Mariko AnnoTokyo Institute of Technology | TITech · Institute for Liberal Arts
Mariko Anno
Doctor of Philosophy
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Mariko Anno is a bilingual Japanese American from Chicago. She is Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and a former Toyota Visiting Professor (2018-19) at the University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies. Anno holds a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku) and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research explores the musical aspects of traditional and contemporary Noh.
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April 2013 - March 2016
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April 2007 - March 2012
August 2001 - May 2008
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This chapter assesses the degree of continuity of the nohkan that is illustrated in three contemporary Noh play adaptations of William Butler Yeats's At the Hawk's Well by nohkan performers of the Issō School. It looks at interviews conducted with nohkan performers and a composer. It also highlights the nohkan's traditional role in contemporary and...
What does freedom sound like in the context of traditional Japanese theater? Where is the space for innovation, and where can this kind of innovation be located in the rigid instrumentation of the Noh drama? This book investigates flute performance as a space to explore the relationship between tradition and innovation. This first English-language...
What does freedom sound like in the context of traditional Japanese theater? Where is the space for innovation, and where can this kind of innovation be located in the rigid instrumentation of the Noh drama? In Piercing the Structure of Tradition, Mariko Anno investigates flute performance as a space to explore the relationship between tradition an...
Within the practice of Japanese nō theatre, there are tensions between preserving the art and allowing change. However, innovation through performance has been central to nō throughout its long history, from the variant nō of the Edo era (1603–1868) to the more recent emergence of revival nō and new nō. The long career of nō master Matsui Akira (19...
The nokan (no flute) is traditionally taught in a mode of oral transmission that involves memorization of shoga (mnemonics). Shoga help bring a no play to fruition by keeping the timing and allowing improvisation. This case study discusses the teaching of Isso Yukihiro, an Isso school performer arguing that nokan transmission is changing in contemp...
Isso-ryu nohkan (Noh flute): Tradition and continuity in the music of Noh drama
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