Traditional Hokkaido Song

This is a piece that can be found in Samurai Champloo. The main string instrument is a tonkori, an instrument that originates from Hokkaido. I was wondering if anyone could confirm this as being "tradition music" from Hokkaido.

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Music

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• Anime
• Music
• Hokkaido
• Japan
• Ainu

[jesustia86]

yep, the whole (double) episode is centered around this ainu character (okuru) and the sadness of his life and family (see Ainu culture) being destroyed by the shogunate officials.

and this song is actually from famous Ainu musician Umeko Ando.

[battlecry]

r.i.p Umeko Ando

[stonem83]

reminded me of how the white people treated the Native American in the USA. Two different countries but the hatred of different cultures remains the same.

[estverendum]

Its scenes like this that are the reason that I love this anime.

[animationeer]

the saddest thing about this clip is that it's true and this sort of thing probably happened on a regular basis back then. It's a historical fact that, for centuries, the majority Yamato (the ethnic term for Japanese) had often tried to "cleanse" and eradicate the culture of the minority Ainu population. Even though the Ainu (who were the true descendants of the Jomon, the 1st people of Japan) had been in Japan long before the Yamato came, the Yamato tried to wipe them out. sad. ;.;

[hero121385]

Its fucked up because Okuru didn't do anything wrong. Yet he was hunted like some wild dog.

[1andonlycrazist]

Thank you kindly! I've been trying to find it under it's normal title and artist but absolutely NO ONE has it. Hopefully people won't ban it!

[DiscoverySound]

That was my music used. Great!!

[divebarverse]

Such a sad song - thank you for posting this I've been looking everywhere. This was a good episode as well. Loved this character.

[AphroditeEros33]

rather sad sound, but beautiful

[jesustia86]

@kungfufreddy Bekanbe Uku by Umeko Ando, but I'm not 100%

[kungfufreddy]

@jesustia86 whats the song called?