Various Artists - Folk Music of Japan / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The abundant folk music of Japan may be classified under several major headings, religious songs, work songs, ballads, children's songs, and dancing songs sung at festivals. This album introduces the listener to all of these different styles, featuring the singing of temples monks, coastal villagers, and city geishas. Also on display is the variety of musical instruments including the samisen, the bamboo flute, and others. Album Tracks 1. Soran Bushi 2. Ezashi Oiwake 3. Dance Songs at Bon in Hokkaido 4. The Song of the Rice Husking 5. Saitara Zinku/Toshima Zinku 6. Songs of Picking Safflowers 7. Sawauchi Zinku 8. Dyamako Bushi 9. Dance Song at Nikko 10. Songs of Kusatsu the Hot Spring 11. Coal Miner's Songs of Joban 12. Chichibu Ondo 13. Yagi Bushi 14. The Hack-Driver's Song of Hakone 15. Sado Okesa 16. Kiso Bushi 17. Ina Bushi 1. Dekansho Song 2. Shigesa Bushi 3. Songs of the Stonemason 4. The Song of the Shellfish-Gatherer 5. The Song of Bathing in the Hot Spring 6. Shimotsui Bushi 7. Yasugi Bushi 8. Yosakoi Bushi 9. The Coal Miners's Song in Kyushu 10. Shintaro San of the Mountain 11. Kuroda Bushi 12. The Mower's Songs 13. Hie-Pounding Song 14. Songs of Kumamoto 15. Lullaby of Itsuki 16. Kagoshima Ohara Bushi 17. Hatoma Bushi 18. Asadoya Yunta of Okinawa

The Ainu people, indigenous to the Hokkaido Island of Japan and the Sakhalin and Kuril islands of Russia, presently number in the range of 15,000 to 25,000. Despite geographic proximity to the Japanese and other ethnic groups inhabiting the Russian Far East, the Ainu language and customs are strikingly different from those of their neighbors. Singing is a major feature of Ainu music and part of the daily tribal life, usually presented as either an upopo (sitting song) or rimse (dancing song). Their spirited vocal sounds often imitate animal cries, bird songs, and insect sounds, due to animistic beliefs that elements of nature, plants, and animals are gods. This album illustrates a cross-section of Ainu life, including songs for religious ceremony, working, ritual, and entertainment. Album Tracks 1. Upopo 2. Upopo 3. Iyuta-Upopo 4. Rimse 5. Upopo 6. Horippa 7. Kamuy-Yukar 8. Yukar 9. Sinotcha Followed By a Tus 10. Tus 11. Yaysama 12. Yaysama 13. Chisi-Sinotcha 14. Ihumke

Various Artists - Japan Shomyo Bouddhit Ritual Dai Hannya / Var [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/10/2014