Back in 1976, the original version of this release won the Cultural Arts Excellence Award, which is considered to be the defining document of shinto music, the native religion of Japan. Recordings of the representative strands of shinto music, such as celebrations and ritual music, festival rituals and festival music in performring arts (kagura). Comes with 228 page book (Japanese) with two English chapters, Eishi Kikkawa - Music of Shinto, Characteric Religious Music of Japan and Sokyo Ono - What is Shinto? A4 size, beautifully packaged.
CD1
1. Houko-sanshin-shubatsu-chakuza-kaihi-kensen-reisai Norito Sojo 2. Oh-harae-no-kotoba 3. Tokusa-no-harae-kotoba 4. Mitegura 5. Ajime-saho 6. Ajime-saho 7. Akagari 8. Sonokoma 9. Kowadashi 10. Oburi 11. Niuta 12. Suruga-uta 13. Suruga-uta
CD2
1. Haru <Actinic:Variable Name = 'Spring'/> 2. Sugagaki 3. Shinsen 4. Tamagushi 5. Shinkai-houdoku 6. Tessen 7. Akashi-no-ura 8. Minato-gawa 9. Chuseigaku No.5 10. Ama-no-to 11. Ama-no-to 12. Chuseigaku No.4
13. Houhei 14. Netori No.4 15. Chuseigaku No.20 16. Fuji-no-ne
CD3
1. Sugagakifuri 2. Imayo 3. Haru-no-shirabe 4. Isuzu-gawa 5. Ama-no-kazu-uta 6. Yamato-miuta-no-mai 7. Miko-kagura 8. Sada-kagura 9. Arifuku-kagura 10. Hana-matsuri
CD4
1. Otaue-uta 2. Taue-uta 3. Nachi Dengaku 4. Bin-zasara-no-mai 5. Modoki-kaikou 6. Tozan-bayashi & Gezan-bayashi 7. Tora-mai-no-hayashi & Shichifukujin-no-hayashi 8. Kasai-bayashi 9. Kanda-bayashi 10. Fune-no-owatari-no-hayashi 11. Yasurai-shoka 12. Ja-odori-no-hayashi. Kasaboko-no-hayashi. Shagiri. 13. Tsunahiki-uta
