Final: Week 10

Question 1

Taiko

Answer 1

Generic term for drum in Japanese, used to scare off invading armies, boost solders morale, drive off evil spirits from crops, and call for rain, used in Shinto/Buddhists rituals and festivals, used in traditional music and theatre genres

Question 2

Kumi-Daiko

Answer 2

ensemble drumming developed in Japan in 1950’s/1960’s

Question 3

Sukeroku Taiko

Answer 3

1959, to carry on heritage of traditional Japanese drumming and create new, contemporary style

Question 4

Chudaiko

Answer 4

most common drum in Kumi-Daiko, played vertically or diagonally

Question 5

Shimedaiko

Answer 5

small, high-pitched drum essential for time-keeping

Question 6

Odaiko

Answer 6

largest drum and deepest drum, placed horizontally on top of a stand which allows each its sides to be played simultaneously

Question 7

Bachi

Answer 7

wooden drumsticks

Question 8

Kata

Answer 8

the form, the way you stand while drumming

Question 9

Kakegoe

Answer 9

vocal cues, also shows spirit and support

Question 10

San Francisco Taiko Dojo

Answer 10

Began in 1967 when Seiichi Tanaka left Japan to San Fran, established the dojo in 1968

Question 11

Kinnara Taiko

Answer 11

Established in 1969 by Rev. Was Kodani and members of Senshin Buddhist Temple in LA, Kodani regards taiko as a way of Buddhists practice to eradicate the ego

Question 12

San Jose Taiko

Answer 12

Asian American political consciousness and ethnic solidarity, created in 1973 by young Asian Americans searching for an artistic and musical outlet

Question 13

Soh Daiko

Answer 13

Taiko group based in NYC, formed in 1979, they were first taiko group on east coast, group emphasizes equality of all members

Question 14

UCR Senryu Taiko

Answer 14

1998, oldest collegiate taiko groups in US, self-taught club, senryu means river and willow, a structural poem, mission is to share their value and knowledge of taiko

Question 15

Japanese American Internment

Answer 15

a consequence of Pearl Harbor, 120,000 people were incarcerated, Roosevelt signed executive order to incarcerate

Question 16

Bon Odori

Answer 16

Communal folk dance performed during the Buddhist summer festival called Obon,, in which the souls of the deceased are welcomed and consoled, performed in a circle with a taiko drum on high wooden scaffold in the centre of the circle

Question 17

Nisei Week Festival

Answer 17

very first festival in 1935, held in LA in Little Tokyo, event lasts over a month with bon door performed at closing ceremony

Question 18

FandangObon

Answer 18

project that initially brought together the JA and the Mexican American communities into one circle to share participatory music and dance traditions, idea of bringing Fandango and Obon together, developed in 2013, fuses the Son Jarado tradition of Vera Cruz Mexico with obon bon odori