{"product_id":"kumiuta-peter-ackermann-9783261042385","title":"Kumiuta: Traditional Songs for Certificates- A Study of Their Texts and Implications","description":"Songs known as \u003ci\u003ekumiuta\u003c\/i\u003e form the core of art music performed on the three-stringed lute \u003ci\u003eshamisen\u003c\/i\u003e and the thirteen-stringed cithern \u003ci\u003ekoto\u003c\/i\u003e and developed within the strictly organized traditions of Tokugawa period Japan (1603-1867).\u003cbr\u003e Through presentation and discussion of the \u003ci\u003ekumiuta\u003c\/i\u003e song texts this study wishes to bring to attention the fact that two of the most important types of music in Japan prior to the age of Western influence appear to have been Ways leading at the same time to certificates as well as to a desired emotional state - a state, that differs conspicuously between the world of the \u003ci\u003eshamisen\u003c\/i\u003e and that of the \u003ci\u003ekoto\u003c\/i\u003e. Moreover, the art of \u003ci\u003ekumiuta\u003c\/i\u003e us an intricate system of references used to suggest a pattern of movement through several states of emotion before reaching the end of the Way. \u003ci\u003eKumiuta\u003c\/i\u003e confront us with the fact that the Japanese personality has been subject to a highly artistic but clear-cut way of  training of the emotions , and that musical art and song text poetry is, if looked at systematically, more than just a haphazard set of topics and pretty images of nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Ackermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3261042389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783261042385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Peter Ackermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486782075135,"sku":"9783261042385","price":212.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78e24f66-f5a5-4997-9f10-e7cf4f78d0d9.jpg?v=1778056661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kumiuta-peter-ackermann-9783261042385","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}