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Audio Recording Japanese and Japanese American foodways and traditions in the Nagashima household, Billings Montana, part 1

Interview about Japanese traditions in Montana

About this Item

Title

  • Japanese and Japanese American foodways and traditions in the Nagashima household, Billings Montana, part 1

Names

  • Young, Kay, 1931- (Collector)
  • Toelken, Miiko (Collector)
  • Nagashima, David (Interviewee)
  • Nagashima, Yoshiko (Interviewee)
  • Nagashima, Iyo (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Billings, Montana, August 20, 1979

Headings

  • -  Food habits
  • -  Japanese Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Billings

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 1 of a 3-part recording at the Nagashima home in Billings MT, with Yoshiko and David Nagashima (mostly speaking English) and David's mother Iyo Nagashima (speaking Japanese), with most of the discussion led by Miiko Toelken: Miiko Toelken talks about her experience visiting Japanese Americans elsewhere, including Seabrook NJ; in Montana, Yoshiko Nagashima says, there's a lack of community spirit and tradition because the Japanese Americans here are few and scattered, many are farmers; David and Yoshiko mention some of the traditional activities of folks they know in Colorado; about religious affiliations, the mother Iyo is Buddhist, David and Yoshiko are interested in the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses; discussion of foods, traditional Japanese and American, sorting out dinner and supper and the Japanese words for meals, including gohan; about Japanese American foodways, carrying lunch to workplaces; what the Nagashimas cook for American potlucks and when non-Japanese ("white") guests come to their home; about their previous home in Shepherd, big gatherings for meals, including a group from Japan in 1968 or 1969; family food traditions at New Year (typed as Oskuga_stu, intended Oshogatsu or Shogatsu); about the significance of certain numbers in filling maki sushi, and about other dishes; about a visitor from Kaegawa prefecture; about making chow mein and tempura for non-Japanese friends; about hiyashi udon, soba, and somen; about buckwheat flour.
  • -  Note: This three-part interview was extensively documented in handwriting by Miiko Toelken in a manuscript at call number: AFC 1981/005: Box 7, Folder 102. Most of the information, including three glossaries of Japanese words (one per tape, Romanized with English definitions), was later incorporated in Kay Young's typed logs for the sound recordings at call number: AFC 1981/005: Box 7, Folder 100, pages 13-46. These sources have been briefly summarized in this bibliographic record.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20479
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0965
  • Field project identifier: MT9-KY-R9

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Young, Kay, Miiko Toelken, David Nagashima, Yoshiko Nagashima, and Iyo Nagashima. Japanese and Japanese American foodways and traditions in the Nagashima household, Billings Montana, part 1. Billings, Montana, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20479/.

APA citation style:

Young, K., Toelken, M., Nagashima, D., Nagashima, Y. & Nagashima, I. (1979) Japanese and Japanese American foodways and traditions in the Nagashima household, Billings Montana, part 1. Billings, Montana. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20479/.

MLA citation style:

Young, Kay, et al. Japanese and Japanese American foodways and traditions in the Nagashima household, Billings Montana, part 1. Billings, Montana, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20479/>.