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Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan Groemer, Gerald (Professor, Professor, University of Yamanashi)
Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual Disability in Traditional Japan
Groemer, Gerald (Professor, Professor, University of Yamanashi)
In a tradition extending from the medieval era up through the middle of the 19th century, visually disabled Japanese women known as Goze would tour the Japanese countryside as professional singers, contributing to the vitality of rural musical culture.
336 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 23, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190259037 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 239 × 163 × 23 mm · 666 g |
| Language | English |