Abstract

The author and his joint researchers have been concerned with the Japanese population of those who are professional performing artists such as actors, dancers and musicians. Between 1986 and 2007 we have conducted the five series of ‘Japanese Artists Surveys’ almost every five years in terms of their income, household types, educational artistic training etc. Based on the results of our first survey we revised the questionnaire form for the rest of the four surveys. In the present paper we demonstrate the results of their annual income by the three genres, together with gender and type of household during the last four surveys.