Part Two of an interview with Chisayo Lewis
Jan.s: Chisayo, in our last interview you mentioned the influence both your grandmother and mother had on you with your sewing...can you tell us more... Chisayo: Janice, I don't know where to start...Let's try to remember my grand mother first ....My grand mother was born in 1912 in a wealthy Bushi (Samurai) family. My grand mother talked a lots of stories about her childhood but I thought they were all made up stories because many of them were so unreal in many ways such as Monsters,Ghost and trick animals... . Her family adopted a few Sumo wrestlers. It was a big mistake of their family... They lost all their money at the end. My grand mother and grand father were arranged married. They both married before and had a child each. My grand father was born in a rich Shoya ( Village headman ) family in Nara. He was well educated and good at various sports. Especially ...