Yonin no Kai
Kitahara Kōzan II
EMI - TH-60001
| Track | Title | Kanji | Length | Artist | |
1  |
Suite Originated from Folk Songs of Tohoku District | 14'24 |
Shakuhachi: Kitahara Kōzan II | ||
| This is the original for this record. It is constituted of three movements; the first is after a manner of "Nanbu Ushioi Uta" (a song of pasturage), the second after "Tsugaru-Aiya-Bushi" (a song for dance), and the third after "Tairyo-Utaikomi" (a song for fishing). | |||||
| 2 |
Suite Originated from Folk Songs of the San-In and Tohoku Districts | 14'22 |
Shakuhachi: Kitahara Kōzan II | ||
| This is also made up of three movements. The first movement is after a manner of "Kaigara-Bushi" (a boatmen's song for shell-fishing), the second is after "Yamanaka-Bushi" (a feast song at a hot spring place), the third "Sekino-Gohonmatsu" (a song of a port named Mihoga-Sekj). | |||||
| 3 |
Duet Originated from Folk Songs of Hokkaido District | 13'05 |
Shakuhachi: Kitahara Kōzan II | ||
| This is a duet of shakuhachi and koto from two folk songs of Hokkaido district (the northern area of Japan). One is "Esashi Oiwake" (a boatmen's song), the other is "Soran-Bushi" (a work song of fishermen). | |||||
| 4 |
Suite Originated from Ryukyu Folk Songs | 13'04 |
Shakuhachi: Kitahara Kōzan II | ||
| This is after a manner of folk songs of Japanese southern islands. It is made up of three parts, and three tunes of folk songs called "Asadoya-Yunta" "Tobaruma" and "Tanchame" are taken. The scale and melody peculiar to Ryukyu make this song very different from others. | |||||