The International Shakuhachi Society

- Recording: Yonin no Kai -

Kitahara Kozan II

EMI - TH-60001

Track	Title	Kanji	Length	Shakuhachi	Shamisen	Koto
1 (Listen)	Suite Originated from Folk Songs of Tohoku District		14'24	Kitahara Kozan II
	This is the original for this record. It is constituted of three movements; the first is after a manner of "Nanbu Ushioi Uta" (a song of pasturage), the second after "Tsugaru-Aiya-Bushi" (a song for dance), and the third after "Tairyo-Utaikomi" (a song for fishing).
2 (Listen)	Suite Originated from Folk Songs of the San-In and Tohoku Districts		14'22	Kitahara Kozan II
	This is also made up of three movements. The first movement is after a manner of "Kaigara-Bushi" (a boatmen's song for shell-fishing), the second is after "Yamanaka-Bushi" (a feast song at a hot spring place), the third "Sekino-Gohonmatsu" (a song of a port named Mihoga-Sekj).
3 (Listen)	Duet Originated from Folk Songs of Hokkaido District		13'05	Kitahara Kozan II
	This is a duet of shakuhachi and koto from two folk songs of Hokkaido district (the northern area of Japan). One is "Esashi Oiwake" (a boatmen's song), the other is "Soran-Bushi" (a work song of fishermen).
4 (Listen)	Suite Originated from Ryukyu Folk Songs		13'04	Kitahara Kozan II
	This is after a manner of folk songs of Japanese southern islands. It is made up of three parts, and three tunes of folk songs called "Asadoya-Yunta" "Tobaruma" and "Tanchame" are taken. The scale and melody peculiar to Ryukyu make this song very different from others.