A historical Investigation on the Representation of "Preservation of Tradition" and the Transformation of regional Culture in Japanese Folksong Culture

本研究的目的是要澄清如何“传统”及其与地域文化的关系是关于“保存”的传统表演艺术，特别是在日本的“民歌”领域的表现。最初我打算从地方的角度，用听觉采访和地方文献调查的方法来揭示它们。但意识到一些因素的重要性（记录媒体，旅游业，文化运动等）。作为这些表征形成过程中的中介者，我引入了新的历史分析方法来分析这种形成的过程和机制以及它们背后的动力。因此，笔者试图理解这些中介因素在明治以来日本音乐文化的各个阶段中所起的作用，并以此为参照，展开与日本民歌相关的一些论题的论证。首先，笔者揭示了昭和初期十年的“旅游热潮”所起的作用，通过这种作用，民歌被认为是“地域文化”，从明治时代起就被视为“民族文化”的文化。但与此同时，我也揭示了将民歌视为“民族文化”的观念甚至延续到了战后，并使民歌得以特殊的保存和传播，而不是我们所习惯的。我在这个项目上的成就将在今年某个时候作为一本独立的书出版，包括迄今为止未完成的手稿。

The aim of this study is to clarify how "tradition" and its relationship with regional culture is represented concerning the "preservation" of traditional performing arts, especially in the realm of "folksongs" of Japan. Initially I planned to reveal them from the viewpoint of locality using the method of aural interview and investigation of regional literature. But realizing the importance of some elements (recording media, tourist industry, cultural movements etc.) functioning as mediator in the formation process of these representations, I've introduced new method of historical analysis of the process and mechanism of this formation and the dynamics underlying them. Thus I've tried to comprehend the role played by these mediating elements in various phases of music culture of Japan since Meiji Era, and develop arguments on some topics concerning Japanese folksongs with reference to it. Above all, I've revealed the role played by the "travel-boom" in the first decade of Showa era, through which folksongs became considered as "regional culture", which had been considered as "national culture" since Meiji era. But at the same time, I've revealed that the notion that considers folksong as "national culture" survived even into the postwar era and enabled peculiar kind of preservation and transmission of folksongs, as opposed to the ones we've accustomed to. My accomplishments of this project will be published as an independent book sometime this year, including so far unfinished manuscripts.