The Four-Woman Concert in Genji Monogatari: A Window into Heian Musical Performance and Teaching

abstract: Japanese literature of the Heian Era (794-1185) abounds with references to musical instruments and episodes of performance. This thesis provides some insight into that music by translating sections of the "Wakana II" (Spring Shoots II) chapter of the early 11th-century novel Genj...

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Other Authors: Botway, Lloyd Frederick (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17794