1st Edition
Transmission of Japanese Jiuta Sōkyoku for Shamisen and Koto Negotiating Musical Identity
By Shino Arisawa
Copyright 2026
162 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
162 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Shino Arisawa is Professor at Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan.
