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Audio Recording Interview with Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 (version 2)

Interview with Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 (version 2)

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 (version 2)

Names

  • Choi, Chungmoo (Collector)
  • Kubose, Mine, Mrs. (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, June 15, 1977

Headings

  • -  Japanese Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Mrs. Kubose #1 (speed slowed), part 1
  • -  Part 1 (version 2, probably re-recorded) of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanese tea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker’s notes report problems in making the recording (the speed is irregular) and, during the field project, she re-recorded parts 1 and 2 in an attempt to correct the speed; both the original and rerecorded versions are included in the collection; the fieldworker’s notes for part 1 list these topics: Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose’s life history and her exposure to the tea ceremony and how she learned it; about the tea name and the tea schools; about the tea ceremony in Japan and among the Japanese Americans in Chicago; about the motivation for learning and practicing the tea ceremony; what is important in teaching the ceremony, aesthetics and mental training; the four principles of the tea ceremony (aesthetics).

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20742a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0760
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T218-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Choi, Chungmoo, and Mine Kubose. Interview with Mine "Minnie" SomiKubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 version 2. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20742a/.

APA citation style:

Choi, C. & Kubose, M. (1977) Interview with Mine "Minnie" SomiKubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 version 2. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20742a/.

MLA citation style:

Choi, Chungmoo, and Mine Kubose. Interview with Mine "Minnie" SomiKubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 version 2. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20742a/>.