(Nihon Kinsei Kayo Shiryoshu)

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1,098 items 35mm positive, 44 reels 180 pages In Japanese 600,600 (Domestic Price: Incl. tax) International Price: Please inquire

This large collection of songs and ballads is accredited to the years of efforts by Mr. Tokutaro Fujita, a pioneer scholar of Japanese songs and ballads, and by Mr. Takiji Kobayashi, a renowned scholar on the study of Kangin-shu ( ) (a collection of quietly recited poetry). This is also one of the very few collections of documents that provide various and materials for those who attempt to study traditional performing arts and songs in Japan, and those who try to approach the Japanese culture as a whole through the study of songs and ballards. The collection may be grouped into five major genres: Furyu-odori-uta ( ) (the rhythm of popular dancing), Ofuna-uta ( ) (sung when ships are launched), Koto-uta ( ) (recited to the accompaniment of a Koto instrument), Joruri ( ) (ballad dramas), and Ha-uta ( ) & Ko-uta ( ) (ditties sung on auspicious occasions). Each of these genres claims a distinguished position in the history of Japanese popular and entertaining songs and ballads.