Japan: Kabuki & Other Traditional Music in 320kbps MP3. Performed by various members of Ensemble Nipponia, recorded in 1978. Featured instruments include shamisen, shakuhachi, biwa, koto, ko-tsuzumi, oo-tsuzumi, shinobue, nohkan and various percussion instruments. Also includes 600dps scans of all booklet pages. Description from the booklet: The Japanese traditions of narrative and instrumental music exist independently of one another but flow together in the music of the Japanese theater. The first half of this program is devoted to *nagauta*, one of the chief musical genres of the *kabuki* stage; the last four pieces comprise an excerpt from one of the great narrative epics and music from three purely instrumental traditions. Tracklist: 01. Echigojishi (The Echigo Lion) 02. Ataka No Matsu (The Pine Tree At Ataka) 03. Musume Dōjōji (The Maiden At The Dōjō Temple) 04. Kanjinchō (The Subscription List) 05. Shirabe-Sagariha (The Sound Of Wind Through The Bamboo Leaves) 06. Atsumori (The Death Of Atsumori) 07. Hanayagi (The Greening) 08. Sattō (Wind Dance)