New solo album by koto player Yoko Nishi who studied koto under Tadao Sawai. On this album, she playes koto, seventeen stringed koto and an ancient harp like instrument called a kugo that originally came from China to Japan in the Nara period (710-794). Beautifully recorded and exquisitely performed. Listen to samples of all tracks.
1. Gaku 2. Shika no Uta... 3. Midare 4. Kugo no Tameno 'Semi no Ho' 5. Southern Cross 6. Tsukiyo no Umi (The Sea in a Moonlit Night)