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Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Shawn Bender
Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Shawn Bender
With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. This book explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades.
280 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 1 map
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 7, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520272422 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 228 × 17 mm · 380 g |
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