Silk strings were origiinally used for koto and are still sometimes used for shamisen. This CD features koto and shamisen played on silk strings to mark Japan's most famous and oldest silk reeling factory, Tomioka Silk Mill, being added to the World Heritage List as a cultural site in June 2014. Japanese traditional tunes with some western classical music in there too.
1. Nihon Ongaku Shudan / Sakura Sakura 2. Kiyotaka Toyama / Rokudan no Shirabe 3. Keiko Nosaka / Imayo 4. Kikusaburo Fujimatsu / Sumidagawa 5. Kinu no Kai / Nagoriyuki 6. Kinu no Kai / Beautiful Name 7. Kinu no Kai / Aine Kleine Nachtmusik 8. Toshiko Yonekawa I / Shiki no Uta 9. Katsue Shinuchi / Shinuchi Nagashi Yoshiwara no Jokei 10. Toshiko Yonekawa I / Aobajo Koiuta 11. Chie Hanawa / Sukiyaki 12. Kinu no Kai / Yesterday 13. Kinu no Kai / Akatombo 14. Ijushichi Yoshimura / Mushi 15. Toshiko Yonekawa I / Kojo no Tsuki 16. Toshiko Yonekawa I / Etude op. 10 no.3 17. Sachiko Kouta / Mayutamaya 18. Toshiko Yonekawa I / Sakura Sakura
