Drumming up business for 300 years
Drumming up business for 300 years
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Drumming up business for 300 years
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Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd
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Japan times (Tokyo, Japan : 1990 : Weekly international ed.), 1999-12-16, Vol.39 (24)
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English
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Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd
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Taiko, or Japanese drums, are presumed to have emerged about 2,000 years ago. In the Warring States Period, taiko were often used in battle to issue commands, since their loud and rumbling sounds could be heard across entire battlefields. Taiko manufacturer Nanbuya Gorouemon, established in 1689 in Tokyo's Imado district, is one of only three manuf...
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Drumming up business for 300 years
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TN_cdi_proquest_newspapers_218942206
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0447-5763
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