Musical Culture and the Growth Mechanism of the Musical Instrument Industry in Modern Japan: The Suzuki Violin Factory

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370107
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Aichi University of the Arts
• Principal Investigator: INOUE Satsuki 愛知県立芸術大学, 音楽学部, 教授 (10184251)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUSHITA Toshiyuki , ヴァイオリン製作家 ; KIRIYAMA Takeshi 愛知県立芸術大学, 音楽学部, 准教授 (40521167) ; OKOCHI Takayuki 奈良文化財研究所, 主任研究員 (50372181)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 鈴木政吉 / ヴァイオリン / 楽器産業 / 近代日本 / 音楽文化 / グローバル / 博覧会 / 国産

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to clarify the growth mechanism of the Suzuki Violin Factory in prewar Japan as well as to put it in an international context. Entirely self-taught, the founder Masakichi Suzuki (1859-1944) sought to make instruments using Japanese materials, exported them widely across the world, and handmade violins of high standard in his later years. Thus, he supported the musical culture of modern Japan.

Free Research Field

音楽学