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    Goze (瞽女) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually-impaired Japanese women, most of whom worked as musicians. The ideographs for goze mean "blind"...
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  • Osamu Akiya, 説経節の伝統 説経祭文と越後瞽女(Tradition of Saimon and Niigata Goze)1987, Hitotsubashi Souron, 97, 3, pp304–326 Seiji Kiryu, 最後の瞽女 小林ハルの人生,(The life of Kobayashi...
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  • Ballad of Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん, Hanare goze Orin) is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. Its alternate English-language titles are Banished Orin...
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  • (1974) Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (桜の森の満開の下) (1975) Ballad of Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん) (1977) Demon Pond (夜叉ケ池) (1979) Akuryo Island (悪霊島) (1981) MacArthur's...
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    biwa hōshi who performs "The Tale of the Heike". Blind women, known as goze (瞽女), toured beginning in the medieval era, sang and played accompanying music...
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  • Incandescent Flame directed by Masahisa Sadanaga (貞永方久) Film scores 1977 はなれ瞽女おりん Ballad of Orin directed by Masahiro Shinoda Film scores 1978 愛の亡霊 Empire...
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  • The Tōdōza accepted only male members; a separate organization, the Gozeza (瞽女座), existed for blind women. There was additionally a further guild, the Mōsōza...
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    Film (English) Film (Japanese) 1 1978 Shima Iwashita 岩下志麻 Ballad of Orin はなれ瞽女おりん 2 1979 Shinobu Otake 大竹しのぶ The Incident 事件 3 1980 Kaori Momoi 桃井かおり Heaven...
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  • Shoin 和泉書院. 2007: Gerald Groemer ジェラルド・グローマー, Goze to goze-uta no kenkyū 『瞽女瞽女唄の研究』 [A study of blind female Japanese musicians and their songs], 2 vols...
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