On Collecting Kimono

On Collecting Kimono

by | Jul 5, 2021 | Japanese Culture

Earlier this summer John Moore, a member of the Communications Office at Washington University, interviewed me about The Kimono Tattoo. The editor wanted a photograph of me with “my kimono collection.” I recognize that I have A LOT of kimonos, but I had never thought...
First Steps in Dance and Kimono

First Steps in Dance and Kimono

by | Aug 26, 2020 | Japanese Culture

I had my first experience with Japanese dance, or Nihon buyō, in 1976. I was 19 and living in Fukuoka with my missionary parents. It was my third trip to Japan, but the first one I really remembered. My first trip was in 1956, when I was born on the kitchen table in...