石童丸(三)

Japan / Biwa narrative

Ishidōmaru, part 3 of 8

Satsuma biwa narrative of the boy Ishidōmaru, who climbs Mount Kōya in search of the father who left the world to become a monk. Nagata Kinshin (1885–1927) founded the Kinshin school of Satsuma biwa, and this piece is one of its signature works; here it fills four Nipponophone discs.

Performer
Nagata Kinshin
Composer
Nagata Kinshin (music), Shikama Totsuji (words)
Instruments
Biwa 琵琶, Voice 聲
Era
Taishō
Recorded
1924
Length
3:05
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 15539, issued February 1925 (recorded October 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. 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(四)Ishidōmaru (4/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 4 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19242:58
  4. 石童丸(五)Ishidōmaru (5/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 5 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:07
  5. 石童丸(六)Ishidōmaru (6/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 6 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:16
  6. 石童丸(七)Ishidōmaru (7/8) — Ishidōmaru, part 7 of 8Nagata Kinshin · Biwa, Voice · 19243:15