Ken Toyama playing Biwa 遠山顕 琵琶

Ken performs the introduction of a famous Samurai war saga, The Tale of Heike, first in Japanese and then in English.

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Music

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• ken
• toyama
• samurai
• biwa
• war
• saga
• story
• Heike
• tale
• japanese
• music

[audibleobsession]

this is so inspirational

[GenjiXLegend]

Sublimely done, his Heike biwa looks very nice.

I have seen a few better Heike Monogatari recitals though, but this was still well performed. :-)

[Blinkerage]

This was taken in a karoke bar I believe...All amature...

[DarthSedar]

Note to the camera crew: Next time you are going to film an artist, get the danged MICROPHONE on a stand out of his face!

[TKGMALICE]

also this is the first time i have heard the monogatari in english , very original , the heike monogatari is something i live to , i listen to it all the time and i know its pricipal of impermanence well. anyway very good !

[TKGMALICE]

your voice suits the biwa and the the heike monogatari very well , well done, do you know any of the other chapters i would really be intrested in hearing them, i can never find tsuruta kinshi anywhere i look ,but she is one of my favorite biwa players, also how do you go about reading biwa music , cuz i looked at it one time i think and it was just a bunch of calligraphy it looked like

[electriclavaland]

Never seen that instrument before. Way to go Ken! A man of many talents. Much aloha.

[Tenchcnet]

OMG :) I love this music, I love Japan man