Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan: Sources, Sentiment, and Society by David W. Hughes
Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan: Sources, Sentiment, and Society

David W. Hughes

Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan: Sources, Sentiment, and Society

David W. Hughes

395 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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The Japanese say that "folk song is the heart's home town." Traditional folk songs (min'y ) 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 m...

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