In old Japan, taiko, literally "big drum", was used as a battlefield instrument to provide imperial court music and as a part of rituals in shrines and temples. Only one or two men had the right to play taiko and it was possible to become a taiko player only if you were male and your ancestors had also played taiko. The forming of taiko ensembles is a modern practice that began after the Second World War. In Japan, taiko was revived to help rebuild traditional cultures in local communities. In North America, Taiko master Sensei Tanaka's arrival in 1969 coincided with the emerging Asian American Movement. Japanese American activists embraced taiko as a means to express pride in their culture and as a symbol of coming to voice ...
Taiko bungas vienmēr ir bijušas daļa no Japānas kultūras un dati par tām meklējami jau no 5. gs. Tās...
Taiko, the art of drumming, has grown into a powerful cultural performance that constructs Japanese ...
This dissertation is a musical history of wadaiko, a genre that emerged in the mid-1950s featuring J...
In the mid-1950s, Japan’s Daihachi Oguchi revived the taiko piece Suwa Ikaduchi, which had tradition...
The significance of Taiko in Japanese culture is far beyond being a percussion instrument. “Taiko” a...
Most scholarship on American taiko, or Japanese ensemble drumming, concerns itself with the original...
Taiko drumming has been a Japanese cultural art form from as early as the fifth century. A taiko bo...
Established and active taiko (Japanese drumming) groups in New Zealand have a relatively short histo...
This paper argues that representations of taiko in an ethnic context allow Japanese and Japanese Ame...
This thesis is a survey of the development and dissemination of kumi-daiko ensembles in Canada, wit...
This paper argues that representations of taiko in an ethnic context allow Japanese and Japanese Ame...
By composing original works for kumi daiko, a Japanese group drumming musical style, I answer questi...
Although taiko drumming in America has been investigated by various researchers, from many different...
textTaiko is a highly physical and theatrical form of ensemble drumming that was popularized in 1950...
The tradition of North American taiko drumming has been rife with discussion on gender passed down f...
Taiko bungas vienmēr ir bijušas daļa no Japānas kultūras un dati par tām meklējami jau no 5. gs. Tās...
Taiko, the art of drumming, has grown into a powerful cultural performance that constructs Japanese ...
This dissertation is a musical history of wadaiko, a genre that emerged in the mid-1950s featuring J...
In the mid-1950s, Japan’s Daihachi Oguchi revived the taiko piece Suwa Ikaduchi, which had tradition...
The significance of Taiko in Japanese culture is far beyond being a percussion instrument. “Taiko” a...
Most scholarship on American taiko, or Japanese ensemble drumming, concerns itself with the original...
Taiko drumming has been a Japanese cultural art form from as early as the fifth century. A taiko bo...
Established and active taiko (Japanese drumming) groups in New Zealand have a relatively short histo...
This paper argues that representations of taiko in an ethnic context allow Japanese and Japanese Ame...
This thesis is a survey of the development and dissemination of kumi-daiko ensembles in Canada, wit...
This paper argues that representations of taiko in an ethnic context allow Japanese and Japanese Ame...
By composing original works for kumi daiko, a Japanese group drumming musical style, I answer questi...
Although taiko drumming in America has been investigated by various researchers, from many different...
textTaiko is a highly physical and theatrical form of ensemble drumming that was popularized in 1950...
The tradition of North American taiko drumming has been rife with discussion on gender passed down f...
Taiko bungas vienmēr ir bijušas daļa no Japānas kultūras un dati par tām meklējami jau no 5. gs. Tās...
Taiko, the art of drumming, has grown into a powerful cultural performance that constructs Japanese ...
This dissertation is a musical history of wadaiko, a genre that emerged in the mid-1950s featuring J...