A Legendary koto musician, blind performer, composer, innovator of traditional Japanese music, and essayist, too. Learned not only koto but also Western music, he had become an innovative composer and performer of koto, as well as inventor of 17 string koto, which has 13 strings traditionally though. He created new classics of koto, Shakuhachi, and Voice solo, duo, trio, or chamber ensembles.
Here is the contents translated by the Reviewer:
1. 春の海 Spring Ocean, accompanied by the original shakuhachi 2. 水の変態 Changing Forms of Water 3. さくら変奏曲 "Sakura" Variation, based on a classic named "Cherry" 4. 瀬音 Sound of Stream 5. 数え唄変奏曲 Variation on "Kazoeuta" math song 6. 秋の調べ A Tune of Autumn 7. さらし風手事 Sarashifu Tegoto, a duo of high and low koto
His most important composition 1. 'Spring Ocean' is performed with Shakuhachi as the original. 2. 'Changing Forms of Water' is his debut composition when he was 14 years old living in Korea.
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