2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A bibliographical study on the medieval "Gakusho" and a study ofmusic tradition

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820057
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Kobe Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	TAKAHARA Kanae (中原香苗) Kobe Gakuin University, 経営学部, 准教授 (80469270)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	日本文学 / 音楽史学 / 楽書 / 秘伝 / 説話 / 王権
Research Abstract	I studied the creation of "Gakusho," books on traditional court music, and music tradition. When the secret pieces of gagaku were handed down by specialist families of court musician from father to children, a new Gakusho was created based on the existing one including the secrets. I wrote a paper on the transmission of secrets and the reality of the creation of Gakusho. I also made a presentation and wrote a paper, as a study on music tradition, on the change of the tradition of musical instruments, whose value was accepted by royal authority, according to the change of power.

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