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This is a Modern piece . Kagerou no Odori is also known as: Shimmering Heat Waves. This piece was composed for koto in 1925.

Kagerou no Odori appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Best Take 7 - Tazuko Miyashita  (Listen)		Miyashita Tazuko
"Shimmering Heat Waves (Kagerou-no-Odori)" composed 1925 This work is a fantasia-like expression of heat waves dancing on a spring field. It has no particular melodic theme or musical form. The piece starts with a trill using the technique in which the plectrum strike the strings rather than plucking them. From this absorbing reverberation springs a clear, high-pitched introductory melody. Following this allusionary introduction comes a passage that delineates the bright tranquility of a spring field. Soon after the work moves into the world of illusion via the repetition of glissandos. The central portion of the work, comprising the sukuizume technique of repeated downstrokes and upstrokes, develops into a magnificent passage which depicts the slender waves of quivering heat. Although this section does not employ any new or unusual techniques, the repetition of rapidly moving melodic patterns requires a high degree of virtuosity to produce a brilliant effect. The shimmering heat waves gradually fade out, leading to the return of the spring theme before closing with quiet lingering reverberations.