Min'yō, the Glossary
, Nihon min'yō, Japanese min'yō or Japanese folk music is a genre of traditional Japanese music.[1]
Table of Contents
31 relations: Ainu people, Call and response (music), Calque, Chindon'ya, Compound (linguistics), Dance, East Asia, Edo period, Enka, Hokkaido, Home, Japan, Kokyū, Machida Kashō, Meiji Restoration, Minyo Crusaders, Music of Japan, Nostalgia, Okinawa Prefecture, Peter, Paul and Mary, Ritual, Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Shinobue, Tsugaru-jamisen, Tumbura, United States, Warabe uta, Westernization, World War II, 901.
- Japanese folk music
Ainu people
The Ainu are an ethnic group who reside in northern Japan, including Hokkaido and Northeast Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (lit), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato and Russians.
Call and response (music)
In music, call and response is a compositional technique, often a succession of two distinct phrases that works like a conversation in music.
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Calque
In linguistics, a calque or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation.
Chindon'ya
, also known as Japanese marching bands, and known historically as or are a type of elaborately-costumed street musicians in Japan who advertise for shops and other establishments.
Compound (linguistics)
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem.
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Dance
Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Enka
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically.
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Hokkaido
is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.
Home
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Kokyū
The is a traditional Japanese string instrument, the only one played with a bow.
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Machida Kashō
Machida Kashō (In Japanese: 町田嘉章, 1888–1981), also known as Kasho Machida, was a Japanese shamisen player, ethnomusicologist and music critic.
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
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Minyo Crusaders
Minyo Crusaders (民謡クルセイダーズ) is a Japanese musical group that reworks traditional Japanese folk songs (min'yō) with arrangements inspired by various international music genres, including Caribbean, Latin and African music. The group was co-founded by Katsumi Tanaka and Freddie Tsukamoto, with the goal of reviving min'yō as a "music for the people".
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Music of Japan
In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern.
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.
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Ritual
A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects.
Shakuhachi
A is a Japanese longitudinal, end-blown flute that is made of bamboo.
Shamisen
The, also known as or (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument.
Shinobue
The shinobue (kanji: 篠笛; also called takebue (kanji: 竹笛) in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound.
Tsugaru-jamisen
or refers to both the Japanese genre of music originating from Tsugaru Peninsula in present-day Aomori Prefecture and the instrument it is performed with. Min'yō and Tsugaru-jamisen are Japanese folk music.
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Tumbura
Tumbura, sometimes spelled Tambora or Tambura, is a town in South Sudan.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
Warabe uta
are traditional Japanese songs, similar to nursery rhymes. Min'yō and Warabe uta are Japanese folk music.
Westernization
Westernization (or Westernisation, see spelling differences), also Europeanisation or occidentalization (from the Occident), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt what is considered to be Western culture, in areas such as industry, technology, science, education, politics, economics, lifestyle, law, norms, mores, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, diet, clothing, language, writing system, religion, and philosophy.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
901
Year 901 (CMI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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See also
Japanese folk music
- Biwa hōshi
- Bushi (music)
- Esashi oiwake music
- Folk guerrilla concerts
- Gōshū ondo
- Heike ondo
- Itsuki Lullaby
- Jinku
- Kawachi ondo
- Min'yō
- Okinawan folk music
- Otemoyan
- Shima-uta
- Tsugaru-jamisen
- Warabe uta
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min'yō
Also known as Min'yo, Min'you, Nippon minyo.