Five College Center for East Asian Studies Webinar The Culture of Genji Anne Prescott November 7, 2013
Vocabulary
Gagaku 雅楽
Bugaku 舞楽
Nara 奈良
Tōdaiji 東大寺
Nara period 710-794 奈良時代
Heian period 794-1185 平安時代
Uta-awase 歌合
Kōdō 香道
Biwa 琵琶
Yokobue (fue) 横笛（笛）Fue means “flute”; yokobue means “transverse flute” and includes several types of transverse flutes (shinobue, nohkan, ryūteki, etc.) which are used for different styles of music (folk, noh theater, gagaku, etc.) The physical construction of each specific type of flute is slightly different, and the music played may be greatly different.
Wagon 和琴
Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) 源氏物語
Suggested Resources
Morita, Kiyoko. The Book of Incense: Enjoying the Traditional Art of Japanese Scents. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1992.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Tale of Genji, Illustrated. http://educators.mfa.org/tale-genji- illustrated-409336
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston www.mfa.org
MFA for Educators http://educators.mfa.org/
Imperial Household Agency website. Gagaku. http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-culture/gagaku.html
Garfias, Robert. Gagaku. http://aris.ss.uci.edu/rgarfias/gagaku/
Columbia Music Entertainment. Japanese Traditional Music: Biwa; Fue; Koto. http://jtrad.columbia.jp/eng/inst.html
Johnson, Henry. The Koto: A Traditional Instrument in Contemporary Japan. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2004.
De Ferranti, Hugh. Japanese Musical Instruments (Images of Asia). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Kōdō: The Japanese Way of Incense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6edgAGK3A
Gagaku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OA8HFUNfIk
Bugaku http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTv4jUfnEUI
Koto (20th century) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgs4qq_ZsfE
Koto (traditional) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzivcBR6MU
Biwa (narrative tradition) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zsJXncKieg; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGe_MI3akM
Fue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykehyiBjHnQ (This is specifically the shinobue)
I would like to thank Kiyoko Morita, Tufts University, and Willamarie Moore, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, who were presenters with me in a half-day workshop on The Culture of Genji at Amherst College on Oct. 5, 2013. The incense and poetry sections of this webinar are based on their presentations at that workshop.