The Evolution Of Japanese Koto Music

Japan is a single nation-state.For more than a thousand years,the Daiwa aborigines living along the coast of the sea of Japan in Northeast Asia have had frequent exchanges and mutual integration with the residents of the East Asian continent,and gradually formed the cultural customs and cultural landscape of the coexistence of eastern and Western cultures with foreign cultures as the media,deep cultivation and promotion of their own traditional characteristics and social spirit as the collective belief.By combing the historical development of Japanese zither and zither music,this paper explores and reveals the historical laws and practical influence of the language and techniques of Japanese zither music with its own musical and cultural characteristics based on the diversity of historical conditions and the integration of foreign cultures.History has proved that the diversified evolution of Japanese zither and zither music can be divided into three stages,each of which shows the basic characteristics of complementary and common development of local culture and foreign elements.During the period of Tang Dynasty,a large number of Chinese musical instruments were introduced into Japan,which had a profound influence on the economy of Japan.After the influence of thirteen string Tang Zheng,Japanese Zheng music went through the development stages of yuezheng,zhuzizheng and Suzheng.During the Meiji Restoration period in modern times,under the influence of Western science and technology,with the musician Miyagi Daoxiong as the leader,it reformed the seventeen string Zheng,and at the same time,combined with the use of western composition techniques,it brought new opportunities for Japanese Zheng music in this period After the end of World War II,based on the influence and role of the United States in the world economic crisis and its leading position in the global economic and cultural field,Japan has risen a social wave of its own national spirit and cultural definition.At the same time,John Cage’s experimental music and Oriental cultural thinking have prompted relevant Japanese composers and zither musicians to rethink their own nation Based on the spiritual and cultural foundation,as well as their own musical concepts and behaviors,the composers led by sanmurin improved the twenty-one string zither and created a series of zither music works tailored for this type of zither.Their eastern music cultural thinking based on the combination of local culture and European modern music creation techniques has attracted people’s attention in the world music world in the middle and late 20 th century.It should be emphasized that a fact that can not be ignored,including the research horizon of this topic,is that Japanese local music always selectively absorbs foreign culture on top of its own inherent traditional culture,and integrates it according to its own national spirit and social adaptability,so as to become a comprehensive "local culture" conducive to its own needs.The evolution and cultural characteristics of Japanese Zheng and its music in ancient,modern and modern times are generally related to this.