Koto Performance

Yamaguchi University Koto club play their traditional Japanese musical instruments, which are Koto (flat bed harp) and shamisen (a sort of guitar like instrument). They played very well.

The only problem with the performance was that each song lasted about 15 minutes and they did three. I think that the audience should have been encouraged to treat them as background music because as background music it would have been very good, especially had they been futher from the food. I was not sufficiently enamoured of their playing to want to dedicated my attention to it for 45 minutes, even though it was very atmospheric.

The Japanese present felt oblidged to stop their conversations and listen to the performance and only the gaijin kept talking at the back.

This video alas shows the last few seconds and the appause from the audience.

Uploaded without the performers permission. Please let me know if you want it taken down tim at nihonbunka dot com.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• koto
• japan
• music
• gagaku
• traditional