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As I say, my early-morning lesson was in the little drum we call tsutsumi, which is played in a kneeling position like all the other musical instruments we studied.
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997
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Because of my fame as a dancer I was rarely asked to play the tsutsumi at ozashiki, but I played it in on stage every year during the Miyako Odori.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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The Iwasaki okiya was known for its drumming, and I studied the tsutsumi hand drum from the time I was a child.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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Because of my fame as a dancer I was rarely asked to play the tsutsumi at ozashiki, but I played it in on stage every year during the Miyako Odori.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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The Iwasaki okiya was known for its drumming, and I studied the tsutsumi hand drum from the time I was a child.
Geisha, A Life Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown 2002
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My first lesson in the morning was in a kind of small drum we call tsutsumi.
Memoirs of a Geisha Golden, Arthur, 1957- 1997
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