琵琶楽

Japan

Biwa narrative

Epic songs told to the biwa lute. The modern Satsuma and Chikuzen schools, which grew out of the music of samurai and of blind priests in Kyushu, became popular across Japan after the Meiji era with war tales and historical ballads.

  1. 石童丸(一)Ishidōmaru (1/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 1 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:02
  2. 石童丸(二)Ishidōmaru (2/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 2 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:33
  3. 石童丸(三)Ishidōmaru (3/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 3 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:05
  4. 石童丸(四)Ishidōmaru (4/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 4 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:58
  5. 石童丸(五)Ishidōmaru (5/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 5 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:07
  6. 石童丸(六)Ishidōmaru (6/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 6 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:16
  7. 石童丸(七)Ishidōmaru (7/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 7 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:15
  8. 石童丸(八)Ishidōmaru (8/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 8 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:54
  9. 城山(一)Shiroyama (1/4) — Shiroyama, part 1 of 4Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:47
  10. 城山(二)Shiroyama (2/4) — Shiroyama, part 2 of 4Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:50
  11. 城山(三)Shiroyama (3/4) — Shiroyama, part 3 of 4Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:55
  12. 城山(四)Shiroyama (4/4) — Shiroyama, part 4 of 4Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:13
  13. 常陸丸(上)Hitachi Maru (1/2) — The Hitachi Maru, part 1 of 2Takamine Chikufū · Biwa, Voice · 19243:31
  14. 常陸丸(下)Hitachi Maru (2/2) — The Hitachi Maru, part 2 of 2Takamine Chikufū · Biwa, Voice · 19243:17