{"product_id":"shigeo-tanaka-yumi-kagura","title":"Tanaka, Shigeo: Yumi Kagura - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYumi Kagura\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eTanaka, Shigeo\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eEm Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4560283217541\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eInternational\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2016-08-26\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Limited vinyl LP pressing including six page insert. Kagura is a thousand-year-old form of Japanese Shinto sacred music and dance, accompanying the chanting of myths; the word \"kagura\" can be translated as \"god-entertainment\". Passed down over countless generations, the music is rare and recordings even rarer. Shigeo Tanaka was a master of the yumi (bow), an uncommon single-string percussion instrument, which is a true bow: arrows are fired off at the end of each ceremony to fend off evil spirits. The instrument is difficult to play; it's hard to draw out the proper sound and maintain the rhythm. Yumi Kagura is the oldest of all the various forms of Kagura. The Tanaka family, based in rural Joge-cho, Hiroshima prefecture, has passed down this yumi kagura tradition for hundreds of years; this lineage continues to this day in the person of his daughter Ritsuko Tanaka. The Joge-cho yumi kagura, which prays for family well-being, bountiful crops and good fortune, was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1971. Previously available only on a ridiculously obscure 1991 cassette release, Yumi-kagura is the first collaborative release by EM Records and Riyo Mountains, a Japanese folk song research team.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Yumi Kagura: Takusa Saimon (1991) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Inagahachiman Jinja Yumi Kagura HONO (2016) Ritsuko Tanaka\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tanaka, Shigeo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32291688382535,"sku":"31270502","price":31.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3411750.jpg?v=1747404530","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/shigeo-tanaka-yumi-kagura","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}