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Book Synopsis Ko-Uta: Little Songs of the Geisha World by : Liza Crihfield
Download or read book Ko-Uta: Little Songs of the Geisha World written by Liza Crihfield and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of Japanese poetry and lyrics explores a little-known style of Japanese song called Ko-Uta. A Ko-Uta is translated as "little song" in Japanese. Unfamiliar to most Westerners, ko-uta are particularly in tune with the tradition of Japan's Edo-era merchants. Some ko-uta are aesthetic, many are earthy. Ko-uta are sung to the accompaniment of the shamisen—a traditional, three-stringed Japanese lute. Ko-uta come to life when they are sung, and the best example of where they live is in the geisha world. To help give some idea of the geisha world, this Japanese music book has provided a complete score of one song. Readers with some experience with haiku and other forms of Japanese poetry will find that ko-uta share many things with those forms. Yet, ko-uta retain their own unique interest, making this book a fascinating addition to any collection of Japanese literature or art.
Book Synopsis Little Songs Of The Geisha by : Liza Dalby
Download or read book Little Songs Of The Geisha written by Liza Dalby and published by . This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Japanese ko-uta are the musical embodiment of the Japanese geisha in the intoxicating "flower and willow world." Literally, these are "little songs" sung by a geisha who accompanies herself on the 3-stringed shamisen. Liza Dalby, an American who is fully trained in the arts of the geisha, is a magnificent guide who brings alive the spirit of this delightful musical form. This book presents beautiful calligraphy and vivid translations of 25 ko-uta, to which Dalby adds lively explanatory notes illuminating the puns and Japanese literary devices which might otherwise elude the Western reader. She also provides an intro. on the geisha and ko-uta. Also provides traditional musical notations for the shamisen as well as in standard Western form.
Download or read book Ko-uta written by Liza Crihfield and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Songs of The Geisha by : Sidney Jones
Download or read book Songs of The Geisha written by Sidney Jones and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geisha written by Sidney Jones and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geisha written by Liza Crihfield Dalby and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, an American anthropologist, describes her experiences during the year she spent as a Japanese geisha, and looks at the role of women, and geishas, in modern Japan
Download or read book Geisha written by Liza Dalby and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the geisha--practioners of music and dance and unmarried companions to the Japanese male elite.
Book Synopsis Songs of the Geisha by : Sidney Jones
Download or read book Songs of the Geisha written by Sidney Jones and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Theatre written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 includes Our player's gallery.
Book Synopsis Asian American Fiction, History and Life Writing by : Helena Grice
Download or read book Asian American Fiction, History and Life Writing written by Helena Grice and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have witnessed an enormous growth in American interest in Asia and Asian/American history. In particular, a set of key Asian historical moments have recently become the subject of intense American cultural scrutiny, namely China’s Cultural Revolution and its aftermath; the Korean American war and its legacy; the era of Japanese geisha culture and its subsequent decline; and China’s one-child policy and the rise of transracial, international adoption in its wake. Grice examines and accounts for this cultural and literary preoccupation, exploring the corresponding historical-political situations that have both circumscribed and enabled greater cultural and political contact between Asia and America.
Book Synopsis A Geisha for the American Consul (a short story) by : Lesley Downer
Download or read book A Geisha for the American Consul (a short story) written by Lesley Downer and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two cultures. One man and one woman. One moment in time. Cultures collide when Okichi, a beautiful geisha, is sent to work for the American envoy in Japan. Age and pride meet youth and grace. How will she survive in a home where no one speaks her language, where she understands nothing and she must submit to a strange barbarian's will?
Book Synopsis Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan by : David W. Hughes
Download or read book Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan written by David W. Hughes and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese say that ‘folk song is the heart’s home town’. Traditional folk songs (min’yo) from the countryside are strongly linked to their places of origin and continue to play a role there. Today, however, they are also taught as a quasi-art music, arranged for stage and television, quoted in Westernized popular songs and so forth.
Download or read book Mousmé written by Clive Holland and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theatre Magazine written by W. J. Thorold and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Songs Of The Geisha by : Sidney Jones
Download or read book Songs Of The Geisha written by Sidney Jones and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exotic world of the geisha is brought to life in this captivating musical play by acclaimed composer Sidney Jones. The story follows a young geisha as she navigates the complex social hierarchy of the tea house, and falls in love with a dashing foreign army officer. The play is marked by Jones' beautiful musical compositions, which draw on Japanese and Western musical styles in equal measure. A must-see for fans of musical theatre and Japanese culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music by : Alison Tokita
Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music written by Alison Tokita and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to cover in detail all genres of Japanese music including court music, Buddhist chant, theatre music, chamber ensemble music and folk music, as well as contemporary music and the connections between music and society in various periods. The book is a collaborative effort, involving both Japanese and English speaking authors, and was conceived by the editors to form a balanced approach that comprehensively treats the full range of Japanese musical culture.
Book Synopsis Extreme Exoticism by : W. Anthony Sheppard
Download or read book Extreme Exoticism written by W. Anthony Sheppard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent can music be employed to shape one culture's understanding of another? In the American imagination, Japan has represented the "most alien" nation for over 150 years. This perceived difference has inspired fantasies--of both desire and repulsion--through which Japanese culture has profoundly impacted the arts and industry of the U.S. While the influence of Japan on American and European painting, architecture, design, theater, and literature has been celebrated in numerous books and exhibitions, the role of music has been virtually ignored until now. W. Anthony Sheppard's Extreme Exoticism offers a detailed documentation and wide-ranging investigation of music's role in shaping American perceptions of the Japanese, the influence of Japanese music on American composers, and the place of Japanese Americans in American musical life. Presenting numerous American encounters with and representations of Japanese music and Japan, this book reveals how music functions in exotic representation across a variety of genres and media, and how Japanese music has at various times served as a sign of modernist experimentation, a sounding board for defining American music, and a tool for reshaping conceptions of race and gender. From the Tin Pan Alley songs of the Russo-Japanese war period to Weezer's Pinkerton album, music has continued to inscribe Japan as the land of extreme exoticism.
