吾妻八景(四)

Japan / Long song

Eight views of Edo, part 4 of 6

A concert nagauta of 1829 by the fourth Kineya Rokusaburō, describing scenic spots of Edo through the seasons; it was written for listening rather than for the kabuki stage. The singer Yoshimura Kōjirō was a star of 1920s nagauta recording.

Performer
Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue)
Composer
Kineya Rokusaburō IV
Instruments
Voice 聲, Shamisen 三味線
Era
Taishō
Recorded
1924
Length
3:36
Licence
Public domain · National Diet Library, Historical Recordings Collection (国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション「歴史的音源」)Nipponophone 15443, issued December 1924 (recorded September 1924); public domain in the US (published 1925 or earlier). Marked public domain and internet-public by the National Diet Library.
Source
National Diet Library (Rekion)
  1. 吾妻八景(一)Azuma hakkei (1/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 1 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:05
  2. 吾妻八景(二)Azuma hakkei (2/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 2 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:05
  3. 吾妻八景(三)Azuma hakkei (3/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 3 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:30
  4. 吾妻八景(五)Azuma hakkei (5/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 5 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:11
  5. 吾妻八景(六)Azuma hakkei (6/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 6 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:19
  6. 供奴(一)Tomoyakko (1/4) — The footman, part 1 of 4Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen) · Voice, Shamisen · 19242:54