Transmission of Japanese Jiuta Sōkyoku for Shamisen and Koto
Negotiating Musical Identity
Series: SOAS Studies in Music;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 22 June 2026
- ISBN 9781041214564
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages162 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 39 Illustrations, black & white; 25 Halftones, black & white; 14 Line drawings, black & white; 6 Tables, black & white 700
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Short description:
This book explores the musical genre that has developed into diverse repertoires from the seventeenth century to the present day, transforming its context from blind male performers’ tradition to the most cutting-edge contemporary art.
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Transmission of Japanese Jiuta Sōkyoku for Shamisen and Koto: Negotiating Musical Identity offers a rich and compelling exploration of Japan’s refined chamber music tradition for voice, shamisen (3-string lute), and koto (13-string zither). Tracing the genre's evolution from the seventeenth century to the present, the book reveals how jiuta sōyoku has continually reinvented itself, moving from a tradition rooted in blind male performers to a vibrant field of contemporary artistic expression. At the heart of this study is the question of how musical identity is formed, maintained, and transformed. Through close examination of transmission practices such as teaching and learning processes, master-disciple relationships within the iemoto (house-head) system, and the dynamics of change, variation, tradition, and innovation, the author illuminates the complex negotiations that shape this living musical heritage. Grounded in in-depth ethnographic research, including firsthand learning experiences and interviews with leading musicians, the book offers a rare insight into the perspectives of performers at the forefront of the genre today. Bridging historical depth with contemporary practice, Transmission of Japanese Jiuta Sōkyoku for Shamisen and Koto is an essential reading for students and scholars of ethnomusicology and Japanese studies, and an illuminating resource for anyone passionate about Japanese music and its ongoing transformation.
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Table of Contents:
1. Between tradition and innovation
2. Ryūha: The development of lineages and schools
3. Variation and change within ryūha
4. Articulating identity through ryūha styles
5. Transmission practices
6. Globalisation and the reimagining of musical identity
