Perform in English and Hoike in Hawaiian Language. Sit in English and Noho in Hawaiian Language. Release in English and Hookuu in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Haa in Hawaiian Language. Hide in English and Pee in Hawaiian Language. Memorize in English and Hoopaanaau in Hawaiian Language. Touch in English and Hoopa in Hawaiian Language. Sing in English and Mele in Hawaiian Language. Appear in English and Oili in Hawaiian Language. Dive in English and Luu in Hawaiian Language. Crawl in English and Kolo in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Hula in Hawaiian Language. Balance in English and Kaulike in Hawaiian Language. Bellow in English and Kuo in Hawaiian Language. Breathe in English and Hanu in Hawaiian Language. Extend in English and Hoonui in Hawaiian Language. Embrace in English and Puliki in Hawaiian Language. Flinch in English and Kuemi in Hawaiian Language. Sit in English and Noho in Hawaiian Language. Release in English and Hookuu in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Haa in Hawaiian Language.
Hide in English and Pee in Hawaiian Language. Memorize in English and Hoopaanaau in Hawaiian Language. Touch in English and Hoopa in Hawaiian Language. Sing in English and Mele in Hawaiian Language. Appear in English and Oili in Hawaiian Language. Dive in English and Luu in Hawaiian Language. Crawl in English and Kolo in Hawaiian Language. Dance in English and Hula in Hawaiian Language. Balance in English and Kaulike in Hawaiian Language. Bellow in English and Kuo in Hawaiian Language. Breathe in English and Hanu in Hawaiian Language. Extend in English and Hoonui in Hawaiian Language. Embrace in English and Puliki in Hawaiian Language. Flinch in English and Kuemi in Hawaiian Language.

Professor Iezzi granted a professional name in Tokiwazu

Julie A. Iezzi, Tokiwazu Tokizō, Tokiwazu Mojidayū IX (headmaster/iemoto), Tokiwazu Komojidayū (headmasterʻs son, who will succeed him as headmaster). Sitting in front of a 200 year old scroll which depicts Tokiwazu Mojidayū I, the founder of the genre of Tokiwazu.
Left-Right: Julie A. Iezzi, Tokiwazu Tokizō, Tokiwazu Mojidayū IX (headmaster/iemoto), Tokiwazu Komojidayū (headmasterʻs son, who will succeed him as headmaster). Sitting in front of a 200 year old scroll which depicts Tokiwazu Mojidayū I, the founder of the genre of Tokiwazu.

Julie A. Iezzi (Professor, UHM Dept. of Theatre and Dance) was granted a professional name in Tokiwazu, a narrative chanting genre over 250 years old, most commonly heard in kabuki.  Her professional name, Tokiwazu Tokisato (常磐津 都樹里; see photo below) was bestowed by her master teacher, Tokiwazu Tokizō (常磐津 都㐂蔵) and the headmaster (iemoto) of the Tokiwazu genre, Tokiwazu Mojidayū IX (常磐津 文字太夫) in a solemn ceremony held in Kyoto on October 6, 2022 (see photo above). Iezzi, who has been practicing Tokiwazu narrative since the late 1980s, is one of only two Americans to ever receive a professional Tokiwazu name. The name is also quite clever, involving word play devised by her master. The characters for “Tokisato” can also be read “Miyako (no) Juri,” “Miyako” meaning capital (i.e. Kyoto, a reference to residence and center of her masterʻs practice and name of his association, the Miyako Kai), and “Juri” being an approximation, in kanji, of her given English name “Julie.

 

Japanese Characters vertically on a woodblock
Tokiwazu Tokisato 

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