[78-L] Pre-1920 Japanese Record Labels

[Malcolm Rockwell]

I believe the Nipponophone catalog - one of the first labels to be 
produced in Japan for the Japanese - was bought out by Japanese Columbia 
c. 1924. Sorry I cannot be more specific. I know nothing about the others.
Malcolm

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On 6/8/2011 9:29 AM, 78records at cdbpdx.com wrote:
> I just acquired a small collection of pre-1920 Japanese label records.  You can view here:
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> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/Japanese/early.html
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> There is a lot of info about 1930s and later Japanese 78s, but I haven't found much information about these early labels online, at least in english.  Any info/comments would be appreciated, including any web sites that might have a little history, either about these specific labels, or even a general history of early Japanese recordings and artists from this period.
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> There doesn't seem to be any western influence in these recordings at all.  Maybe Japanese opera?
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> Thanks!  CDB
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