Wajima Yūsuke

Associate professor of musicology and theater studies, Osaka University, specializing in popular music, history of popular culture, and Afro-Brazilian music. Received his doctorate in literature from the University of Tokyo. Author of Tsukurareta “Nihon no kokoro” shinwa—enka o meguru sengo taishū ongaku shi (Manufacturing the “Heart of Japan” Mythos—Enka and the History of Postwar Popular Music) and winner of the 2011 Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities. He also penned “The Birth of Enka,” a chapter in Made in Japan: Studies in Popular Music.

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Aug 13, 2015