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Search results: 14 item(s) for: "534 Musical Instruments"     
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1. [wa0007] [Instruments in the Confucius Shrine, Tainan] [wa0007] [Instruments in the Confucius Shrine, Tainan]533 Music; 780 Religious Practices; 530 Arts; 534 Musical Instruments; 788 RitualSeveral drums, various sizes. Altar and tablet in center of photo with the admonition, ""zhaijie/saikai"" 斎戒, meaning ""to moderate one's eating and drinking, and observe the proscribed taboos."" This collection of instruments was notable enough to warrant its own entry in the 1932 Japan Railways Guide to Taiwan, which reads, ""In the ancient Qing times the Bureau of Music 樂局 was instituted as part of the Confucius Shrine. The instruments were purchased with proceeds from the harvest of the shrine's fields, or were instruments brought to the shrine for repair. This system was abolished under the Japanese government, but the shrine continued to warehouse and preserve the old ritual musical instruments. These are still used on certain festival days to play sacred music. Sacred music in this case means the music of the Confucian tradition. The instruments, scores
2. [wa0010] [Ceremonial bells and zither] [wa0010] [Ceremonial bells and zither]533 Music; 530 Arts; 534 Musical Instruments; 780 Religious Practices; 788 RitualBronze ceremonial bells called bianzhong (編鐘), mounted on wooden frames; chimestones, called bianqing (編磬), and stringed instrument, or guqin (古琴). These instruments were used in ancient China for court music; the most famous extant set of these instruments belonged to Lord Yi of Zeng (d. 433 BCE); they were unearthed in Hubei in 1978 (Shaughnessy 2000 p. 208). A comparison of the flooring and wall plaster with those of image [wa0007] and the text describing the Tainan Confucius Shrine's musical instrument storehouse strongly suggests that these instruments were also housed in the Tainan Confucius Temples.
3. [wa0047] [Three Paiwan musicians] [wa0047] [Three Paiwan musicians]530 Arts; 300 Adornment; 534 Musical Instruments; 290 Clothing; 301 OrnamentSeated Paiwan males playing Jew's harps and a nose flute in richly ornamented clothing and head-dresses.Riban no tomo places the scene in Fengshan 鳳山.
4. [wa0082] [Rukai carved wooden statues at Da'nan] [wa0082] [Rukai carved wooden statues at Da'nan]533 Music; 530 Arts; 322 Woodworking; 320 Processing of Basic Materials; 5311 Visual Arts; 534 Musical InstrumentsTwo large wood statues of male figurines with snake-motif head-dresses. A row of clapper-less bells are also visible, attached to the wall. Chen (1961, plate 66) has a very similar photo, which he dates at approximately 1929 and places in Da'nan 大南社 village. Chen identifies the bells as Rukai 魯凱族 ""jingling 警鈴"" (lit. warning bells). These bells are also known as ""taurin."" Ide (1937) describes this setting as a youth association hall, also placing it in Da'nan village, Taidong prefecture (p.192). Warner has misidentified this Rukai village as ""Paiwan"" on the back of his card.
5. [wa0114] [Plucking a mouth bow] [wa0114] [Plucking a mouth bow]533 Music; 530 Arts; 534 Musical InstrumentsThis photo can be found in Yuasa Hiroshi's publication of Segawa Kokichi's field notes and photographs. If Segawa himself took the photo, which is almost certain, then it was shot between 1929 and 1939. Segawa referred to this woman as a resident of Tapangu village in Tsuo territory. The Tsuo term for the instrument is yutngotngo. ""A string made of 'ngei' (Boemeria nivea) is stretched across the 'makino bamboo' (Phyllostachys makinoi) with a kernel of corn placed at one end. When the musician plays it, his lips are placed on the opposite end of the bow and the string is vibrated by strumming it with his finger"" (Yuasa 2000, p. 205). Musicologist Hsu Tsang-houei writes of the instrument more generally: ""The musical bow is found among every Aboriginal tribe in Taiwan, but nowadays it is mostly used by the Bunun, who play it for entertainment and in courtship. The tone is produced by usi
6. [wa0124] [Atayal woman with necklaces] [wa0124] [Atayal woman with necklaces]290 Clothing; 300 Adornment; 534 Musical Instruments; 533 MusicThis woman is dressed exactly the same as the woman in image [wa0147], though she is not the same person. She holds a jew's harp and is of the Hualian Taroko ethnic group.
