Research theme for competitive and other funds (7):
2024 - 2025 Dance and Instrumental Performance: Embodied Communication in Gagaku Practice
2022 - 2025 'Ma' in Japanese Music Ensembles: Exploring the Scope of Temporal Expressions
2021 - 2023 Interaction and entrainment in the performance of Japanese traditional music
2019 - 2021 The Development of Rhythmic Pattern-combination Techniques within the Kabuki Percussion Ensemble
2016 - 2019 A Study of Gekisho (books on kabuki theatre) and Densho (books passed down for generations) about Kabuki Music
2018 - 2019 The Analytical Study of the Kabuki-percussion Composition: Towards Uncovering the Concept of "Ma" as the Musical Expression
2015 - 2018 Adaptation of "Nohgaku" in the Kabuki Percussion: Diversity between Adjustment and Modification
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Papers (11):
Sayumi KAMATA, Honoka SAITO. Daring to Document Intangible Techniques: Creative Reality of ASADA Masayuki's Japanese Music Notations (2). Research and Reports on Intangible Cultural Heritage. 2024. 18. 55-86
Sayumi KAMATA, Honoka SAITO. Daring to Document Intangible Techniques: Creative Reality of ASADA Masayuki's Japanese Music Notations (1). Research and Reports on Intangible Cultural Heritage. 2023. 17. 41-74
Sayumi KAMATA. Early Meiji-era Music Performers of Kabuki in Tokyo: Towards an Understanding of Theatrical Appearances and Co-performance Relationships. Research and Reports on Intangible Cultural Heritage. 2022. 16. 41-85
Sayumi KAMATA. The Career of TŌSHA Rosen I and NAKAMURA Jukaku I: Activities before Participating in Kabuki and Azuma Noh Kyogen. Bulletin, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. 2021. 46. (一)-(一二)
Sayumi KAMATA. Transmission and Change of the Kabuki Percussion Ensemble: Noh Style Performance Practices within Japanese Society after the Meiji Restoration. Tokyo University of the Arts. 2018
Sayumi Kamata. Commentary. The 26th "Ne-no-kai" by Young Kabuki Music Performers Programme Guide. 2024. 4-8
Sayumi Kamata. Miyazono-bushi and related genres as seen in ‘Yugiri’. The 17th Public Lecture od the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Report of "Exploring the Charms of Miyazono-bushi". 2024. 45-52
Sayumi KAMATA. 'Other world' seen through Japanese music. Mostly Classic. 2023. 317. 52-53
Sayumi KAMATA. Commentary. The 25th "Ne-no-kai" by Young Kabuki Music Performers Programme Guide. 2023. 2-5
Martin Clayton, Sayumi Kamata, Akira Takaoka, Simone Tarsitani. Gagaku (The Gagaku Data Collection). Open Science Framework. osf.io/wa5h6. 2023
The GEIDAI Archives: Inherited Records, Memories and Feelings
The GEIDAI Archives (Historical Dorument Room), Dept. of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts 2021
Inventory of Texts and Manuscripts, Oikawa Takao Collection
Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties 2021
A Basic Study on Historical Materials of Kabuki Music: Introduction and Reprints
Report of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (PI: Miho MAESHIMA, no.16K02246) 2019
Lectures and oral presentations (24):
Metre and Free Rhythm in Gagaku Music: Empirical Perspectives on Formal Hierarchy and Interaction.
(Eighth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM 2024), Settion: Free Rhythm, Bologna, Italy (University of Bologna, Online participation) 2024)
Ensemble skills in Japanese traditional music
(Exploring the potential of skills in harmony with the environment Vol. 3, Symposium theme 'Coordination and non-coordination in dance and music' (Kobe University) 2024)
Coordination does not necessarily mean alignment: on non-verbal communication in traditional music ensemble.
(IEICE Human Communication Group, Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication Workshop, 72nd Regular Meeting (Online) 2023)
Metre and free rhythm in gagaku music.
(2nd International Conference MÚSICA ANALÍTICA - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Musical Time, Session: Free Rhythm and Microtiming, Coimbra, Portugal (Coimbra University) 2023)
Timing and synchronization in Gagaku
(19th Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop (RPPW 19), Session 2:Timing, Rhythm & Culture, Nottingham, UK (Nottingham Trent University) 2023)
2015 - 2018 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music PhD in Musicology
2013 - 2015 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music MA in Music, Department of Musicology
2009 - 2013 Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Music BA in Music, Department of Musicology
Professional career (1):
Ph. D. in Musicology (Tokyo University of the Arts)
Work history (9):
2021/04 - 現在 Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage Researcher
2023/06 - 2023/06 Kyushu University Graduate School of Design Part-time Lecturer
2020/09 - 2021/03 Shiraume Gakuen University Department of Child Studies Part-time Lecturer
2019/04 - 2021/03 Tokyo University of the Arts The Center for Music Research Research Assistant
2019/04 - 2021/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences JSPS Research Fellow
2015/04 - 2021/03 Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage Visiting Fellow
2015/04 - 2018/03 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music JSPS Research Fellow
2015/04 - 2016/03 Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Musicology, Faculty of Music Teaching Assistant
2013/02 - 2015/03 Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Assistant
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Committee career (2):
2024/01 - 現在 KABUKI GAKKAI Steering committee member
2016/09 - 2020/08 The Society for the Research of Asiatic Music councilor
Awards (2):
2015/03 - Tokyo University of the Arts Postgraduate Acanthus Music Award
2012/05 - Tokyo University of the Arts Ataka Prize
Association Membership(s) (6):
European Seminar in Ethnomusicology
, KABUKI GAKKAI
, GAKUGEKI GAKKAI
, THE MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN ASIATIC MUSIC
, The International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance