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 19th to 21st 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).