Last Biwa Singer. A Blind Musician in History, Imagination and Performance

by Hugh Ferranti, Hugh, De Ferranti

A$36 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Ithaca. Cornell University East Asia Program, 2009. Black and white illustrations, xii + 320pp, appendices, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy. This work is an exposition of the traditions of Japanese blind singers who accompanied themeselves on the biwa, and of the complex identity of Yamashika Yoshiyuki (1901-1996), a...... More

• Binding: Hardcover

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