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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Neptune, John Kaizan .

Genji appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Bamboo  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
Arakawa's strengths as an original composer and jazz arranger are well presented in this swinging, melodic number. It was first performed by the Tokyo Union big band at the Montreaux Jazz festival, Switzerland, in 1978. The arrangement here makes effective use of John's consummate shakuhachi style, with a Japanese "biwa" (lute) for flavor.