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Mogamigawa Funa Uta

最上川船唄

[Genre]Min'yo
[School]Min'yo

History (Takahashi Ryozan):

Ever since the twelfth century rice has been carried down river from Mogami to the port at Sakata. The Mogami is one of the great rivers of Japan and its course is interrupted by falls, rapids and fast currents. The boatman, who has to negotiate all these difficulties, sings as he faces the various dangers.

Mogamigawa Funa Uta appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi : Muraoka Minoru

Minyo Meijin Series Kikuchi Tansui Shakuhachi : Kikuchi Tansui
Play ButtonMinyo of Tohoku Shakuhachi : Takahashi Ryozan
Ever since the twelfth century rice has been carried down river from Mogami to the port at Sakata. The Mogami is one of the great rivers of Japan and its course is interrupted by falls, rapids and fast currents. The boatman, who has to negotiate all these difficulties, sings as he faces the various dangers.

Nihon Minyo - Shakuhachi Tokusen Shu - 1 Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Sato no Ne
Play ButtonShakuhachi Min'yo - 1991

Shakuhachi Min'yo - Furusato no Uta - Vol 4 Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu
Play ButtonShakuhachi Minyo Shakuhachi : Yoneya Iwao

Shakuhachi Minyo no Shirabe Shakuhachi : Yoneya Iwao

Shakuhachi no sekai - 2 Shakuhachi : Yoneya Iwao

Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi : Saitō Kakushō
Shakuhachi : Kasahara Kakuyō
Shakuhachi : Shōji Kakudō

Shakuhachi no Shirabe (vol. 2) Shakuhachi : Mori Reiyō

Special Selection of Folk Songs for the Shakuhachi - 2 Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Take no Uta - Tōdō Teruaki Shakuhachi Min'yō Shū Shakuhachi : Kimura Reidō
Shakuhachi : Nagayama Yūdō
Voice : Tsukushi Ken
Shakuhachi : Asaka Hozumi
Shakuhachi : Shinozuka Bodō
Shakuhachi : Imai Takudō
Shakuhachi : Sakuma Ōdō
Shakuhachi : Sekiguchi Shunyū
Shakuhachi : Kudō Yūshiro
Shakuhachi : Watanabe Sōdō
Voice : Tōdō Teruaki
Shakuhachi : Kaneko Shidō
Shakuhachi : Yasui Hōdō

Tōhoku Min’yō Dai Zenshū vol. 6 Voice : Imaizumi Kanjun
Voice : Machida Tadao
Shakuhachi : Niizeki Tokujirō

Tokusen Shakuhachi Minyo Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Words Can't Go There Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune
Play ButtonWorld of Shakuhachi Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu
Play ButtonWorld of Shakuhachi, The Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Yagishita - 1 Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Yashita Isamu no Sekai Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu