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Japan / Koto music

River of Memory

A kumiuta — a song cycle in which the koto player also sings, the oldest layer of the solo koto repertoire. Recorded in New York in October 2008.

Performer
Etsuko Chida
Composer
Attributed to Kitajima, Ikuta or Makino Kengyō
Instruments
Koto 箏, Voice 聲
Era
Edo period
Recorded
2008
Length
14:35
Licence
CC BY-NC · Etsuko Chida, “Omoigawa”, from Shsk'h Vol. 02 – Koto Kumiuta (Shsk'h LLC, 2008), via Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Source
Internet Archive

In the collection

  1. 箏曲演奏会(1966年)第一部Sōkyoku ensōkai, 1966 — side A — A concert of Japanese koto music, 1966 — side ANamino Torii, Minoyu Otaka, with Steven Otto and Hiromi Sakata · Koto, Shamisen, Voice · 196626:20
  2. 箏曲演奏会(1966年)第二部Sōkyoku ensōkai, 1966 — side B — A concert of Japanese koto music, 1966 — side BNamino Torii, Minoyu Otaka, with Steven Otto and Hiromi Sakata · Koto, Shamisen, Voice · 196619:25
  3. Oregon Koto Kai — live on KBOOOregon Koto Kai, live in the studioOregon Koto Kai · Koto · 20164:14