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DESCRIPTION:Miyako Watanabe is slated to be one of                         
  the featured speakers at the Sawtelle Stories Forum on                   
        August 28\, Saturday\, 2 pm to 4 pm\, at the New Center for        
                   Psychoanalysis\, 2014 Sawtelle Blvd\, West Los Angeles  
                         (between La Grange and                          Mi
 ssissippi).\n &nbsp\;\n Parking at rear of the                          ce
 nter. Enter from Beloit Street. (No parking in stalls                     
      12-21).\n &nbsp\;\n No charge for admission. Donations               
            are welcome to Japanese Institute of Sawtelle' Sawtelle        
                   Stories Fund.\n &nbsp\;\n After living in Sawtelle in   
                        the 1930s and studying in Japan\, Miyako Watanabe w
 as                          given the natori name (professional stage name
 )\, Nishiki                          Fujima\, after Japan's National Livin
 g Treasure\, Kanjuro                          Fujima VI.\n &nbsp\;\n Later
 \, she become Bisho Ichikawa                          tutored by Danjuro I
 chikawa XI. Under Eizaemon Kineya\,                          Miyako studie
 d nagauta earning the name\, Einishiki                          Kineya.\n 
 &nbsp\;\n Miyoko Watanabe was born in Los                          Angeles
 .&nbsp\; Her mother was a Nihon Buyo teacher in                          S
 awtelle.&nbsp\; Miyoko began study of Nihon Buyo at age                   
        6.&nbsp\; \n &nbsp\;\n She often performed in Sawtelle's           
                JapanTown.&nbsp\; Studied kabuki acting with Tomofuku      
                     Nakamura.&nbsp\; At age 14\, she was invited to join t
 he                          Shojo (Girls') Kabuki\, a popular all girls tr
 oupe                          touring California and Hawaii. \n &nbsp\;\n 
 While                          performing\, she was discovered by Takejiro
  Otani\,                          President of Shochiku Studios\, the firm
  that managed                          Kabuki in Japan.\n &nbsp\;\n Miyako
  Watanabe has                          returned to Sawtelle again to have 
 her tell her story                          assisted by longtime friend\, 
 Haru Nakata\, and her niece\,                          DeAnn Otani. \n &nb
 sp\;\n Other speakers can be                          scheduled. Call Jack
  Fujimoto at (310) 470-2997 or email                          <a style="fo
 nt-weight: bold\; color: #000000\; text-decoration: underline\;" href="mai
 lto:jack.fujimoto@verizon.net">jack.fujimoto@verizon.net</a> \n &nbsp\;\n 
 Sawtelle                          Stories Forum is funded by Japanese Inst
 itute of                          Sawtelle and UCLA Paul I. &amp\; Hisako 
 Tersaki Center                          for Japanese Studies. &nbsp\;&nbsp
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SUMMARY:Sawtellw Stories Forum to feature former "Girls' Kabuki" star in 19
 30s\, Miyako Watanabe
URL:/en/events/2010/08/28/sawtellw-stories-forum-to-feature-former-girls-k/
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