Outline 2004, Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music

<p class="alternate"><a href="outline/ol2003/index.html" target="_top" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" accesskey="O">in Japanese</a></p> <div class="sitename"> <h1>Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music<br> Kyoto City University of Arts<br> Outline of Centre<br> 2002</h1> </div> <p class="breadcrumbs"> <a href="../index.html" target="_top">Home</a> > <a href="../index.html" target="_top">Archive</a> > <a href="index.html" target="_top">Outline of Centre</a> > Outline, 2003</p> <h2>Contents</h2> <div class="contents_elements"> <ul> <li><a href="#outline" target="_self">Introduction to the Centre</a></li> <li><a href="#activities" target="_self">Activities</a></li> <li><a href="#fields" target="_self">Fields of Research</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="contents_elements"> <ul> <li><a href="#staff" target="_self">Full-Time Research Staff</a></li> <li><a href="#fellows" target="_self">Part-time Staff</a></li> <li><a href="#researchers" target="_self">Commissioned Researchers</a></li> <li><a href="#team" target="_self">Team Research</a></li> <li><a href="#secretariat" target="_self">Administrative Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="#librarian" target="_self">Librarian and Research Assistants</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="contents_elements"> <ul> <li><a href="#history" target="_self">History</a></li> <li><a href="#facilities" target="_self">Facilities</a></li> <li><a href="#transport" target="_self">Transport</a></li> </ul> </div> <hr> <h2><a name="outline">Introduction to the Centre</a></h2> <p>The <em>Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music</em> was founded at the Kyoto City University of Arts on April 1, 2000, with the aim of undertaking comprehensive research on traditional music and performing arts within the society and culture of Japan.</p> <p>In the more than one hundred years since the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan has followed a path of modernization and Westernization, which has become more pronounced in the fifty something years since the end of World War II. We have reached a time ripe for the reconsideration of Japans traditional culture, and the development of new approaches to it. The founding of the <em>Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music</em> at the Kyoto City University of Arts is of particular significance in view of the fact that Kyoto has long been the living centre of Japans traditional culture.</p> <p>Kyoto is rich in physical evidence of its traditional culture, what we may term a visual heritage; with the establishment of this new body, however, the city authorities have demonstrated a deep respect towards its aural heritage. As a new centre for research on Japans traditional music, the Research Centre aims to make a broad and significant contribution to the field of Japanese music, by means of sharing and exchanging information and the results of research with researchers, other research establishments and performers, not only within Japan but throughout the world.</p> <p>The <em>Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music</em> thus hopes to link the past with the present through a unique range of activities in research and creation, within the wider context of Japans traditional culture.</p> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="activities">Activities</a></h2> <ol class="alpha"> <li>Collecting, ordering, and preserving research materials of relevance to the study of Japans traditional music and performing arts: <ol> <li>Documentary materials (books, periodicals, old documentary sources, copied and non-printed materials including microfilm, etc.)</li> <li>Audio-visual materials</li> <li>Instruments and related materials</li> <li>Pictorial materials</li> <li>Materials in electronic form, such as existing databases and the like</li> </ol> </li> <li>Individual research on Japans traditional music and performing arts: <ol> <li>Research by individual members of the full-time staff</li> <li>Research on particular themes by scholars employed as part-time research fellows</li> <li>Research commissioned from scholars outside of the Research Centre on their fields of speciality</li> </ol> </li> <li>Team research on Japans traditional music and performing arts: <ol> <li>Team research undertaken from an interdisciplinary and international perspective by research teams based at the Research Centre, formed for that purpose with the cooperation and participation of researchers and performers from both Japan and overseas</li> <li>Surveys in collaboration with other bodies and/or individuals</li> </ol> </li> <li>Bringing the results of research to a wider audience through the following activities: <ol> <li>Public events including lecture series, seminars, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations</li> <li>Publications including a regular newsletter, an annual bulletin, and collections of research materials</li> <li>Electronic publications such as databases available for use online</li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="fields">Fields of Research</a></h2> <p>The research fields of the Research Centre encompass the past, present and future of Japans traditional music:</p> <h3>1. The development and transmission of music prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868</h3> <dl> <dt>Prehistoric times</dt> <dd>Religious song and performing arts (including archaeological study of surviving examples of instruments, etc.)