Japanese Music: Japanese Dance Music

Music Of Japanese People (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 1994)
• Label: World Music Library
• ASIN: B000001LSH
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,224,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dance Music Of Kawachi - Hatsuneya Kenji

2. Bon Dance Song Of The Nothern Sea - Sasaki Motoharu

3. A 'Yakko' Servant Dance Of Kase - Narita Takeshi

4. 'Aiya' Of Tsugaru - Takahashi Tsuya

5. A Lively Dance Song Of Tsugaru - Tanaka Takeetu

6. 'Jonkara' Of Tsugaru - Asari Miki

7. A Dance Song Of Akita - Ono Hanako

8. A Drinking Song Of The Nambu District - Ikeda Misako

9. A Song Of Yagi - Kanzawa Toyohachi

10. 'Hanya' Of Sado Island - Matsumoto Masaji

11. Okesa Song Of Izumozaki - Matsumoto Masaji

12. Song Of Gujo - A Chockhorse - Koido Michio

13. A Bon Dance Song Of Mihara - Nogami Shigeko

14. The Dance Song Of Awa - Takada Misako

15. 'Haiya' Of Ushibuka - Suga Michiko

16. A Drinking Song Of Yassa - Taniguchi Kuni/Yonemaru Takako

17. 'Hanya' Of Kagoshima - Maezono Tomiko

18. Six Tunes - Ikeda Yoshinari/Ishihara Hisako/Nishi Kazumi/Tsukiji Shunzo/Hamakawa Nobuyoshi/Nakano Mitsuaki

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good Bon'odori collection, July 19, 2001

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Barbara Nostrand "Barbara Nostrand" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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The person who gave this recording one star clearly did not know what they were ordering. This is a collection of music for Bon Dancing. It is a fairly good collection. I would have prefered that it match one of the printed collections of bon dances so that all of the tracks could be easily applied to dance. Also, I was less than fond of the one track that included electric guitar music. Electric guitars were still very atypical in the 1980's when I presume that this recording was produced. Regardless, I have used this recording help introduce people to Japanese festival dance.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Acoustic Japanese folk, April 27, 1999

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This review is from: Japanese Music: Japanese Dance Music (Audio CD)

Compilation of traditional folk dance music selections (with vocals) from various parts of Japan. (Some of these tracks are on other CDs in the "Music of Japanese People" series.) These are more source type recordings, although not field recordings. But if one wants to get to the roots of the type of music which people like Shoukichi Kina, Nenes, etc. have electrified and modernized, this is good stuff.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good Bon'odori collection, July 19, 2001

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Barbara Nostrand "Barbara Nostrand" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Japanese Music: Japanese Dance Music (Audio CD)

The person who gave this recording one star clearly did not know what they were ordering. This is a collection of music for Bon Dancing. It is a fairly good collection. I would have prefered that it match one of the printed collections of bon dances so that all of the tracks could be easily applied to dance. Also, I was less than fond of the one track that included electric guitar music. Electric guitars were still very atypical in the 1980's when I presume that this recording was produced. Regardless, I have used this recording to help introduce people to Japanese festival dance.