Kinshi Tsuruta: Epic recitation of the genre Satsuma-Biwa

Recitations of epics date from the 17th century and owe their name to the province of Satsuma (southern Japan), as well as to the pear-shaped lute biwa. This extract tells of one of the numerous battle episodes between the Heike and Genji clans during the 12th century. Kinshi Tsuruta is the most famous of such performers. She has a particularly deep voice: she sings in the chest register, whilst switching to head voice to execute the ornaments.
Enjoy her artistry and the beauty of Japanese culture and art!

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Music

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• Kinshi
• Tsuruta
• Satsuma
• Biwa

[lars3939]

Satsuma = south of mainland Japan

[johnxxx20000]

Thank you for the correction!

[Rahmemhotep]

such beauty. alot of people dont appreciate such music... i pity them..

[TKGMALICE]

i love this particular song of the monogatari :) i heard it on another video and they skipped around in the song and it really pissed me off... this isnt the whole song tho :/ i wanna hear the whole thing, i could listen to this for hours on end...

[warcraft3inmymind]

damn i looove this. THIS is music. simply amazing

[cheetah7769]

a treasure.

[acerb45666555]

thecritique.........its just what i heard in the voice. listen closely to it..........but after listening to mainland Throat singing...................i detected traces of this in Iranian music too! well. the Mongols were everywhere! so its not suprising theyre singing style would mix with the larger cultures the Mongols entered.

[thecritiquevirtuoso]

Please, what are your sources? I find your assertions unwarranted.

[BattleAngel]

I just love Kinishi!!!! This bitch rocks like hell! Japanese women are always on top of their game no matter what their age!!!!

Thank you so much for the upload!

Peace

[TKGMALICE]

I like tsuruta kinshi if you EVER find the whole verion of this song PLEASE send it to me

[wr5v]

or maybe some of them went to central asia..?? no one can profess to know such things.

[acerb45666555]

0:11...........remnant of throat singing! the ancient Japanese must have come from North east central asia!

[victimizah]

sorry i meant film, note file xD

[victimizah]

this song got me to seek biwa reciters

I heared it first in the file (Kwaidan)

could anyone recommend similar reciters?