越後獅子(一)

Japan / Long song

The Lion Dancers of Echigo, part 1 of 6

A nagauta dance piece first staged in 1811, portraying the travelling lion-dance performers of Echigo province, known for its brilliant shamisen writing. The complete work on six acoustic sides.

Performer
Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Imafuji Chōjūrō and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Umeya ensemble (narimono)
Instruments
Voice 聲, Shamisen 三味線
Recorded
1925
Length
3:18
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 15673–15675, recorded March 1925, issued June 1925 (dates from the NDL record of the same discs, pid 1313976); public domain in the US. Marked public domain and internet-public by the National Diet Library.
Source
National Diet Library (Rekion)

In the collection

  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(四)Azuma hakkei (4/6) — Eight views of Edo, part 4 of 6Yoshimura Kōjirō (voice), Kineya Wakichi and Kineya Katsumaru (shamisen), Mochizuki Chōnosuke (fue) · Voice, Shamisen · 19243:36
  5. 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
  6. 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