A life adrift [ Soeda Azembo popular song, and modern mass culture in Japan

A memoir of balladeer-political activist Soeda Azembo (1872-1944). It chronicles his life as one of Japan's first modern mass entertainers and imparts an understanding of how ordinary people experienced and accommodated the tumult of life in prewar Japan

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Soeda, Azenbo , 1872-1944 (Author), Lewis, Michael , 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London;New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:Routledge contemporary Japan series
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Description
Summary:A memoir of balladeer-political activist Soeda Azembo (1872-1944). It chronicles his life as one of Japan's first modern mass entertainers and imparts an understanding of how ordinary people experienced and accommodated the tumult of life in prewar Japan
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Originally published in Japanese under title: Ryuseiki Tokyo: Nagoya Shobo, 1941
Physical Description:1 online resource (xl, 286 p.) : ill
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p [273]-277) and index
ISBN:0203886216 (electronic bk.)
0710313373 (Cloth)
6611900357 (electronic bk.)
9780203886212 (electronic bk.)
9780710313379
9786611900359 (electronic bk.)