Felicity Jane Greenland    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	1992/09
Type	Other research activities
Title	Changing Tradition in Contemporary Japan:- New Directions for Taiko, the Japanese Drum (Masters Thesis University of Essex)
Contribution Type	Single author
Publisher	Unpublished thesis
Author and coauthor	Felicity Greenland
Details	Treating traditional percussion as social text, this paper looks at the new place for taiko in Japan through 3 case studies: a professional group, an amateur group, and a drum manufacturer. Their origins and development, activities, and philosophies are analysed. The case studies’ are found to be uniquely Japanese but also display traits of modern global citizens, manifesting zeal for their own traditions in the face of the loss of local and individual identity under globalization.