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Koji Nagahata, Koozoo Maeda and Shin-ichiro Iwamiya
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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan, 52(2), 77-84, (1996).
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In the present study historical changes of Japanese soundscapes are studied by a statistical analysis of sound environment represented in the world of Haiku. Hayashi's quantification method III is applied to examination of the relationship among sounds, seasons, areas and eras. The frequency of sound categories represented in each era is also examined. Occurrence of phrases such as "peals of thunder, human voices, and traffic sounds" has been increasing in frequency as time goes by. Conversely, "sounds of rain, songs of birds, voices of vendors, and sounds of daily life" are less in use. In the past, Japanese preferred natural soundscapes. As times change, artificial soundscapes have become dominant. Japanese sound culture regarded sounds as symbols of seasons, and seasonal atmosphere was insinuated by sounds. However, Japanese have been losing their own inherited sound culture. On the contrary, the soundscapes of shrines and temples have not been affected by historical changes.
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