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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for koto by Nishimura Akira in 1987 .

River of Times appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Iris of Time  (Listen)		Sawai Tadao
II. A River of Times In the second part, time streams don't stand close but get parted from or interfere with each other, and gather finally to make one broad stream of time, that is the mainstream of time river, appear. Each player has an individual sheet music, and there exists no whole score. The solo koto and the solo 17-string koto are prepared by clips, finger-cymbals, haIf-split chopsticks, etc., while other eight players plays the koto by rubbing with bows for string instruments. As a result, its sonority has gone away from that of an ordinary koto ensemble. I remember that a hum of voices toward this strange sound arose among connoisseurs of Japanese music filled up seats of the Japan Arts Council just after the first performance. This composition is dedicated to Mr. Tadao Sawai and Mrs. Kazue Sawai. [ Akira Nishimura ]