Project on the Reception and Market Penetration of Wax Cylinders in Japan during the Meiji-era -focusing on social background and music and voice recordings-

在我的项目中，我借助明治时期（1878年至1912年）的报纸研究了录音。调查人员在约40间报章刊登“锡箔留声机”、“蜡筒留声机”、“唱片”、“唱片留声机”的文章及广告，合共约1，800条。在这篇报道中，我将总结这些机器在明治时代的影响：广告的作用，人们的态度变化，录音内容，出售这种设备的价格和商店：[明治时期：1868-1912]。

In my project, I researched into sound-recordings with the help of newspapers from the Meiji period, dating from 1878 through 1912. Articles and advertisements of "Tin-foil Phonograph", "Wax cylinder", "Wax-cylinder Phonograph", "Disc record", "Disc Phonograph" were found in newspapers from about 40 newspaper companies, summing up to approximately 1,800 in total. In this report, I will summarize the impact of these machines during the Meiji era: the role of advertisements, people's changing attitudes, the recording content, the prices and shops that sold this equipment: [Meiji Period: 1868-1912].