Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
日本民謡大観 東北篇 復刻
Nihon Minyo Taikan: Tohoku-hen is an NHK-edited survey and collection of folk songs from the Tohoku region. The original 1952 volume records lyrics, notation, and commentary by region, systematically preserving Tohoku song traditions. It was later reprinted with field-recording CDs and has served as a foundational source for folk-music and regional cultural studies.
Work Information
It carries the voices of Tohoku forward through notation, lyrics, commentary, and recordings.
A large-scale source that gathers Tohoku folk songs by region and records not only lyrics and melodies but also contexts of performance and local ties. As the result of a broadcasting organization's collecting project, it preserves oral song traditions in print and recording, offering evidence for researchers and for readers tracing regional culture. It is a record of voices connected to labor, festivals, and everyday life in Tohoku.
Review Summaries
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The volume is presented as part of a comprehensive collection of Japanese folk songs, with its year and holding information confirmed.
Book Information
- Publisher
- NHK出版
- Published
- 1992-09-01
- Pages
- 510 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784140392263
- ISBN-10
- 4140392266
- Category
- 本/楽譜・スコア・音楽書
付属資料:コンパクトディスク(10枚),解説書(119P)