{"product_id":"tanaka-shigeo-yumi-kagura-vinyl-lp-em-records-4560283217541","title":"Tanaka, Shigeo: Yumi Kagura (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited 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.  Yumi Kagura: Takusa Saimon (1991), Inagahachiman Jinja Yumi Kagura HONO (2016) Ritsuko Tanaka\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Em Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40381756965014,"sku":"4560283217541","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2231\/7305\/products\/3411750_2caed464-75ed-4c3b-aef0-b07b0168a028.jpg?v=1704853572","url":"https:\/\/www.besvinyl.com\/products\/tanaka-shigeo-yumi-kagura-vinyl-lp-em-records-4560283217541","provider":"besvinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}