In a tradition extending from the medieval era up through the middle of the 19th century, visually disabled Japanese women known as Goze would tour the Japanese countryside as professional singers, contributing to the vitality of rural musical culture.
In a tradition extending from the medieval era up through the middle of the 19th century, visually disabled Japanese women known as Goze would tour the Japanese countryside as professional singers, contributing to the vitality of rural musical culture.
Gerald Groemer began his studies of music as a pianist. After earning a Masters of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance at Peabody Conservatory, he entered the ethnomusicology program at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music where he earned a PhD in musicology in 1993, the first non-Japanese ever to do so. Since 1998 he has been professor of musicology, ethnomusicology, and Japanese music history at University of Yamanashi in K?fu Japan. He has authored several books on music and cultural history in both Japanese and English, including The Spirit of Tsugaru (2012), a translation Nishiyama Matsunosuke's writings on Edo Culture (1997), and Street Performers and Society in Urban Japan, 1600-1900: The Beggar's Gift (2015). He was awarded the prestigious Koizumi Fumio Prize for Ethnomusicology in 2008.
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Contents Maps, Conventions Preface Introduction: Approaching the Goze Chapter 1 The Production of Visual Disability Chapter 2 The Development of Echigo Goze Associations Chapter 3 Learning the Goze Art and Way of Life Chapter 4 Touring and Performing in Echigo: Goze and their Audiences Chapter 5 Endings: Coerced Liberation Chapter 6 After the End: Goze Songs in the Postwar Era Appendix: Document 1 "Origins of the Goze," "Commands of the Retired Emperor," and the "Goze Code" Document 2 The 1884 "Regulations of the Takada Goze Association" Document 3 The 1901 "Revised Regulations of the Takada Goze" Document 4 The 1898 "Regulations of the Nagaoka Goze Association" References
Contents Maps, Conventions Preface Introduction: Approaching the Goze Chapter 1 The Production of Visual Disability Chapter 2 The Development of Echigo Goze Associations Chapter 3 Learning the Goze Art and Way of Life Chapter 4 Touring and Performing in Echigo: Goze and their Audiences Chapter 5 Endings: Coerced Liberation Chapter 6 After the End: Goze Songs in the Postwar Era Appendix: Document 1 "Origins of the Goze," "Commands of the Retired Emperor," and the "Goze Code" Document 2 The 1884 "Regulations of the Takada Goze Association" Document 3 The 1901 "Revised Regulations of the Takada Goze" Document 4 The 1898 "Regulations of the Nagaoka Goze Association" References
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