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This is a N-A piece .

History (from Kurahashi Yoshio)
Practice piece composed by Kurahashi Yodo

Etenraku appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Gagaku - The Imperial Court Music of Japan  (Listen)
The best-known of all the Gagaku repertoire, its music was frequently used as an accompaniment co the popular songs (imayo) of the Heian Period (794-1185). The composition consists of three melodic phrases, thirty-two slow beats each. The tide . means "music of divinity" and is played by wind, string and percussion instruments in the basic tone of e.
Koto no Miryoku - Disk 2  (Listen)
Melody of Japan - Stillness of Winter  (Listen)