@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00029086,
 author = {星野, 幸代 and HOSHINO, Yukiyo},
 journal = {JunCture : 超域的日本文化研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {From 1938, Imon Buyo (the dances for comfort) were held as many types of kogun imon (visiting military units to comfort soldiers) encouraged by the Japanese Military Army. The Ishi Midori Dance Company visited some divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army and many munitions factories to comfort personnel from 1941 to 1945. The last performance was given on August 8 in 1945, just one week before the end of the Pacific War. The performances of the company were supported by Sangyo Hokokukai (Laborers’ Association under Imperial Rule), the Women’s Association of the Homefront, and some newspaper publishing companies. Some dancers from the Imperial colony, Taiwanese dancer Zai Ruiyue for instance, also participated in Ishi Midori Dance Company. The company traveled from Hokkaido to Kagoshima to dance. Not all their programs were meant to lift the spirits of soldiers or to inspire laborers. Reading the detailed description of Izumi Orita, the husband of Ishii Midori and the manager of the company, their performances seemed to rather be entertainment for the Japanese people. Furthermore, it seemed the laborers accepted the performances of Ishii Midori dance company not as an artistic activity but as a variation of Kojo Taiso (music gymnastics for factory workers), which were encouraged in order to maintain the health of body and heart in factory workers in the 1930s.},
 pages = {14--25},
 title = {日本国内をめぐった戦時期慰問舞踊 : 石井みどり舞踊団1941–1945},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2018}
}