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Maboroshi no Hashira

幻の柱

[Composed]Chikushi Katsuko - Koto

Maboroshi no Hashira appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonChallenging Eternity Disk 06 Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune
Voice : Chikushi Miyoko
Koto : Chikushi Junko

Gendai Sōkyoku Meikyokusen 7 Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune
Koto : Chikushi Miyoko
Koto : Chikushi Junko

Sounds from Japan Koto : Haga Mikiko
Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya
This tune was composed by Kazuko Chikushi at the end of 1945, based on the Japanese poems by Takeko Kujo. It is said that Kazuko Chikushi, who had sympathy with these Waka poems of Takeko Kujo as a female, couldn't help shedding tears, while she was composing it. This tune is filled with the notes that express the pure heartedness, agony and yearning hidden in the female's mind. (Katsuya Yokoyama)