Archives West Finding Aid

Performers and contents:

Performers: Yamase Shōin/koto, sangen, kokyu, vocal; Yamase Shizuko/koto, sangen, vocal; Satō Shitose/koto, sangen, vocal; Manabe Shizuse/koto, vocal; Nakada Hiroyuki/Koto, vocal; Tsukada Hidese/koto; Yamaguchi Gorō/shakuhachi; Takada Shōshō/koto; Kojima Sōmei/koto; Takao Miyō/koto; Yagi Keiji/koto; Yonekawa Toshiko/koto; Osawa Shōei/vocal; Hirano Kiyose; Higaki Isei/vocal; Imai Kuniko/koto; Sudō Ikun/sangen; Nagasaka Fuse/vocal.

Contents:

Tape 1 - Hatsune no kyoku (composed by Yamada Kengyō); Shiki no kyoku (Yatsuhashi Kengyō); Kumoi no kyoku (Yatsuhashi Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/koto, vocal; Yamase Shizuko/koto, vocal)

Tape 2 - Kumoi Rōsai (composed by Yatsuhashi Kengyō); Usugoromo no kyoku (Yatsuhashi Kengyō) (Performer: Yamase Shōin/koto, vocal)

Tape 3 - Tomochidori no kyoku (composed by Hisamura Kengyō); Kogō no kyoku (Yamada Kengyō); Enoshima no kyoku (Yamada Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/koto, vocal (all selections); Yamase Shizuko/vocal (selections 1 & 3,) koto (1), sangen (2); Satō Shitose/vocal (2), sangen (3); Manabe Shizuse/koto (2); Tsukada Hidese/koto (3); Yamaguchi Gorō/shakuhachi (3))

Tape 4 - Yuya (composed by Yamada Kengyō); Sumiyoshi (Yamada Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/sangen (1), vocal; Yamase Shizuko/koto (1), sangen (2), vocal (1); Satō Shitose/vocal (2); Nakada Hiroyuki/koto (1), vocal (1); Takada Shōshō/koto (2); Tsukada Hidese/koto (2))

Tape 5 - Chōgonka no kyoku (composed by Yamada Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/koto, vocal; Satō Shitose/vocal; Manabe Shizuse/koto, vocal; Yamase Shōin/sangen)

Tape 6 - Aoi no ue (composed by Yamada Kengyō); Enoshima no kyoku (Yamada Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal, koto; Yamase Shizuko/sangen (1), vocal (2); Satō Shitose/koto (1), sangen (2); Tsukada Hidese/koto (2); Yamaguchi Gorō/shakuhachi (2))

Tape 7 - Sakuragari (composed by Yamada Kengyō); Hototogisu (Yamada Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal (1,2), koto (1); Yamase Shizuko/sangen (1,2); Manabe Shizuse/koto (1,2), vocal (1); Tsukada Hidese/koto (2))

Tape 8 - Tokiwa no Sakae (composed by Yamase Kengyō); Kazashi no yuki (Yamase Kengyō); Oborozuki (Yamase Shōin III) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal, koto; Kojima Sōmei/koto (1); Yamase Shizuko/sangen (1); Takao Miyō/koto (2); Satō Shitose/sangen (2,3); Tsukada Hidese/koto (2))

Tape 9 - Hana no kumo (composed by Yamase Shōin III); Miyako no haru (Yamase Shōin III); Yodanginuta (Hasegawa Kengyō?); Rokudan no shirabe (Yatsuhashi Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal (1,2), koto (2,3,4); Manabe Shizuse/vocal (2), koto (1,2); Yamase Shizuko/sangen (2,3), koto (3))

Tape 10 - Yūgao (sangen part composed by Kikuoka Kengyō, koto part composed by Yaezaki Kengyō); Chidori no kyoku (Yoshizawa Kengyō); Shin dōjōji (composed by Kineya Chōgorō II and Yoshizawa Kinpachi?) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal (1,2,3), sangen (1,3), koto (2), kokyu (2); Yamase Shizuko/koto (1,3))

Tape 11 - Kane ga misaki; Shin aoyagi (composed by Ishikawa Kōdō, koto part composed by Yaezaki Kengyō) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal, sangen; Yamase Shizuko/koto (1); Tsukada Hidese/koto (1); Yagi Keiji/koto (2))

Tape 12 - Nanakomachi (Mitsuzaki Kengyō); Shichifukujin (Nakanoshima Shosei Kengyō I) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal (1,2), sangen (1), koto (2); Yonekawa Toshiko/koto (1); Osawa Shōei/vocal (2); Hirano Kiyose/sangen (2); Yamase Shizuko/vocal (2); Higaki Isei/vocal (2); Imai Kuniko/koto (2); Sudō Ikun/sangen (2); Fukuhara Hyakunosuke/fue (2); Katada Kishirō/kotsuzumi (2))

Tape 13 - Matsuno hagoromo (composed by Kanno Joyū I) (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal, koto; Satō Shitose/vocal; Tsukada Hidese/koto; Yamase Shizuko/vocal, sangen)

Tape 14 - Sanbasō (Performers: Yamase Shōin/vocal, sangen; Yamase Shizuko/vocal; Satō Shitose/vocal; Nagasaka Fuse/vocal; Manabe Shizuse/koto; Tsukada Hidese/koto)

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Documentation: Booklet in Japanese.