The Spirit of Tsugaru: Blind Musicians, Tsugaru-Jamisen, and the Folk Music of Northern Japan, with the Autobiography of Takahashi Chikuzan

by Gerald Groemer

This expanded version of the 1991 edition adds a discussion of poor blind musicians since the start of the Edo period (or Tokugawa period, 1603-1868), an outline of the musical history of Tsugaru, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899900852
• ISBN13: 9780899900858
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Harmonie Park Press
• Length: 321 Pages