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Mills Music Library
For more books and audio/video recordings, visit the Mills Music Library in the basement of the Memorial Library Building.
Performing Arts
The Folk Performing Arts : traditional culture in contemporary Japan by Call Number: PN2924 T526 1997
Sensational knowledge : embodying culture through Japanese dance by Call Number: GV1695 H24 2007ISBN: 9780819568359main vol. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)Tradition and Creativity in Japanese Dance: Kikunokai by
Call Number: GV1695 H38 2001- Performing Japan: contemporary expressions of cultural identity byCall Number: Full text available online - click the titleISBN: 9789004213197Publication Date: 2008
- The gods come dancing : a study of the Japanese ritual dance of Yamabushi Kagura byCall Number: BL2224.25 K3 A94 1995
- God's music - the Japanese folk theatre of Iwami Kagura byCall Number: ML5 S84 Bd.12 (Mills Music Library)Publication Date: 2006
- Song, dance, storytelling : aspects of the performing arts in Japan byCall Number: DS503.4 C58 no.15-18Publication Date: 1978Cornell University East Asia papers, no. 15
- Nihon buyo : classical dance of modern Japan byCall Number: GV1695 Y36 2001a (Mills Music Library)Thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University, 2001.
- Ryukyuan dance = Ryukyu buyo byCall Number: GV1696 R9 R9813 1995
- An Overview of the contemporary Japanese dance scene byCall Number: GV1695 K86 1985
- The JVC video anthology of world music and dance : book II : East AsiaCall Number: M1627 J3 2005 v.Supp. 2 (Supplement to DVDs v.1-5); (Mem Lib 4F; Media Microform Center)Fujii Tomoaki (Ed.) ; Omori Yasuhiru, Sakurai Tetsuo (assitant eds.) ; in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka).
Music
The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music by Call Number: ML340 A848 2008 (Mills Music Library)ISBN: 9780754656999COMP DISC 18300 (accompanying audio disk)Spirit of Tsugaru: blind musicians, Tsugaru-jamisen, and the folk music of northern Japan, with the autobiography of Takahashi Chikuzan by
Call Number: ML419 T15 G76 1999 (Mills Music Library)
The birth of Tsugaru shamisen music : the origin and development of a Japanese folk performing art by Call Number: ML1015 S52 D3513 1998 (Mills Music Library)= Tsugaru shamisen no tanjō : minzoku geinō no seisei to ryūsei ; Appended by Anthropological notes on The birth of Tsugaru shamisen music : the origin and development of a Japanese folk performing art : the role of Shamanism and creative marginality in the origin and development of Tsugaru shamisen music- Mountain storm, pine breeze : folk song in Japan by Call Number: ML3750 I8 (Mills Music Library)Publication Date: 1981
Hip-hop Japan : rap and the paths of cultural globalization by Call Number: ML3531 C66 2006 (College Library Rm 1191; Mills Music Library)
Transforming Tradition: folk music revivals examined by Call Number: ML3551 T72 1993 (Mills Music Library)ISBN: 0252019822Include the chapter “The reception of the music of American southern whites in Japan” by Toru Mitsui.
Voices from the Canefields by Call Number: ML3551.7 H4 O37 2013 (Mills Music Library)ISBN: 9780199813032Publication Date: 2013-10-25Japan to Hawai'i -- World of work -- Despair and defiance -- Love and lust -- Reflections -- A last hurrah -- Renaissance of the holehole bushi.
Festivals and Calendar Customs
Matsuri! Japanese Festival Arts by Call Number: NX692 S56 J365 2002 (Art Lib. Oversize)Textiles used in festivals, such as costumes (yukata, happi coats), masks, etc.- Matsuri : Festival and Rite in Japanese Life byCall Number: BL2210 M38 1988
- Festivals of Japan byCall Number: GT4884 A2 B8Publication Date: 1965Contains a lot of black and white photos.
Contents: the festivals of Japan; matsuri, the neighborhood festival; Hana Matsuri, the birth of Buddha; Nomaoi Matsuri and Yabusame, Japanese rodeos; The Dance of the Golden Dragon, a special matsuri; Nikko Grand Festival, the march of the samurai; Gion Matsuri, the gods stop a plague; Aoi Matsuri, the emperor pays homage; Festivals for Children, Shichi-go-san, Children's Day, and Hina-matsuri; Kanto Matsuri, harvest festivals, Setsubun, cast out the devils, Snow Festival, sculptures instead of snowmen; Dezome-shiki, the firemen's parade; Hari-kuyo, final rest for broken needles; Tanabata, a legend of the heavens. - Matsuri : festivals of a Japanese town byCall Number: BL2224.7 A84 1993
- The five sacred festivals of ancient Japan : their symbolism & historical development byCall Number: GT4884 A2 C3Publication Date: 1967Good short introductory essays on the following calendar customs: Oshogatsu, the New Year festival; Hinamatsuri, the girls' festival; Tango no sekku, the boys' festival; Tanabata, the star festival; Jugoya, the chrysanthemum festival; conclusion; index.
- Matsuri, Festival : Japanese American celebrations and activities byCall Number: E184 J3 A7 1978Short introduction and instructions to activities (recipes, origami) for the following calendar customs: oshogatsu, hinamatsuri, tango no sekku, tanabata, and obon.
