A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan

by Michael L. Lewis and Azenb Soeda

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A Life Adrift, the memoir of balladeer-political activist Soeda Azembo (1872-1944), chronicles his life as one of Japan's first modern mass entertainers and imparts an understanding of how ordinary people experienced and accommodated the tumult of life in prewar Japan. Azembo created enka songs sung by tenant farmers in rural hinterlands and factory hands in Tokyo and Osaka. Although his work is still largely unknown outside Japan, his poems and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0710313373

ISBN13:9780710313379

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:Routledge

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Music Performing Arts Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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