Living with Song and Dance: Folk Traditions in Japanese Rural Life
(著) 石川純一郎
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[About the Book]
In rural Japan, songs and dances were deeply woven into everyday life.
This volume is a valuable ethnographic study that documents and analyzes agricultural rituals and everyday folk songs passed down orally in the Shizuoka region of Japan.
Throughout the agricultural year, work songs—such as labor chants, rice-planting songs, and mud-puddling songs—not only helped the tasks proceed smoothly but also carried prayers for abundant harvests and a spirit of playfulness. Songs were also performed during celebrations such as weddings, new-house ceremonies, and festivals. At local shrine festivals, processional songs, neri songs, and dance songs enlivened the festivities. Furthermore, lullabies and children’s songs encapsulated cultural practices meant to entertain, soothe, and teach the young.
This book offers readers the opportunity to experience the rich culture of song and dance that once permeated the daily lives of the Japanese people, presented through abundant folkloric materials from Shizuoka.
It is an ideal resource for researchers and general readers interested in folklore, Japanese cultural studies, rural culture, folk music, and festival traditions.
[Author Profile]
Junichirō Ishikawa
Completed all doctoral coursework (ABD) in 1972 in the Graduate School of Japanese Literature, Kokugakuin University. Currently Professor Emeritus at Tokoha Gakuen Junior College; Executive Director of the Shizuoka Prefectural Cultural Property Preservation Association; and a member of the operating committee for the Public Interest Trust, JA / Shizuoka Prefectural Credit Federation Folk Performing Arts Promotion Fund. He has served as a member of the Shizuoka Prefectural Council for Cultural Property Protection, a research collaborator at the National Museum of Ethnology, and a councilor/director of the Japanese Society of Ethnology. His books include Kappa no Sekai (The World of Kappa) and Jizō no Sekai (The World of Jizō) (both Jiji Press), Tenryūgawa—Sono Fūdō to Bunka (The Tenryū River—Its Land and Culture, Shizuoka Shimbun), and Aizu no Kari no Minzoku (The Folklore of Hunting in Aizu, Rekishi Shunjūsha).
This book is an e-book based on Shizuoka-ken no Minzoku Kayō: “Asobi” to “Inori” no Kōshō Bungei (Folk Songs of Shizuoka Prefecture: The Oral Literature of “Play” and “Prayer”), published by Shizuoka Shimbunsha in 2008.
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