A brief history of Kabuki music

Title of the book. Written by Konakamura Kiyonori. Published in 1888 (Meiji 21). Two volumes. A pioneering document that describes the general history of Japanese music. It extracts and organizes articles related to music and performing arts from various books and gives a brief overview of their views. It begins with the mythological period of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and covers early modern kouta (Japanese folk songs) in 15 chapters, concluding with a general overview of the history. As the title suggests, the subject matter is not only music, but also dance and theater. Methodologically speaking, it is a budding researcher of new Japanese music history, and it remains a must-read document for researchers. However, the emphasis is on gagaku, and there are few descriptions of early modern Japanese music, especially the shakuhachi. It was included in the Iwanami Bunko in 1928 (Showa 3), and was recently republished.

[Tanabe Shiro]

"A Brief History of Kabuki Music (Iwanami Bunko)"

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書名。小中村清矩(こなかむらきよのり)著。1888年（明治21）刊。上下2巻。日本音楽の通史を述べた書物として先駆的な文献。諸書より音楽・芸能関係記事を抄出して整理し、簡単に見解を述べる形をとる。記紀の神話時代より稿をおこし、15章を割いて近世の小唄(こうた)に及び、沿革総論をもって結んでいる。対象は、書名のとおり音楽だけでなく舞踊・演劇関係をも包含しており、方法論的にも新しい日本音楽史研究の萌芽(ほうが)がみられ、いまなお研究者必読の文献である。ただし雅楽に重点が置かれ、近世邦楽ことに尺八に関する記述は薄い。1928年（昭和3）岩波文庫に収められ、近年復刊された。

［田邊史郎］

『『歌舞音楽略史』（岩波文庫）』

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