Goze : women, musical performance, and visual disability in traditional Japan

337 Pages·2016·43.348 MB·English

by  Groemer, Gerald

Goze

Goze
WOMEN, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE,
AND VISUAL DISABILITY
IN TRADITIONAL JAPAN
Gerald Groemer
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{ CONTENTS }
Maps  ix
Conventions  xiii
Preface  xv
Introduction: Approaching the Goze  1
1. The Production of Visual Disability  15
2. The Development of Echigo Goze Associations  37
3. Learning the Goze Art and Way of Life  83
4. Touring and Performing in Echigo: Goze and Their Audiences 120
5. Endings: Coerced Liberation  188
6. After the End: Goze Songs in the Postwar Era  205
Appendix  219
Document 1: “Origins of the Goze,” “Commands of the Retired
Emperor,” and the “Goze Code” 219
Document 2: The 1884 “Regulations of the Takada
Goze Association” 223
Document 3: The 1901 “Revised Regulations of the Takada Goze” 225
Document 4: The 1898 “Regulations of the Moral Reform Society
of Central Echigo Goze” 226
Notes  237
References  275
Index  297

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