Materials of Karafuto(Sakhalin) Indigenous Peoples’ Musicological Research by Hisao TANABE (2)

Abstract

Hisao Tanabe (1883-1984) was one of famous ethnomusicologists in Japan. He studied Japanese and Asian music. He researched music of Karafuto (Sakhalin) Ainu, Nivkh(Gilyak) and Uilta, too. He had been Karafuto (Sakhalin) in 1923, and he studied and recorded Karafuto (Sakhalin) indigenous peoples’ music. India musicologist Mr. Hideo Tanabe who is Hisao’s son entrusted some materials of Hisao’s musical trip in Karafuto(Sakahalin) to a director of Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, Kazuyuki Tanimoto, and then those objects were stocked in the museum. This paper presents these materials which show music of indigenous peoples in Karafuto (Sakhalin) and his trip. Some articles have explanations and photos.