7. [wa0126] [Erhu and yangqin duet] [wa0126] [Erhu and yangqin duet]533 Music; 530 Arts; 534 Musical InstrumentsA yidan 藝旦 performing yangqin 扬琴, with a yueshi 樂師 accompanying her on the huqin 胡琴. The dishes in front of the yangqin are commonly offered in yidanjian 藝旦間 to serve the customers. The picture was probably taken in a 藝旦間, the place where the yidan lives and entertains her customers (Wang Yingfen).
8. [wa0147] [Taroko woman playing a Jew's harp] [wa0147] [Taroko woman playing a Jew's harp]290 Clothing; 300 Adornment; 534 Musical Instruments; 533 MusicTranslated Japanese caption: ""A Taroko Aborigine Woman Playing the Flute. They tattoo their faces and remain the same as in primitive times. The Taroko Tribes, who once considered it a singular honor to take another's head, have just become accustomed to seeing Japanese officials. Accustomed to making merry, this touching scene created by the sound of one Aborigine flute is reminiscent of the good old days.""
9. [wa0149] [Tsuo mouth bow and Jew's harp] [wa0149] [Tsuo mouth bow and Jew's harp]290 Clothing; 300 Adornment; 534 Musical Instruments; 533 MusicTranslated Japanese caption: ""Man and woman playing musical instruments (Tsou tribe)."" The woman in this photo was a resident of Tapangu village in Tsuo territory (Yuasa 2000, p. 204). For a detailed discussion of mouth bows, see [0114].
10. [wa0272] [Sao pestle musicians] [wa0272] [Sao pestle musicians]540 Commercialized Entertainment; 545 Musical and Theatrical Productions; 530 Arts; 533 Music; 534 Musical Instruments; 290 ClothingThe caption refers to the Sao (Thao) as ""transformed barbarians"" 化蕃 (huafan), referring to the Japanese belief that this ethnic group had been influenced by Chinese customs and manners to the extent that they had lost most of their distinguishing cultural features. This site, the composition of this picture, and even the caption, has appeared with various small alterations in a number of commercial, scholarly, and official publications. See [wa0285].
11. [wa0285] Clearning [sic] Corn by Savages' Women, Taiwan [wa0285] Clearning [sic] Corn by Savages' Women, Taiwan540 Commercialized Entertainment; 545 Musical and Theatrical Productions; 530 Arts; 533 Music; 534 Musical Instruments; 290 ClothingMembers of the Sao tribe reside near Sun Moon Lake. The women pictured here are holding special pestles used for making music. Different sized pestles are struck on a stone to produce different pitches. These pestles are lighter and specially made for music; they are different from the pestles used for hulling millet (Tung 1996, p. 144). Soyama (2003) captions this photo as ""Pestle Music of Commodified Aborigine Women"" 観光化した「蕃婦」の杵歌, attributing the photo to the 1932 _Guide to Travel on Taiwan's Railways_ (p. 247). The same musicians, instruments, background, and even dog, taken within seconds of the picture used for this postcard, can be seen in a print stored at Harvard Yenching library in a loose-leaf album titled ""Taiwan shashin taikan 台湾写真大観,"" image #116.
12. [wa0293] [Three women playing Jew's harps] [wa0293] [Three women playing Jew's harps]530 Arts; 533 Music; 534 Musical Instruments; 290 Clothing
13. [wa0315] [Atayal women playing Jew's harps] [wa0315] [Atayal women playing Jew's harps]530 Arts; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 342 Dwellings; 533 Music; 534 Musical InstrumentsPaalan パーラン Village, Taizhong Prefecture (Suzuki 1935, p. 13)
14. [wa0321] [Bunun man playing a mouth bow]　 [wa0321] [Bunun man playing a mouth bow]　530 Arts; 533 Music; 534 Musical InstrumentsFor a detailed discussion of mouth bows, see [0114]. Kanetowan village, Taizhong prefecture.
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