Music in the Making of Modern Japan: Essays on Reception, Transformation and Cultural Flows

222 Pages·2021·4.303 MB·English

by  Kei Hibino, Barnaby Ralph, Henry Johnson

POP MUSIC, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY
Music
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Essays on Reception, Transformation
and Cultural Flows
Edited by
Kei Hibino · Barnaby Ralph
Henry Johnson
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Music in the Making
of Modern Japan
Essays on Reception, Transformation
and Cultural Flows
Editors
Kei Hibino Barnaby Ralph
Faculty of Humanities Seikei University
Seikei University Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Henry Johnson
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
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Acknowledgements
This collection of essays is the product of an international joint research
project entitled “Influences of Western Music as Affective Media on the
Asia–Pacific Region,” sponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific
Studies (CAPS), Seikei University, Japan. Beginning in April 2016 and
endingin2018,theprojectheldsixinternationalconferences,whichwere
hostedbySeikeiUniversityandtheUniversityofOtagoinNewZealand,
as well as associated sessions and meetings at the Auckland University
of Technology, New Zealand, and the Queensland University of Tech-
nology, Australia. The contributors to this collection are either members
of the project—Kei Hibino and Barnaby Ralph from Seikei University
and Henry Johnson from the University of Otago, who also serve as the
editorsofthepresentvolume—orparticipantsintheconferences.Without
thegeneroustravelfundingfromCAPS,thisprojectwouldnothavebeen
possible.Ithasbroughtaboutadeeperunderstandingofthethreedistinct
stages of historical impact of Western Music on the Asia-Pacific Region
discussedinChapter1.Firstofall,theeditorswouldliketothankourhost
institutionsforsettingthestageforaproductiveandlong-termcollabora-
tion.SpecialthanksmustgotoProfessorTakayasuKensuke,theDirector
of CAPS, and Saito¯ Miyuki and Nagahashi Noriko, the staff members in
charge, for their tremendous support in carrying out this project. The
Division of Humanities at the University of Otago is acknowledged for
providingresearchfundingthatcontributedtotheprojectandtheSchool
of Performing Arts for hosting one of the collaborative conferences. We
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vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
appreciate wholeheartedly the devoted editorial work that Lisa Marr has
undertaken in bringing this volume into a publishable form.
Kei Hibino
Barnaby Ralph
Henry Johnson
Note on Transliteration
Unless otherwise noted in a quotation, all Japanese names are written
according to Japanese practice with the family name first, followed by
the given name (an exception is with the names of Japanese contribu-
tors to this volume, who are listed with given name first). Long vowels
in Japanese words are indicated by macrons (a bar on the top of vowels),
butnamesofwell-knownplacesthathaveanestablisheduseinEnglishdo
notfollowthisrule.Forexample,thecapitalofJapanisspelled“Tokyo,”
althoughitshouldbewritten“To¯kyo¯”accordingtoitsJapanesepronun-
ciation. In quotations where authors employ a different orthography, the
original spelling is retained and followed by a transliteration in square
brackets according to the system followed in this book. When a Japanese
band has an established English name, this has been given preference in
thetext.PassagesfromJapanesesourceshavebeentranslatedintoEnglish
by the chapter author unless otherwise mentioned. Authors hold sole
responsibility for any errors.
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Praise for MusicintheMaking
ofModernJapan
“Zipang, Japonisme, Cool Japan—Japan has always been a unique and
enigmatic wonderland. Innovatively capturing the essence of this excep-
tionally exotic country through the unifying notion of affective media as
well as via thoughtful approaches to delicate shades of Japanese culture,
Music in the Making of Modern Japan succeeds in making a tremen-
douscontributiontoCulturalStudies,Ethnomusicology,History,Theatre
Studies and a number of related areas.”
—Professor Noriyuki Harada, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, Member of
the SCJ (Science Council of Japan), President of the ELSJ (English
Literary Society of Japan)
“Thisinnovativevolumedealswithanumberofaspectsofmusicasaffec-
tive media in modern and contemporary Japan. It brings together highly
diverse genres, texts, and issues, including music education, gender, and
traditional,classical,andpopulargenres.Thechaptersspeaktoeachother
through the unifying concept of affective media, and successfully provide
a rich palette of a wide variety of the vibrant and multifaceted state of
music in Japan today.”
—Professor Alison Tokita, Monash University, Australia
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
Kei Hibino, Barnaby Ralph, and Henry Johnson
Part I Reception
2 Western Art Music in Pre-Edo and Meiji Japan:
Historical Reception, Cultural Change and Education 13
Ayako O¯tomo
3 Western Musical Elements in Japanese Koto Music:
Affective Media in Sonic, Visual and Behavioural
Context 39
Henry Johnson
4 Guitar Making and Intercultural Communication
in Japan and Australia 59
Gavin Carfoot
Part II Transformation
5 Black Intentions: Ishii Maki, Hirose Ryo¯hei,
Shinohara Makoto and the Japanese Avant-Garde 77
Barnaby Ralph
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