Posts Tagged ‘Japanese Music’
October 22, 2011
Posted in Culture, Japan, Music | Tagged 瞽女, Goze, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Culture, Japanese History, Japanese Music, Sakura Sōgorō, yamamoto goi, 佐倉惣五郎 | Leave a Comment »
January 18, 2011
Posted in Anime, Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Bach Collegium Japan, Countertenor, 米良 美一, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Japanese Classical Music, Japanese Music, Japanese Songs, Joe Hisaishi, Mononoke Hime, Music, Opera, Princess Mononoke, Song, Yoshikazu Mera | 4 Comments »
December 18, 2010
Yuki Saori (由紀さおり) Scat of the Dawn (Scat in the Dark), Ta ya tan
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Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged 1969, 1970s Music, Anime, タ・ヤ・タン, 由紀さおり, 由紀さおり夜明けのスキャット, Japan, Japanese Music, Music, Saori Yuki, Yuki Saori, Yuki Saori Scat, Yuki Saori Scat in the Dark, Yuki Saori Scat of the Dawn, Yuki Saori Songs, Yuki Saori Ta ya tan, 夜明けのスキャット | 4 Comments »
November 26, 2010
KOKIA Real World Album and Oto no Tabibito Concert 2010
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Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Japan, Japanese Music, KOKIA, KOKIA Ave Maria, KOKIA 私が見たもの, KOKIA in Europe, KOKIA Oto no Tabibito, KOKIA Real World, KOKIA Watashi ga Mita Mono, Music | 10 Comments »
July 12, 2010
Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged Akira Mitake, Best Japanese Song of All Time, Best Japanese Song of Ever, Best Song Ever, Best Song of All Time, Hibari Misora, Japan, Japanese Music, Japanese Songs, Kawa no nagare no yō ni, Like the Flow of the River, Music, Yasushi Akimoto, 川の流れのように | 7 Comments »
June 1, 2010
Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged Buddhist chants, Gagaku, Japan, Japanese Music, Music, Music Scales, Pentatonic Scale, Power of Pentatonic Scale, Sakura, Shakuhachi, Shomyo, World Science Festival | 4 Comments »
June 30, 2009
Nagauta (長唄, “long song”) is a kind of traditional Japanese music developed during Edo period. “Kikuzukushi” (Chrysanthemum dance) is often used to teach the basics of Japanese traditional dance.
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Posted in Culture, Japan | Tagged Chrysanthemum dance, 長唄, Japan, Japanese Music, Kikuzukushi, Music, Nagauta, National Theater of Japan, Traditional Japanese Music | Leave a Comment »
March 7, 2009
Posted in Japan, Music | Tagged Culture, 高橋竹山, Japan, Japanese Music, Japanese Traditional Music, Life, Music, Shamisen, Shamisen Music, Takahashi Chikuzan, Tsugaru-jamisen, 津軽三味線 | 1 Comment »
January 2, 2009
Goze (瞽女) is a Japanese historic term referring to visually impaired Japanese women, of whom most worked as musicians. A part of recording “Kuzunoha’s Child Separation” was used in Sara’s performance in Samurai Champloo. It is sung by Tsukioka Yukiko, who studied the recordings of the “last of the Goze’”, Haru Kobayashi and Shizu Sugimoto, and even walked a pilgrimage of all 88 temples of Shikoku island to understand the harsh life of these traveling performers. Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in Anime, Japan, Music | Tagged Anime, Culture, 瞽女, 遍路組曲, Goze, Haru Kobayashi, Japan, Japanese Music, Japanese Traditional Music, Kuzunoha no Kowakare, Kuzunoha's Child Separation, Life, Music, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Champloo Episode 20, Shamisen, Shamisen Music, Shizu Sugimoto, Tsukioka Yukiko, 平成娘巡礼期 | 3 Comments »
