Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai papers
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Title: Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-2018
Collection Number: MS 128
Creator:
Kurai, Shuichi Thomas, Reverend, 1947-2018
Extent:
45.06 linear feet
(42 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of the personal papers of Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai (1947-2018), a Zen Buddhist priest who also
taught Japanese taiko music classes at UC Riverside for 20 years and was a performer in Southern California. Materials in
the collection include photographs, promotional materials, posters, personal papers, and other documents related to Zen Buddhism
and taiko performance and teaching.
Languages: The collection is in English and Japanese.
This collection is unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections & University Archives regarding the availability of materials
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai papers (MS 128). Special Collections & University
Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Gift of Garrett Kurai, 2022.
The collection consists of the personal papers of Reverend Shuichi Thomas Kurai (1947-2018), a Zen Buddhist priest who also
taught Japanese taiko music classes at UC Riverside for 20 years and was a performer in Southern California. Materials in
the collection include photographs, promotional materials, posters, personal papers, and other documents related to Zen Buddhism
and taiko performance and teaching.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Japanese Americans
Musical instruments -- Japan
Taiko
Zen Buddhism
Documents
Photographs