Publications
Book Chapters
Matsunobu, Koji (2016). Conforming the body, cultivating individuality: Intercultural understandings of Japanese noh. The Routledge International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research. (pp. 139-147) edited by Pamela Burnard, Elizabeth Mackinlay and Kimberly Powell. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315693699-25
Matsunobu, Koji (2015). The arts as purpose of living: spirituality and lifelong perspectives of arts learning in Japan. The routledge international handbook of the arts and education. (pp. 378-387) edited by Mike Fleming, Liora Bresler and John O’Toole. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315742717.ch34
Lo, Khin Yee and Matsunobo, Koji (2014). Role of art and creativity in child culture and socialization. Handbook of child well-being: theories, methods and policies in global perspective. (pp. 1053-1078) edited by Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frønes and Jill E. Korbin. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8_185
Matsunobu, Koji (2012). Instrument making as music making: a slow food approach to musicianship. Sound musicianship : understanding the crafts of music. (pp. 178-188) edited by Andrew R. Brown. Newcastle upon Tyne, U. K.: Cambridge Scholarly Publishing.
Matsunobu, Koji (2012). Art of simplicity: Teaching Japanese spiritual arts. Teaching Asian art: Content, context, and pedagogy. (pp. 139-145) edited by Sheng Kuan Chung. Reston, VA, United States: National Art Education Association.
Matsunobu, Koji (2011). Creativity of formulaic learning: Pedagogy of imitation and repetition. The Routledge international handbook of creative learning. (pp. 45-53) edited by Julian Sefton-Green, Pat Thomson, Ken Jones and Liora Bresler. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Social issues on music education. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 1005-1006) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Japanese perspectives on artists in higher education. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 331-332) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Japanese spirituality and music practice: Art as self-cultivation. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 1425-1437) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9_97
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Japanese perspectives and research on the body. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 1107-1108) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9_74
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Japan. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 89-90) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Arts integration in Japan. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 309-310) edited by Liora Besler. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-3052-9
Matsunobu, K. (2007). Soundscapes of music appreciation in Japan. International handbook of research in arts education. (pp. 621-622) edited by L. Bresler. Dordrecht, Germany: Springer.
Matsunobu, K. (2006). Beikoku ni okeru sogoka no hokosei: Geijutsu Togo no jissen kara mietekurukoto. Nihon no ongaku kyoikugaku no saikochiku ni kansuru kisoteki kenkyu: Ongaku kyouiku no sogoka, honshitsuka, kyoyuka, keizokuka wo mezashite. (pp. 199-210) edited by Fumishige Yamamoto. Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Music Education Research Office.
Matsunobu, Koji (2004). Getting over a music room: A teacher's effort to create integration in elementary classrooms. The social context of music education. (pp. 49-79) edited by José Luis Aróstegui. Champaign, IL, U.S.A.: Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation.
Journal Articles
Matsunobu, Koji (2013). Performing, creating, and listening to nature through music: the art of self-integration. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 47 (4), 64-79. doi: 10.1353/jae.2013.0028
Matsunobu, Koji (2013). Instrument-making as music-making: an ethnographic study of shakuhachi students' learning experiences. International Journal of Music Education, 31 (2), 190-201. doi: 10.1177/0255761413486858
Matsunobu, Koji (2013). From art as stained glass to art as mirror: addressing a holistic view of education. Harvard Educational Review, 83 (1), 147-149. doi: 10.17763/haer.83.1.y22334k602x66316
Matsunobu, Koji (2012). The role of spirituality in learning music: A case of North American adult students of Japanese music. British Journal of Music Education, 29 (2) 181-192. doi:10.1017/S0265051712000095
Matsunobu, Koji (2011). Spirituality as a universal experience of music: A case Study of North Americans’ approaches to Japanese music. Journal of Research in Music Education, 59 (3) 273-289. doi:10.1177/0022429411414911
Matsunobu, Koji and Hiller, Stephanie (2008). Shakuhachi and ecology - A discussion between Koji Matsunobu and Stephanie Hiller. European Shakuhachi Society Newsletter, 719-27.
Matsunobu, Koji (2007). Spiritual arts and education of 'Less is more': Japanese perspectives, Western possibilities. Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 5 (1) 102-119.
Conference Papers
Matsunobu, Koji (2011). Ritual as a basis for mindful practice in music education. Research in Music Education, Exeter, England, 12-16 April 2011.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). Role of Spirituality in Music Learning: A Case of North American Students of Japanese Music. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver CO, April.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). Performance Ethnography: Postcolonial Embodiment of Cultural Values and Music Education. Narrative Inquiry in Music Education, Brisbane Australia, November.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). Performing and Listening to Nature through a bamboo flute. Association for the Study of Literature, Environment, and Culture–ANZ, Tasmania, Australia, October.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). Pedagogy of Spirit Sharing: Playing Together as a Way of Japanese Flute Music Learning. Spirituality and Music Education, Birmingham, England, June.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). Instrument Making as Music Learning: A Case of Japanese Bamboo Flute Music. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, April.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). The Role of Spirituality for Adult Students’ Learning of Japanese Music. Spirituality and Music Education, Birmingham, England, June.
Matsunobu, Koji (2010). On the Jinashi Shakuhachi Tradition. Brisbane Big Blow, Brisbane, Australia, 22 August 2010.
Matsunobu, K. (2008). Pedagogy of the Ji-nashi Shakuhachi. CDIME Nine, Seattle, Washington, USA, 20-23 March 2008. Seattle, U.S.: University of Washington School of Music.
Matsunobu, K. (2008).World music and its educational values presented in Prairies Arts Center. AERA 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, U.S., 24-28 March, 2008. Washington, D.C., U.S. :American Educational Research Association.
Matsunobu, K. (2008).Embodied form of knowledge in Japanese artistry transmission. AERA 2008 Annual Meeting, New York, U.S., 24-28 March, 2008. Washington, D.C., U.S. :American Educational Research Association.
Matsunobu, Koji (2007).Asian spirituality and philosophy of art: Education of “less is more”.. American Educational Research Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 9-13 April 2007.
Matsunobu, K. (2006). The Shakuhachi: A way of self-cultivation. 27th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-21 July 2006. Perth, Australia: International Society for Music Education.
Matsunobu, K (2006). Rethinking music education from ecological perspective. 27th International Society for Music Education World Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-21 July 2006.
Conference Item
Matsunobu, K. (2006). A holistic vision of curriculum integration: From the Japanese perspective. 27th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-21 July, 2006. Perth, Australia: International Society for Music Education.
Thesis
Matsunobu, K. (2005). Ongakuka ni okeru togokyoiku no tenkai ni kansuru kenkyu. PhD Thesis, Tokyo Gakugei University.