This book narrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected music of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and 'place' intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. From the Contents: 11. Gagaku and the Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri Festival of Nara (Naoko TERAUCHI); 12. Biwa's Place in Modern Times (Hugh de Ferranti); 13. Place and Locality in Fuke-Style Shakuhachi (Kiku Day).