Barbara Curtis Adachi

Background

Adachi, Barbara Curtis was born on July 16, 1924 in Harbin, Manchuria, China. Daughter of John Libby and Alice Anthony (Perkins) Curtis.

Education

Bachelor, Smith College, 1945.

Career

Writer & lecturer Japanese crafts & traditional theater. Advisor Bunraku; resident Yale University School Drama, from 1987. Advisor Films Hands, 1976, Lover's Exile.

President College Women's Association, 1956, International Ladies Benevolent Society, Tokyo, 1957—1958, 1981—1982.

Achievements

• Barbara Curtis Adachi has been listed as a notable writer, lecturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Recipes From International Tokyo Tables

    (COURTESY OF LowCountryBookstore: As you read or cook your...)

  • Living Treasures of Japan

    (Original 1973 hardcover edition.)

  • Voices and Hands of Bunraku
  • Voices and Hands of Bunraku by Adachi, Barbara (1979) Hardcover

Membership

Member of American Institute Wine & Food, Asiatic Society Japan (member council Tokyo since 1976), American-Japan Society Tokyo, Japan Society New York, International House Japan (councilor).

Connections

Married James Shogo Adachi, June 1, 1949. Children: Catherine Anthony Adachi Roche, Daniel Curtis.

Father:

John Libby Curtis

Mother:

Alice Anthony (Perkins) Curtis

Spouse:

James Shogo Adachi

child:

Daniel Curtis Adachi

child:

Catherine Anthony Adachi Roche Adachi