Performers/Composers Flashcards
(25 cards)
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Takahashi and Family
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- shamisen player
- played tsugaru (virtuoso style of shamisen playing) similar to rock
- performed “Kagoshima Han’ya Bushi”
- performed “Tsugaru Jongara Bushi”
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Yoshida Brothers
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young shamisen duo that made it popular
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Hibari Misora
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- Performed “Minatomachi Juusan Banchi”
- “Queen of Enka”
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Kyu Sakamoto
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- early j-pop
- Performed “Ue o muite aruko”, I look up as I walk
- national hit
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Kan’ami and Zeami
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father and son playwrights closely connected with development of No
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Okuni
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- a miko (temple servant)
- dancer for Shinto shrine
- created Kabuki
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Yatsuhashi Kengyo
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- koto repertoire
- connected koto with entertainment
- composed “Ume-ga-e”, On a Plum Branch
- composed “Rokudan No Shirabe”
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Kimio Eto
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blind Japanese musician who played the koto
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Ikuta Kengyo
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- started school of koto that began mixing koto with shamisen
- jiuta vocal pieces from Osaka-Kyoto area
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Michio Miyagi
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- modern koto
- grew up around international culture
- became blind, introduced 17 string koto
- composed “Haru No Umi”, the Ocean of the Spring
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Midori Goto
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Japanese-born American violinist
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Keiko Nosaka
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- modern koto
- introduced 21 string koto
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Toru Takemitsu
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famous Japanese composer of western classical music
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Yuya Uchida
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pioneer of Japanese rock in 1960s
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Namie Amuro
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- J-pop and R&B singer
- considered the “Queen of J-Pop” or “Japanese Madonna” during the height of her career
- Performed “Can you celebrate”
16
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SMAP
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- boy band
- extremely successful
- credited for changing Japan entertainment and music
- performed “Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana”, Flower Unlike Any In the World
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Shin’ ichi Suzuki
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-western classical music, violin
- Suzuki method of teaching
- formally taught children to play instruments
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X Japan
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- first major independent rock group in Japan
- founded visual kei style
- performed “X”
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Chemistry
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- Japanese pop duo.
- performed “pieces of the dream”
- first single and top selling single in Japan that year with over 2 million copies
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Glay
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visual kei group
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Malice Mizer
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famous visal kei group
21
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Cosplay
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wearing costumes
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Hifana
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famous Hip Hop and DJ group
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King Giddra
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- pioneering hip hop group in Japan
- performed “Mimawasou”, Let’s Look Around
- song from debut album The Power From the Sky (1995)
- led by Zeebra
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