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Recordings featuring traditional Japanese instruments.

Album CoverMedia TitleMedia TypeArtistMedia LabelCatalog NumberDateSynopsis
Music for Yoga and Reiki - Relaxation Music for Shakuhachi Music for Yoga and Reiki - Relaxation Music for Shakuhachi CD Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2019 (Description from Rodrigo Rodriguez): This is a shakuhachi flute album for soloist and duo dedicated to the healing practices of Reiki and Yoga. Shakuhachi music especially from the Honkyoku repertoire on this occasion is an ideal accompaniment to induce people to a meditative and calm state of mind. In this album Rodrigo Rodriguez selects from the Honkyoku, modern and minyo repertoire.
Poem of Japan: Music for Shakuhachi Poem of Japan: Music for Shakuhachi DIGITAL Rodriguez, Rodrigo

2019 (Description from Rodrigo Rodriguez): (Poem of Japan) Mizuho no Uta /Poem of Japan みずほのうた Composed by Kohachiro Miyata© 1978 Mizuho's "mizu" is water and "ho" is ears of rice. This rice is soaking with enough water. Japanese people has treated rice as main food and value it as identity. However, 1970's, Japan took an economic policy ("traitor" policy) to reduce Japanese (domestic) rice and increase importing rice from U.S.A. Then the food self-sufficiency ratio became under 40%. Japanese farmer has best rice crop upon a unit area. Kohachiro Miyata proud composed this piece, and wish to revive of such Japanese rice. Food self-sufficiency means real "independence”. This is a piece of genre Modern. Poem of Japan was composed originally for Shakuhachi and Koto by Miyata Kohachiro© in 1978/11/25, 3 months after the birth of Rodrigo Rodriguez who had the date of 1978/8/2

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