Trad Folk Songs Japan / Var Trad Folk Songs Japan / Var CD

The abundant folk music of Japan may be classified under several major headings, religious songs, work songs, ballads, children's songs, and dancing songs sung at festivals. This album introduces the listener to all of these different styles, featuring the singing of temples monks, coastal villagers, and city geishas. Also on display is the variety of musical instruments including the samisen, the bamboo flute, and others.

1. Soran Bushi 2. Ezashi Oiwake 3. Dance Songs at Bon in Hokkaido 4. The Song of the Rice Husking 5. Saitara Zinku/Toshima Zinku 6. Songs of Picking Safflowers 7. Sawauchi Zinku 8. Dyamako Bushi 9. Dance Song at Nikko 10. Songs of Kusatsu the Hot Spring 11. Coal Miner's Songs of Joban 12. Chichibu Ondo 13. Yagi Bushi 14. The Hack-Driver's Song of Hakone 15. Sado Okesa 16. Kiso Bushi 17. Ina Bushi 18. Dekansho Song 19. Shigesa Bushi 20. Songs of the Stonemason 21. The Song of the Shellfish-Gatherer 22. The Song of Bathing in the Hot Spring 23. Shimotsui Bushi 24. Yasugi Bushi 25. Yosakoi Bushi 26. The Coal Miners's Song in Kyushu 27. Shintaro San of the Mountain 28. Kuroda Bushi 29. The Mower's Songs 30. Hie-Pounding Song 31. Songs of Kumamoto 32. Lullaby of Itsuki 33. Kagoshima Ohara Bushi 34. Hatoma Bushi 35. Asadoya Yunta of Okinawa