</dd> <dt>Ancient times</dt> <dd>Buddhist music (<dfn>shoomyoo</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dd>Ceremonial and entertainment music of the court (<dfn>gagaku</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dt>Medieval times</dt> <dd>Buddhist performing arts (<dfn>biwa</dfn>-accompanied narrative, <dfn>zoogei</dfn>, <dfn>shakuhachi</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dd>Performing arts of the warrior class (<dfn>noo</dfn>, <dfn>kyoogen</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dd>Popular song (<dfn>imayoo</dfn>, medieval <dfn>kouta</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dt>Pre-modern times</dt> <dd>Music from foreign sources (so-called Christian music, Chinese <dfn>qin</dfn> music in Japan, <dfn>minshingaku</dfn>)</dd> <dd>Theatrical music (<dfn>gidayuu-bushi</dfn>, other types of <dfn>jooruri</dfn> including <dfn>tokiwazu-bushi</dfn>, etc., <dfn>nagauta</dfn>, <dfn>hayashi</dfn> music in <dfn>kabuki</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dd>Non-theatrical music (<dfn>jiuta sookyoku</dfn>, other <dfn>shamisen</dfn> genres, <dfn>biwa</dfn>-accompanied vocal genres, <dfn>shakuhachi</dfn>, etc.)</dd> <dd>Popular song (<dfn>kouta</dfn>, <dfn>hauta</dfn>, etc.)</dd> </dl> <h3>2. Developments in traditional music since the Meiji Restoration</h3> <ul> <li>The development of traditional music and its possibilities, including composition</li> <li>The reception of traditional music and the place of traditional music in education</li> </ul> <h3>3. Music in daily life, in the broadest terms</h3> <ul> <li>Folk transmission and the music and performing arts of areas related to Japan and of its indigenous minorities</li> <li>Music and the performing arts in daily life (childrens song and folk song; folk performing arts including festival music)</li> </ul> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="staff">Full-Time Research Staff</a></h2> <p class="addition">(Position, research fields and current research topics)</p> <dl> <dt>HIROSE Ryoohei (Director; Composition, Contemporary music for traditional instruments)</dt> <dd>Stone flutes of Joomon culture and music that can be played on them</dd> <dd>Japans traditional music as a source for creation</dd> <dt>KIKKAWA Shuuhei (Professor; Japanese folk music and dance)</dt> <dd>Comprehensive research on <dfn>kagura</dfn></dd> <dd>Comprehensive research on <dfn>bon-odori</dfn></dd> <dt>KUBOTA Satoko (Professor; Historiography of Japanese music)</dt> <dd>Research on the <dfn>sankyoku</dfn> music world before and after the abolition of the Toodoo Shokuyashiki</dd> <dd>Research on works of the <dfn>jiuta</dfn> and <dfn>sookyoku</dfn> repertoires</dd> <dt>Steven G. NELSON (Associate professor; Historiography of Japanese music)</dt> <dd>Comprehensive research on the <dfn>Junshi oojoo kooshiki</dfn></dd> <dd>Research on the methods of musical construction employed in early performances of <dfn>kooshiki</dfn> texts</dd> <dt>TAI Ryuuichi (Associate professor; Ethnomusicology, Japanese performing arts)</dt> <dd>Comparative research on the <dfn>hayashi</dfn> music of festival floats</dd> <dd>Research on the <dfn>hayashida</dfn> folk music genre of the Chuugoku District</dd> <dt>TAKAHASHI Mito (Associate professor; History of the performing arts, Japanese music and information technology)</dt> <dd>Comparative research on central and peripheral <dfn>bugaku</dfn> dance traditions</dd> <dd>Construction of a database on Japans traditional music instruments</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <h2><a name="fellows">Research Fellows</a></h2> <dl> <dt>NAKAHARA Kanae</dt> <dd>Research on music treatises and music tales of the medieval period</dd> <dt>OGAWA Kayoko</dt> <dd>Research on the late <dfn>noo</dfn> plays of Zeami</dd> <dt>OKADA Mariko</dt> <dd>Research on the <dfn>kabuki</dfn> music of the Kamigata region during the late Edo period</dd> <dt>WADA Katsuhisa</dt> <dd>The tuning of the <dfn>koto</dfn> in the <dfn>tsukushi-goto</dfn> tradition</dd> <dt>YAMADA Chieko</dt> <dd>Musicological research on <dfn>jiai</dfn> in <dfn>gidayuu-bushi</dfn>: model patterns in <dfn>jiai</dfn></dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <h2><a name="researchers">Commissioned Researchers</a></h2> <dl> <dt>INO Yoshihiro</dt> <dd>Research on <dfn>shooga</dfn> and bodily expression in regional <dfn>bugaku</dfn> traditions</dd> <dt>TAJIMA Midori</dt> <dd>Cataloguing depictions