Chuanguan News reporter Li Ting
In less than a week, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will open in Tokyo, Japan. When you think of Japanese literature, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Is it Miyazaki's animation, Hisaishi's music, Akira Kurosawa's film, Haruki Murakami's novel, Yuji Sakamoto's Japanese drama, Masahisa Fukase's photography, or Tadao Ando's building... Today, Kawakan "gets started" from a musical point of view, taking you through the unique Japanese culture this summer.
singer
1. Teresa Teng
In the Japanese music scene, the Chinese singer Teresa Teng, who became popular in the 1980s, is a name that cannot be avoided. Teresa was not only popular in China, but also a household name in Japan of that era. For example, in recent years, the famous Japanese director who won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival is Kore-eda's film "Deeper Than the Sea", the title of which is taken from a lyric in the Japanese song "Don't Give Sense" by Chinese singer Teresa Teresa, which shows the influence of Teresa Teresa. Among them, Teresa Teng's song "I Only Care About You", which was originally the Japanese version of the first explosion, pushed her to the peak of her career, and the musical works "Repayment", "Lover", "Parting Premonition" sold more than one million, and was listed on the Japanese Red and White Song Society three times, and the development in Japan was very successful.
2.Koichi Sakamoto
Friends who have seen the movies "The Last Emperor" and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" should be familiar with the behind-the-scenes soundtrack. Japanese music master Ryuichi Sakamoto has won Oscars, Golden Globes and other film music awards, and in recent years has also scored the fifth season of the popular short drama "Black Mirror" and the movie "Call Me By Your Name". The band he formed in his early years, YMO, has also profoundly influenced generations of musicians with its cutting-edge style. Ryuichi Sakamoto also wrote in his oral autobiography "Music Makes People Free" that he loved the music of the Beatles and Debussy when he was a child.
3. Hisaishi Jean
A song "Kikujiro's Summer" has made many people remember the composer, conductor, and pianist Hisaishi Jean. Hisaishi Rei mainly serves as a film scorer, and his soundtrack complements Miyazaki's animations, such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, and Goldfish On the Cliff, all of which are his masterpieces of soundtrack.
Music live
1. NHK Red and White Song Club
NHK Red and White Song Club is a Japanese national party program broadcast annually by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) since 1951, broadcast to the whole country and the world, the status in Japan is similar to China's "Spring Festival Gala", basically from the annual Red and White Song Club to understand the current situation of Mainstream Music and entertainment industry in Japan, can be on the Red Hundred Songs Club is also an affirmation of the singer's business. For example, at the 2021 Red and White Song Festival, popular musicians Masaharu Fukuyama and Gen Hoshino, the group "Arashi", "Tokyo Incident", and GReeeen took turns to perform on stage.
2. Fuji Rock Festival, Japan
The Fuji Rock Festival in Japan is the largest outdoor rock music festival in Japan, born in the summer of 1997, advocating "the symbiosis of music and nature". Because of its professional pursuit and environmental protection concept, it has quickly accumulated word of mouth in the industry and become a world-class outdoor rock music festival model, known as "the cleanest music festival in the world", with more than 200 outstanding musicians from all over the world participating every year, such as Bob Dylan, Kendy Clamart, etc., attracting more than 100,000 audiences around the world to participate, and is the hall-level event that rock music fans yearn for.
musical instrument
1. Shamisen
As a traditional plucked musical instrument in Japan, the shamisen has a high status, and the earliest ancestor of the shamisen is actually the Chinese three strings, which were transmitted to Japan through Okinawa during the Muromachi period in Japan. The crisp sound of the shamisen will make you can't help but think of scenes such as Japanese summer kimonos, cherry blossoms and wind chimes, and even many Japanese pop music has added elements of shamisen, such as the classic "Sanmi line".
2. Shakuhachi
Second-dimensional friends who have watched anime such as "Naruto" must be familiar with the traditional Japanese wind instrument shakuhachi. It was introduced to Japan during the Tang and Song dynasties, and the music documentary "Shakuhachi: One Sound and One Life" records the "shakuhachi life" of shakuhachi players, pipe makers and learners in China, Japan, the United States and other places, and through their experiences and reflections at different stages, reflects the difficulties and hopes of the ancient shakuhachi in the present, and also reflects everyone's cognition and perception of life, life and the world.
Performing arts
1.Kabuki
Japan's typical national performing arts, which originated in the early Edo period in the 17th century, developed into a mature drama genre in 1600, with only male actors, and is listed as an important intangible cultural property in Japan, and was also listed as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2005, with the purpose of classifying two types: "period objects" and "world objects". "Period Objects" is based on historical events and myths, just like the costume series broadcast at the beginning of the year. "Shikito" was a new comedic performance of daily life and solving cases at that time, and many classic Kabuki performances can be seen in Tokyo.
2. Takarazuka Opera Company
Takarazuka Opera Company is an evergreen troupe in the field of Japanese song and dance, formerly founded by Ichizo Kobayashi, former president of Hankyu Electric Railway, the Takarazuka Singing Team in 1913, officially renamed takarazuka Opera Company in 1940, all members are unmarried women, except for Tokyo, who are still touring the world and have a high reputation in the world, such as Masayoshi Daichi, Hitomi Kuroki, Masayoshi Ryokaze, Ichigo Masayoshi, Yuki Tenkai, Yoshishi Asano, etc. are all excellent performers of the Takarazuka Opera Troupe.