Explore additional articles, life history videos, and a taiko database originally compiled in conjunction with the exhibition. 

Articles

• All in the Drum: Building Taiko in America  READ NOW
   
• TAIKOPROJECT: Not Your Mama’s Taiko  Read Now
   
• Kenny Endo: Connecting to Heritage through Music  Read Now
   
• San Jose Taiko: Embodying the Spirit of Taiko in America  Read Now
   
• The Rhythms of Life: Shasta Taiko  Read Now
   
• Marco Lienhard of Taikoza  Read Now

Discover Nikkei Taiko Database

The Discover Nikkei Taiko Database was originally developed in conjunction with the Big Drum: Taiko in the United States exhibition. The goal of this database is to compile a comprehensive repository of information representing the depth and diversity of contemporary taiko. The database has been designed to enable taiko ensembles to record and continually update their organizational histories and missions in their own words and through their own images. Visitors to the site may search the database by name, date, region, and several other characteristics.

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Discover Nikkei Video Interviews

Video clips from life history interviews recorded by the Japanese American National Museum for the exhibition can be viewed online through DiscoverNikkei.org.

• Seiichi Tanaka (San Francisco Taiko Dojo)

• Kenny Endo (Taiko Center of the Pacific)

• Mas Kodani (Kinnara Taiko)

• Johnny Mori (Kinnara Taiko)

• George Abe (Kinnara Taiko)

• PJ Hirabayashi (San Jose Taiko)

• Roy Hirabayashi (San Jose Taiko)

• Kay Fukumoto (Maui Taiko)

• Etsuo Hongo (Los Angeles Matsuri Taiko)

• Nosuke Akiyama (San Francisco Taiko Dojo)

Related links

Below are links to some taiko-related web sites. For individual taiko group sites, please explore the Discover Nikkei Taiko Database.

References

• Rolling Thunder Taiko Resource
• Taiko Conference
• Kodo Arts Sphere America (KASA)

Project Consultants

• TAIKOPROJECT
• San Jose Taiko
• San Francisco Taiko Dojo
• Seattle Kokon Taiko
• Taiko Center of the Pacific/Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble
• Soh Daiko

Taiko Makers & Suppliers

• Miyoshi Daiko
• Kato Taiko
• Taiko with Toni
• REMO, Inc
• Asano Taiko, Co., Ltd.
• Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten, Co., Ltd.

Taiko in Popular Culture

• Mitsubishi commercial
• NAMCO Taiko: Drum Master game
• redoctane taiko drum controller