Review of “Goze: Women, Musical Performance, And Visual Disability in Traditional Japan” By Gerald Groemer, 2016


 This short review essay is dedicated to the book ‘Goze: Women, Musical Performance, and Visual
Disability in Traditional Japan’ by Gerald Groemer and published by Oxford University Press, New York.
It comes as hardcover and in paperback. An e-book is also available. In the essay, the entire book is taken
into view, especially the core ideas and consequences. Many thanks go to the journal Asian Music that has
drawn my attention to Groemer’s work on ‘goze’.

