Shin'chi Yuize - The Japanese Koto [CD]

Cook Records

Artist: Shin'chi Yuize

Title: The Japanese Koto

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2012

Label: Cook Records

UPC: 093071113229

Genre: International

Album Tracks

1. Dance Suite: Shuttlecock, Lantern Parade, Ainu Children's Dance
2. Three Etudes: Woodpecker, Murmuring Water, Blacksmith
3. Theme and Variations: The Prince and the Ugly Maiden
4. Rokudan: 16th Century Kengyo Yatsuhashi
5. Yu Gao: 17th Century Kengyo Yaezaki
6. Chi Dori: 18th Century Kengyo Yoshizawa

Koto virtuoso Shinichi Yuize performs imperial court music dating as far back as the early 16th Century in addition to his own contemporary compositions. Koto is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument little changed from the 7th century, when it's forerunner was imported from China.