22 Facts About Taiko

Taiko is considered a master performer and helped transform performance from its roots in traditional settings in festivals and shrines.

Taiko have been developed into a broad range of percussion instruments that are used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions.

Taiko are generally classified based on the construction process, or the specific context in which the drum is used, but some are not classified, such as the toy den-den daiko.

Taiko are categorized into three types based on construction process.

Taiko can be categorized by the context in which they are used.

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Taiko construction has several stages, including making and shaping of the drum body, preparing the drum skin, and tuning the skin to the drumhead.

For instance, among other concepts, the San Francisco Taiko Dojo is guided by rei emphasizing communication, respect, and harmony.

System of fundamentals Japan Taiko put forward was not widely adopted because taiko performance varied substantially across Japan.

An updated 2001 publication from the Foundation, called the Nihon Taiko Kyohon, describes regional variations that depart from the main techniques taught in the textbook.

Taiko mentioned some of its unique features, such as "a taiko is suspended from a tree while women and children gathered around", and observed that a player used either side of the drum while performing.

The first group, called Ataru Taru Taiko, was formed in 1995 by Paulene Thomas, Harold Gent, and Kaomori Kamei.

Taiko was popularized in Brazil from 2002 through the work of Yukihisa Oda, a Japanese native who visited Brazil several times through the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The first group, San Francisco Taiko Dojo, was formed in 1968 by Seiichi Tanaka, a postwar immigrant who studied taiko in Japan and brought the styles and teachings to the US.

San Jose Taiko later formed in 1973 in Japantown, San Jose, under Roy and PJ Hirabayashi.

Taiko started to branch out to the eastern US in the late 1970s.

Taiko performance has been featured in commercial productions such as the 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse ad campaign, and in events such as the 2009 Academy Awards and 2011 Grammy Awards.

Taiko performance has frequently been viewed as an art form dominated by men.

Taiko Road, representing the contributions of burakumin, is found in Naniwa Ward in Osaka, home to a large proportion of burakumin.

Taiko performance was an important part of cultural development by third-generation Japanese residents in North America, who are called sansei.

Groups such as San Jose Taiko were organized to fulfill a need for solidarity and to have a medium to express their experiences as Japanese-Americans.

Taiko is known for asserting intellectual control of the group's performance style, which has influenced performance for many groups, particularly in North America.

Taiko was awarded the 47th Education Minister's Art Encouragement Prize, a national award, in 1997 as well as the 8th Award for the Promotion of Traditional Japanese Culture from the Japan Arts Foundation in 2001.