Greetings

Fabio Rambelli, Organizer

Video Lectures

Presentations on innovative research outcomes

Keynote Lecture

“For a Cultural History of Gagaku: In Search for the Music of Governance”

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Lectures

“History of Buddhist Ceremonies with Gagaku at Nishi Honganji”

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Ono Shinryū Additional Readings

“Religious and Political Dynamics in the Bugaku of the Hayashi Family (Yamagata Prefecture)”

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“The Adoption of Gagaku among the Samurai Class in the Mid-Edo Period”

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“Professional Gagaku Musicians and Their Networks of Amateur Apprentices in Early Modern Japan”

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“Edo-Period Samurai and Their Appropriation of Gagaku”

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“The Study of Music by Edo Period Confucians: Gagaku Research by Music Amateurs”

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“Music and Musical Instruments in Kumazawa Banzan and Kaibara Ekken: The Intellectual Position of Gagaku in the Early Edo Period”

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“The Transmission of Ryūteki Notations in Premodern Japan”

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“Localism and Centralization in the Performing Arts: The Introduction of ‘Central’ Gagaku in Regional Shrines During the Meiji Period”

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Presentation Translation

“Making Sonic Heritage with Gagaku Amateurs in Nara”

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“Is Traditional Japanese Culture Transnational?”

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“De-traditionalizing Gagaku: Interculturality in the Music of Miyata Mayumi”

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“A History of Gagaku in California”

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Workshops

Analysis of primary sources with leading specialists in the field.
In Japanese with English translation when necessary.
 
Attendance and participation is free. Please register below.
 
Minamitani Miho (Shitennōji University)
“The Diaries of Tōgi Fuminari and the World of Gagaku in the Late Edo Period”
June 9 (Wednesday), 5-7pm (PST) / June 10 (Thursday) 9-11am (JST)
 
Terauchi Naoko (Kobe University)
“Gagaku and the Modern Japanese Empire”
June 11 (Friday), 5-7pm (PST) / June 12 (Saturday), 9-11am (JST)
 
Endō Tōru (Tokyo Gakugei University)
“The Reconstruction of Saibara in the Edo Period”
June 16 (Wednesday), 5-7pm (PST) / June 17 (Thursday), 9-11am (JST)

Performances

Overview of representative Gagaku and Bugaku pieces performed by representative Gagaku ensembles with commentaries by their directors.
 
 
Commentary by Maestro Bunno Hideaki

Live General Discussion

“Gagaku as Cultural History”

With the conference presenters, guests, and external participants.
In Japanese and English, with translation when necessary.
 
June 18 (Friday), 5-7pm (PST) / June 19 (Saturday), 9-11am (JST)