About

Collaborators

Project Leaders

Jarosław Kapuściński, Stanford University
François Rose, Stanford University (formely from the University of the Pacific)

Ensemble Reigakusha Musicians:

  • HIRAI Yuko, Koto
  • ISHIKAWA Ko, Shō and Voice
  • MIYAMARU Naoko, Percussion
  • NAKAMURA Hitomi, Hichiriki
  • NAKAMURA Kahoru, Biwa
  • SASAMOTO Takeshi, Ryūteki and Komabue

Tokyo Concerts Inc

  • KAKIGAHARA Yasuhiro
  • OMORI Mizue

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

  • FURUKAWA Kiyoshi

Sound Recording

  • KAWASAKI Yoshihiro
  • NISHIHARA Nao

Translation

Japanese – TERAUCHI Naoko (D.L.) Professor at Kobe University

Spanish – Mauricio Martinez
(Author of WebEncyclopedias of Asian Performing Arts in Spanish: www.rutadeseda.org)

English Editing

Michael Zeligs

Website Design

Juan Pablo López Franco

Thanks

We extend our warmest thanks to Professor TERAUCHI Naoko for her editing contribution, to Professor YUASA Joji whose invaluable support provided the initial impetus for our research, and to Professor TOKUMARU Yosihiko for his guidance.

From left to right:
NISHIHARA Nao and KAWASAKI Yoshihiro,
Sound engineers from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music,
NAKAMURA Hitomi, Hichiriki player from Reigakusha,
Jarosław Kapuściński, from Stanford University,
OMORI Mizue, from Tokyo Concerts Inc.

Sponsors

The project was funded primarily through Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Japan Fund, and the William and Flora Hewlett Endowment Fund for Area and International Studies and Research.

Additional support provided by:

  • Stanford University, Department of Music & Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
  • The University of the Pacific through a SAAG and an Eberhardt Fellowship
  • Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music