Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Miscellanea | Rethinking Nature in Post-Fukushima Japan
Capitolo | The Music Culture after the Great Kantō Earthquake (1923)
The Music Culture after the Great Kantō Earthquake (1923)
Abstract
This essay intends to overview the destruction and reconstruction of music life, discussing the topical songs and musicals, the special concerts, the widely-acclaimed notion of Heavenly Punishment (tenken 天譴), and the official ceremony of reconstruction organised by the Tokyo City and the State in 1930. The paper will be concerned with questions such as how the street singers reacted to the metropolitan misfortune, what kind of concerts were offered and what kind of music was played, how the people interpreted natural and human-made disaster and sang it, how the reconstruction was musically celebrated and what kind of political message was implied.
Presentato: 29 Maggio 2017 | Accettato: 10 Luglio 2017 | Pubblicato 07 Novembre 2018 | Lingua: en
Keywords Japanese Music • Enka • Street singers • Tokyo • Great Kantō Earthquake (1923)
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