Album
Japan (Kabuki & Other Traditional Music)
1980 · Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Rare pressing on Gatefold

Japan (Kabuki & Other Traditional Music) is a Folk album by Ensemble Nipponia, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Echigojishi = The Echigo Lion5:40
- A2Ataka No Matsu = The Pine Tree At Ataka3:14
- A3Musume Dōjōji = The Maiden At The Dōjō Temple4:54
- A4Kanjinchō = The Subscription List10:03
Side B
- B1Shirabe-Sagariha = The Sound Of Wind Through The Bamboo Leaves5:36
- B2Atsumori = The Death Of Atsumori7:16
- B3Hanayagi = The Greening6:12
- B4Sattō = Wind Dance6:06
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Traditional Folk
- cavernous
- meditative
- theatrical
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, October 1978.
Tracks written in the following years:
A1 - 1811
A2 - 1769
A3 - 1753
A4 - 1840
B2 - 12th Century
B3 - 1976
B4 - 1975
Mastering credit in LCCN and Credits based on liner credit: "mastering/Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)" and Lacquer Cut At credit based on runouts.
Runouts are etched, except for stamped "ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ".
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Akikuni TakahashiPERCUSSION
- Ayako HandaBIWA, VOCALS
- Hiromitsu KatadaPERCUSSION
- Kohei NishikawaFLUTE , SHINOBUE
- Taichi OzakiDRUM PERCUSSION
- 藤舎成敏DRUM PERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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