RESONANCES OF CHINDON-YA
  • Home
  • About
  • Reviews
  • Media
    • Prologue
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chap 3 Map 1
    • Chap 3 Map 2
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Epilogue
  • Links
  • Buy the book
  • Home
  • About
  • Reviews
  • Media
    • Prologue
    • Introduction
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chap 3 Map 1
    • Chap 3 Map 2
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Epilogue
  • Links
  • Buy the book

Epilogue

1) pp. 189 - 190 Chindon Yoshino in Musashikosugi
Chindon Yoshino in the author's childhood neighborhood.
See Chapter 3, Map 2.
2) pp. 193 - 194 Shifting Industries for Chindon-ya 
Hayashi ponders whether visiting old people's homes might become a mainstay for chindon-ya business in the next decade.
Chindon Tsushinsha visiting an old people's home. Perfomers play instruments dressed in colorful robes. Older adults sit at tables listening, some in wheelchairs.
Chindon Tsushinsha visiting an old people’s home.
Chindon-ya has been employed by kindergarten classes. A troupe performs at a school, in front of a seated audience of kindergarten students.
Chindon-ya has been employed by kindergarten.

3) p. 195 Figure E.1 Shichōme 
Typical chindon-ya tune played at the end of a gig. Listen to this rare footage of multiple chindon-ya troupes performing the song together at the 50th Ogiwara Chindon Festival.