of instrumental performance in Chinese art</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <h2><a name="team">Team Research</a></h2> <h3>Long-term Projects</h3> <h4>(1) The music iconography of the traditional music of Japan</h4> <dl> <dt>Project leader:</dt> <dd>Steven G. NELSON</dd> <dt>Advisers:</dt> <dd>FUKUSHIMA Kazuo, Tilman SEEBASS</dd> <dt>Joint members:</dt> <dd>AKITA Shingo, Monica BETHE, ENDOO Tooru, FUKINBARA Yasushi, FUKUHARA Toshio, GAMOO Satoaki, GUNJI Sumi, HASEGAWA Yumiko, HIGUCHI Akira, HIGUCHI Makiko, IRIE Nobuko, IZUMI Takeo, KASAHARA Kiyoshi, KASUYA Makoto, KATSUMURA Jinko, KIKKAWA Shuuhei, KOMODA Haruko, KUBOTA Satoko, MIYAZAKI Mayumi, NAKAMIZO Kazue, NAKAYASU Mari, NOGAWA Mihoko, OGAWA Kayoko, OKADA Mariko, ONO Makoto, OOKAJI Haruhiko, SAKAMOTO Mamiko, SIMURA Satosi (SHIMURA Satoshi), SUGISAKI Takahide, TAI Ryuuichi, TAJIMA Midori, TAKAHASHI Mito, TAKAKUWA Izumi, TAKEUCHI Yuuichi, TANIMOTO Kazuyuki, YAMADERA Mitsutoshi, YAMASHITA Yuuji, YUHI Kuniko</dd> </dl> <h3>Regular Projects</h3> <h4>(1) Texts of Japanese vocal music II: <dfn>Jiuta-sookyoku</dfn></h4> <dl> <dt>Project leader:</dt> <dd>KUBOTA Satoko</dd> <dt>Other members:</dt> <dd>IGUCHI Haruna, MANABE Masahiro, NAGAIKE Kenji, Steven G. NELSON, NISHIKAWA Manabu, NOGAWA Mihoko, ONO Mitsuyasu, SASAKI Mika, SUZUKI Yukiko, YAMANE Michihiro</dd> </dl> <h4>(3) The lineage of the Japanese zithers: the instruments, documentary materials, and performance techniques</h4> <dl> <dt>Project leader:</dt> <dd>Steven G. NELSON</dd> <dt>Other members:</dt> <dd>AOKI Hiroyuki, ENDOO Tooru, KUBOTA Satoko, ISO Mizue, TAKAHASHI Mito, TSUGEI Yukio, WADA Katsuhisa</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="secretariat">Administrative Secretariat</a></h2> <dl> <dt>Director:</dt> <dd>ASAHI Shooji</dd> <dt>Chief:</dt> <dd>AOKI Shizuo</dd> <dt>Clerical Staff:</dt> <dd>SAIDA Noriko</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <h2><a name="librarian">Librarian and Research Assistants</a></h2> <dl> <dt>Librarian:</dt> <dd>IGUCHI Haruna</dd> <dt>Research Assistants:</dt> <dd>ITOO Shino,</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="history">History</a></h2> <dl> <dt>1991</dt> <dd>The need for a new Kyoto centre for research on Japans traditional music expressed by HIROSE Ryoohei at an international conference of the worlds cities</dd> <dt>1993</dt> <dd>Expansion of the Kyoto City University of Arts proposed within the citys plans for its renewal</dd> <dt>1996</dt> <dd>Initial plans for the Research Centre and Doctoral Course within the graduate programme of the Faculty of Art tabled; preparatory committee for the Research Centres founding established</dd> <dt>1997</dt> <dd>Budget allocated for planning the new building and surveying the site</dd> <dt>1998</dt> <dd>Construction begun (completed early 2000)</dd> <dt>2000</dt> <dd>Commencement of activities (April); opening ceremony (December 2)</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="facilities">Facilities</a></h2> <p>The Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music is situated on the 6th to 8th floors of the Universitys Shinkenkyuutoo (New Research Building), with a total area of approx. 1500m<sup>2</sup>.</p> <dl> <dt>6th floor:</dt> <dd>Directors office, administration, committee meeting room, reference library, materials management room, individual office</dd> <dt>7th floor:</dt> <dd>Seminar rooms (2), instrument storeroom, special collection</dd> <dt>8th floor:</dt> <dd>Individual offices (5), fellows rooms (2), audio-visual studio, training rooms (2)</dd> </dl> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <hr> <h2><a name="transport">Transport</a></h2> <dl> <dt>Kyooto Kootsuu Bus:</dt> <dd>Buses for Kameoka from Kyoto Station (JR lines), the eastern side of Katsura Station (Hankyuu line), and Kawaramachi Shijoo, to the bus stop Geidai-mae, followed by a short walk to the entrance of the university.</dd> <dt>City Bus:</dt> <dd>Bus 1 or 5 from the western side of Katsura Station (Hankyuu line) or Bus 73 from Kyoto Station (JR lines) to the bus stops Shinbayashi-ike Kooen or Kokudoo Kutsukake-guchi, followed by a 10-minute walk west.</dd> <dt>Taxi:</dt> <dd>From the western side of Katsura Station (Hankyuu line) or the western side of Mukoomachi Station (JR lines) to Kyooto Shiritsu Geijutsu Daigaku.</dd> </dl> <p><a href="http://www.kcua.ac.jp/about/gethere.html" target="_top">How to Get to Kyoto City University of Arts</a></p> <p class="fname"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Top of Page</a></p> <p class="breadcrumbs"><a href="index.html" target="_top">Home</a> > <a href="../index.html" target="_top">Archive</a> > <a href="../index.html" target="_top">Outline of centre</a> > Outline, 2003</p> <address>Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts<br> 13-6 Ooe Kutsukake-choo, Nishikyoo-ku<br> Kyooto-shi, 610-1197, Japan<br> tel: +81-75-334-2240<br> fax: +81-75-334-2281<br> <a href="mailto:rc-jtm@kcua.ac.jp">Administrative Secretariat: jtm-www@kcua.ac.jp</a></address>