著者

本間 千尋

出版者

慶應義塾大学大学院社会学研究科

雑誌

慶應義塾大学大学院社会学研究科紀要 : 社会学・心理学・教育学 : 人間と社会の探究 (ISSN:0912456X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.74, pp.33-54, 2012

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論文Bourdieu's "cultural capital" is recognized as high culture. He states that cultural hierarchy corresponds to social hierarchy, noting that the piano is an aristocratic instrument and playing it is related to people's original social class. Therefore, the piano is considered the cultural capital. However, many people now play piano, and its popularity is growing in Japan.This study focused on the popularization of piano culture in Japan. Researchers have found that piano culture became popular during a period of high economic growth, but we examine how it achieved this popularity. Before World War II (WWII), piano culture was enjoyed only by the wealthy classes. However, after the war, it expanded and was modified by the music schools that were established by the piano manufacturer.Simultaneously, the number of women hoping to work increased during the high economic growth period, and learning to play piano enabled them to have a career in music.I analyzed the popularization of piano culture through oral history. This study found that during the high economic growth period, piano culture was a symbol that raised the player's class, and that popularization in this period was a prologue to the greater popularity that followed.