Conquest of eight-headed dragon
Susanoo-no-mikoto is one of Japanese gods. He was born as one of three children (Amaterasu as solar goddess, Tsukuyomi as lunar god, and...
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Akiko
Dec 20, 20191 min read
Installation of sacred site with bamboo
For the ritual proceeding, you first have to set up the sacred site. Above, the image of sacred site for Shinto ritual. Normally, sacred...
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Akiko
Nov 10, 20192 min read
Silence
I've been working for how people recognise divine presence with sounds in ritual. At the beginning when I started to read references, I...
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Akiko
Sep 1, 20191 min read
Taboos in daily life (2)
I posted about a taboo in daily life a month ago Another taboo I was taught in my childhood was not to point gods, buddhic statues,...
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Akiko
Aug 21, 20191 min read
Taboos in daily life (1)
I was raised in religious circonstance. My kindergarten was in Bouddhique temple. I learned all taboos there. One of taboo was not to...
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Akiko
Jul 9, 20192 min read
Why always western classical music? (Music education in Bhutan)
Bhutan, small Buddhic country is famous as Gross National Happiness. Bhutan opened its door to foreign tourists in 1970s. Since the time,...
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Akiko
Jun 9, 20192 min read
Awa odori (dance) : instruments
Awa odori is popular dance for bon festival (August 13th-15th). As the name shows, Awa odori is from Awa province, now Tokushipa...
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Akiko
May 16, 20192 min read
Sina Fallazadeh - MANIFESTE 2019
Sina Fallazadeh is Iranian young composer based in Paris. He start musical practice by piano in his country and got his first master in...
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Akiko
Apr 11, 20191 min read
Choreography or magical motion?
The ritual called Shizume-no-mai, dance for pacification is for getting out of ritual status. When it comes to possession, we tend to...
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Akiko
Mar 1, 20192 min read
What is kagura music?
Ever since I started to study kagura, my question is "what is music of kagura?". My great-uncle is shinto priest living in big Shinto...
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Akiko
Feb 1, 20192 min read
Do I get Ph. D or not?
This article is totally far from ethnomusicology thing. Just skip it if you don't think about getting Ph. D!! Ever since I started my Ph....
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Akiko
Jan 23, 20191 min read
New Project: Seminar of Ethnomusicologie at Montpellier
Now I and other two Ph.d candidates of Sorbonne University are organising the South France branch of Seminar of Ethnomusicology of...
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Akiko
Jan 22, 20191 min read
Sorbonne actuelle
I will make a short presentation of my thesis at 10 am during Sorbonne Actuelle. Ph.D candidates from diverse academic field will present...
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Akiko
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Culture Japonaise: Spiritualité, Beauté et Traditions
The Pola fundation of Japan will organise a conference untitled Culture japonaise: spiritualité, beauté et tradition in January 25th in...
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Akiko
Oct 17, 20181 min read
Presentation October 25th
I just get the confirmation that my abstract was accepted for presentation during autumn course of Grieg Music school for...
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Akiko
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Methodology 1 Find your theme
Particularly to H who asked me how to get start your research. As I know, you have two ways: 1) Your supervisor suggest you the subject....
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Akiko
Oct 11, 20183 min read
君が望む君は誰が望む君？Someone dreams to be you as a childhood-hero you once wanted to be; Dr. Mizuho Kawasaki
First of all, please let me point out that my English might not be enough to express what Dr. KAWASAKI Mizuho remarks correctly... Today,...
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Akiko
Aug 24, 20182 min read
Spirit and body together
There is an idiom saying: 心技一体, pronounced like Shingiittai. Shin means one's spirit. Gi means one's art, Ittai means both together. So...
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Akiko
Aug 21, 20181 min read
Forbidden Trance and Possession
Summer is getting over. Sooner we will have winter kagura period. The reasons why we perform kagura can be numerous. The principal reason...
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Akiko
Jul 28, 20183 min read
Hidden dance faces to the modernization
Today is July 28, it is the day of Odaidai dance. This dance, according to the transmission began as a ritual dance for the Mt. Fuji...
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