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Toshi Tsuchitori

Dotaku: Ancient Japanese Bronze Bells from Yayoi Period (B.C. 400-A.D. 250)

(Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation/Victor Entertainment, VZCG 684) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Tatae (3:05)
  2. Ryusui (10:10)
  3. Unebi (6:31)
  4. Ibuki (3:15)
  5. Raijin (9:06)
  6. Reimei (11:25)

All compositions by Toshi Tsuchitori

Toshi Tsuchitori: dotaku (1-3, 5, 6), Yayoi fue [flute] (4), Dong Son drum (5)

Produced by Harue Momoyama
Recorded by Ryoichi Muraoka at the top of Mt. Unebi, Nara prefecture, April 7, 1983
Reissue mastered by Kazuie Sugimoto
Photos by Toshinobu Takeuchi
Reissue design by Akira Sasaki
Includes a 28-page booklet with Japanese liner notes by Toshi Tsuchitori, Harue Momoyama, and Kunio Kuno; English liner notes; a biography of Toshi Tsuchitori in Japanese and English; and photos

Released in July 2008
Originally released in July 1983 as the LP Dotaku: Yayoi Genso on Victor (SGS-35)