Omoshiro Nippon 2 - Jiuta

Jiuta can be described as 'songs of the country' and were traditionally performed on shamisen in the pleasure quarters of Kyoto and Osaka largely by Geishas. Many of the early players were blind, and over the years the shamisen players played together with koto musicians. Seikin Toyama I is one of the great jiuta shamisen players and here performs five funny and playful tunes. 1. Tanishi 2. Kawazu 3. Konkyoji 4. Magari-nezumi 5. Tanuki