城山(三)

Japan / Biwa narrative

Shiroyama, part 3 of 4

The classic Satsuma biwa piece on Saigō Takamori's last stand at Shiroyama, Kagoshima, in 1877, which ended the Satsuma Rebellion. Sung and played by Nagata Kinshin.

Performer
Nagata Kinshin
Instruments
Biwa 琵琶, Voice 聲
Era
Taishō
Recorded
1924
Length
2:55
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 15454, issued December 1924 (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)

In the collection

  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