Taiko Heartbeat
Photo by Srta Gisa
“Everybody experienced one’s mother’s heartbeat as an embryonic music. The sound of taiko is rooted in the common memory of mankind beyond different ethnic history. I think that people are drawn to taiko because of our primitive memory of life itself.” Eitetsu Hayashi
Learning Yabusame
Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of Japanese archery, one that is performed while riding a horse. The archer shoots a special “turnip-headed” arrow at a wooden target.
“Kikuzukushi” – National Theater of Japan
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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