisha, regarding his securities transactions. Nimura very briefly talks about dance and Ballet Arts. The handwritten notes in the original container read "Mar. 20, 1967. Nomura Shoken, Sugimoto (first name unintelligible), conversation on transaction."
6. Disc 4 (track 4, ca. 1:20 min.) to the end of disc 4, in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura engages in a conversation with Takeo Watanabe regarding the Takarazuka Kagekidan production of Oklahoma. They speak about Gemze de Lappe, Agnes de Mille, and Yonezo Kobayashi. The handwritten notes in the original container read "Oct. 19, 1967. Negotiation with Takeo Watanabe regarding sending musicals to Japan."
7. Disc 5 (track 1, ca. 1:15 min.) to disc 6 (track 1, ca. 1:35 min.), in Japanese: Yeichi Nimura speaks with Shozo Frank Baba and Tsuneji Tsukagoshi from Voice of America. Tsukagoshi interviews Nimura regarding dance and his career. The handwritten notes in the original container indicate that the recording was made on Dec. 8, 1966.
8. Disc 6 (track 1, ca. 1:40 min.) to disc 8, in English and Japanese: Lisan Kay engages in an informal, general conversation with Nario Goda and Kayoko Goda. Kay makes remarks about Martha Graham. In track 5 (disc 6), Yeichi Nimura joins the conversation. In track 3 (disc 7), Kay leaves (to visit Etsuko Takahara). From track 4 (disc 7) to track 11 (disc 7), there is very little conversation as Nimura prepares a meal. Disc 8 contains very general conversation about food and tobacco. In track 10 (disc 8), Kay returns, and Nimura and Kay discuss Etsuko Takahara. The handwritten notes in the original container read "Jan. 10, 1967. Mr. & Mrs. Nario Goda, dance critic, farewell party. They left Jan. 15, 1967, after stay in the U.S. for 2 years."
9. The sound quality is fair to good in discs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. There is extraneous noise in disc 5, and the voices are not always intelligible.

Funding (note)

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

System details (note)

1. Transferred from a 7 inch reel (ca. 391 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; one channel; half track; originally recorded in 1966 and 1967) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.

Source (note)

1. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura

Language (note)

1. Discs 1 to 5 in Japanese.
2. Disc 6 in English.
3. Discs 7 and 8 in English and 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 talks about Takarazuka Kagekidan [sound recording] : Yeichi Nimura Voice of America interview ; Yeichi Nimura with his visitors.

Imprint

1. 1966 and 1967.

Funding

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

System details

1. Transferred from a 7 inch reel (ca. 391 min.; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; one channel; half track; originally recorded in 1966 and 1967) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.

Language

1. Discs 1 to 5 in Japanese.
2. Disc 6 in English.
3. Discs 7 and 8 in English and Japanese.

Linking entry

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

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTO 7-2679
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. Kodaka, Setsuko.
2. Utsumi, Shigenori.
3. Kita, Hiroshi.
4. Yoshizaki, Kenji.
5. Takahara, Etsuko.
6. Watanabe, Takeo.
7. Baba, Frank S. (Frank Shōzō), 1914-2008.
8. Tsukagoshi, Tsuneji.
9. Kay, Lisan.
10. Goda, Nario.
11. Goda, Kayoko.
12. Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. Donor
13. Oral history archive.

Added title

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
2. Yeichi Nimura Voice of America interview.
3. Yeichi Nimura speaks with Etsuko Takahara.
4. Yeichi Nimura talks about his stock transaction.
5. Yeichi Nimura speaks with Nario and Kayoko Goda.

Found in:

1. Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2679