Taiko Boom

Taiko Boom
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780520272422
ISBN-13 : 0520272420
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Book Synopsis Taiko Boom by : Shawn Bender

Download or read book Taiko Boom written by Shawn Bender and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among taiko groups in Japan, 'Taiko Boom' explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades of rapid economic growth in Japan's cities and countryside.


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