 Includes a translation of Takahashi Chikuzan's autobiography (Takahashi 1976)

Hughes, David
(introduction to Japanese folk song in general).Johnson, Henry

Kimura Genzō

Kojima Tomiko
(Study of the "new folk song" movement)

Matsuno Takeo

Suda Naoyuki and Anthony Rausch
(Abridged translation of Daijō 1995 and includes some more general anthropological material).Takahashi Chikuzan
(Autobiography of one of the Tsugaru-shamisen greats of the past.