Join us for a concert by koto musician Shirley Muramoto, her students, and guest artist, Bando Hiroshichiro in honor of the musicians who continued to perform traditional Japanese music while imprisoned in Japanese American WWII incarceration camps.

The concert will feature newly restored koto and shamisen instruments that have not been played since their owner’s family departed Topaz camp. The audience will also hear the music of a restored shakuhachi whose owner was interned in the Fort Lincoln Department of Justice internment camp in Bismarck, North Dakota. Kabuki dancer and teacher Bando Hiroshichiro will perform a Nihon Buyo traditional dance that was well known to the Issei generation.

Limited seating available. RSVP at Eventbrite here:  https://DesertWindAndStrings.eventbrite.com

This concert will be held in-person at J-Sei: 1285 66th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608