Sonic culture of Okinawa as seen from outside : A comparative study in perspectives from inside and outside

本研究的主要目的是通过主要从外部观察冲绳的音乐和声音文化，来探索由此提出的应用文化学的宏观视角。此外，它还有一个次要目的，就是通过以下方式向整个社会提出关于学术界存在的问题：1)冲绳及其周边地区的声文化研究，无论是近距离的还是远距离的；2)打击乐和弦乐器的研究；3)了解声音表达的多样性；具体而言，冲绳音响世界的过去和现在以及音乐表现的多样性已经与邻近甚至遥远的邻国(如日本大陆、朝鲜半岛、南部中国、大洋洲和澳大利亚)进行了比较。一个重要的结论可能是，弦乐和打击乐器的世界是他们人性和音乐性的基础，就像其他文化的情况一样；然而，微小的细节可能更重要。

The primary objective of this study is to explore into macrocosmic perspectives for hereby proposed "applicative culturology" by way of observing the musics and sonic culture of Okinawa mainly in viewpoints from outside. Furthermore, it has a secondary objective to raise questions to society at large as to raison d'etre of academia through : 1) researches in sonic culture of Okinawa and its surrounding geographical areas whether nearby or distant ; 2) researches in percussion and string instruments ; 3) understanding the variety of vocal expression ; and 4) comparison of the results of these researches with the other research activities obtained prior to and/or in parallel with this particular grant-in-aid study.Concretely speaking, the past and present of the sonic world and variety of musical expressions of Okinawa have been compared with those of the adjacent or even distant neigbours (such as the mainland Japan, the Korean peninsular, southern China, Oceania and Australia. An important conclusion may be that the world of the string and percussion instruments was the basics for their humanity and musicality as is the case with other cultures ; however, the minute details may be of more importance.