Music in the Making of Modern Japan

1. Introduction (Kei Hibino, Barnaby Ralph and Henry Johnson). - PART I. Reception. - 2. Western Art Music in Pre-Edo and Meiji Japan: Historical Reception, Cultural Change and Education (Ayako Otomo). - 3. Western Musical Elements in Japanese Koto Music from the 19^th to 21^st Centuries: Sonic, Visual and Behavioral Spheres in a Context of Cultural Change (Henry Johnson). - 4. Guitar Making and Intercultural Communication in Japan and Australia (Gavin Carfoot). - PART II. Transformation. - 5. Black Intentions: Maki Ishii, Ryohei Hirose, Makoto Shinohara and the Japanese Avant-Garde (Barnaby Ralph). - 6. Scarlett, an American Musical Made in Japan; or, How Japanese Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Integrated Musicals (Kei Hibino). - 7. Like Some Cat from Japan: Masayoshi Sukita s Photographs of David Bowie as Japan s First Appearance in the History of Rock Music (Yuki Gennaka). - PART III. Cultural Flow. - 8. The Flow of Jazz in Japan: Why Jazz Resonates So Far from Home (Michael Pronko). - 9. Juna' s Groove and Emi' s Beat: Women and Rock in Modern Japan (Barnaby Ralph in conversation with Emi Yonekubo and Juna Serita). - 10. Manufacturing Identity: Femininity, Discourse and Representation in Japanese Popular Music (Aya Sato and Ayako Otomo).