He also created new Japanese words (based on Chinese characters) such as 'Kokyogaku, Kokyokyoku' (both meaning symphony), and gave a lecture on western music with Nobu KODA (a younger sister of Rohan), a musician who had come back to Japan after six-years' studying in Europe and America ('With western music and Ms. Koda'). |
ちなみに、訳語(和製漢語)の「交響楽、交響曲」をつくっており、6年間の欧米留学を終えた演奏家、幸田延(露伴の妹)と洋楽談義をした(「西楽と幸田氏と」)。 |