My professor of Japanese culture explained the sacred value of the biwa and how it's a tool that can "pierce the spirit world" bridging the gap between existence. I felt chills that raked my soul the first time I heard it.
The acoustic properties of the instrument, their combinations, pace and artistic preferences of the culture determine it. The instruments are actually not fully unique to Japan, and it is more likely that the original wares and music theory came from China. However, this is where their differences start, and the character of their cultures shine through.
It's a traditional Japanese biwa, a sort of lute, and was used to accompany stories of great warriors. This piece is telling the story of Nasuno Yoichi, a samurai archer in the war between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the 13th century. The Taira put a fan on top of the mast of one of their ships and dared the Minamoto warriors to try to hit it. Nasuno Yoichi was the best archer, and it tells of how he praya to the gods and says he would rather die and never go home than fail to hit the target. It's called Ogi no Mato - the folded fan as target. The story tells how he hit the fan.
Nasu no Yoichi (那須 与一?) (c. 1169 - c. 1232) was a samurai who fought alongside the Minamoto clan in the Genpei War. He is particularly famous for his actions at the Battle of Yashima in 1184. According to the Heike Monogatari, the enemy Taira placed a fan atop the mast of one of their ships, claiming it protected the ship from arrows, and daring the Minamoto warriors to shoot it off. Sitting atop his mount in the waves, his target atop the ship rocking as well, Nasu nevertheless shot it down with only one shot. After the Genpei War, he was made daimyō of Tottori Castle, but he lost this position to Kajiwara Kagetoki after being defeated in a hunting competition. He left Echigo Province and, following the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Nasu became a Buddhist monk in the Jodo Shinshu sect. Eventually, he formed a temple, which has since been passed down to the oldest son of the Nasu family. For administrative purposes, detailed records were kept regarding who was to inherit the temple. As a result of this, it was possible to trace the Nasu lineage right up to the destruction of the temple during World War II. Most believe that he died at the age of 64, in the year 1232, during a ceremony in Kobe honoring those who died in the Genpei War.
Splendid Zen You are great in anything Japanese. Nasu（那須）is place name one hour and a half train to the north from Tokyo station where the Imperial summer palace exists. Yoich（与一）means extra heir. His parents were feudal lords around there.However, in samurai society gender equality was a must.He had a political but tacit lover who was destined to marry him She had no way other than to pray for his return and distinguished service in the battlefield.
Useful wikipedia. The Heike Monogatari gives the full name as Yoichi Munetaka, son of Nasu no Taro Suketaka of Shimotsuke, and the age of about twenty (English version). In the song, he is called by his given name of Munetaka, and the age is 17.
Too anyone who really enjoyed this I suggest watching the 1964 movie Kwaidan. Its one of the most beautiful films of all time, this music is featured very heavily in it.
Best comment I ever read was on someone playing a trumpet into a couple mile long pipe. And he said “everyone gangster till the toilet starts playing music” Thank you for reminding me of this hilarious comment
That’s okay. I came here wanting to know what a biwa was and how it sounded, and heard a beautiful story and got a history lesson all in one. I’ve walked away from this video with a new appreciation for an instrument I didn’t even know existed and a curiosity to learn more about the instrument and the culture.
So hard to find an authentic japanese traditional song in this sea of "meditation, relaxation" kitsch ... Very interesting performance. Thank you very much.
Clearly in the same musical universe as traditional Chinese or Indian music.Though, Japanese instruments seem more primitive and the music seems to be closer to folk or tribal music. But the simplicity is deceptive. I don't think any other musical system is better than Japan''s at the treatment of silences. The music invites us to contrast the duration and intensity and the tones to adjoining silences, to perceive how the silences.musical overtones subtly modify silence and to contemplate each individual silence by itself. A very pure expressions of Zen Buddhist sensibility.
The seeming simplicity of the instrument only that - seeming. Listen to the amazing variety of expression that she derives from it. The trick is not to listen to it as a melody but as speech. Her playing is a masterpiece of inflection, timing, tension building and even depiction of the whistling arrow. This is playing and singing of the highest subtlety.
Not a word I can understand, I can feel her pure performance. Extracts the history, from far days, maybe talking about herself, what has happened to her. Great art.
For those in need of context and don't want to follow the link, Nasu no Yoichi was a famous Samurai in the Genpei War (which ended the Heian Era and ushered forth the first Shoganate). According to the "Tale of the Heike", at the Battle of Yashima in 1185, the Taira forces placed a fan atop the masts of one of their ships floating off the shore, daring the Minomoto forces to shoot and hit it with their arrows. Nasu, riding his horse into the waters, despite both himself and the boat rocking from the waves, took aim with his bow and nailed it with one shot.
Kumada Kahori performs “Nasu no Yoichi,” from the “Tale of Heike.” She plays a five-string Satsuma biwa of the Nishiki-ryū type, also used by many Tsuruta-ryū performers. I’ve never heard any Tsuru-ha player do “Nasu no Yoichi” before. This may be her own setting. The story is as related by other commentators here. - Kyokureki
Japanese Lyrics & Romanization 去る程に Saru hodo ni 那須与市宗高は Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka wa 君の仰せをかしこみて Kimi no ōse o kashikomite 波打ち際に 乗りいだす Namiuchigiwa ni noriidasu この時 宗高 十七歳 Kono toki Munetaka jūnanasai かかる晴れなる場所にいで Kakaru harenaru basho ni ide もしもこの矢をあやまらば Moshimo kono ya o ayamaraba 弓切り折って割腹し Yumi kiri otte kappuku shi その場をさらで 死なんずと Sono ba o sarade shinanzu to 入り日傾く 屋島潟 Irihi katamuku Yashimagata さっと乗り入る 海の面 Satto noriiru umi no omo 渡る潮風いと強く Wataru shiokaze ito tsuyoku 打ち込む波の高ければ Uchikomu nami no takakereba 駒のあがきの定まらず Koma no agaki no sadamarazu 扇も風にたまらねば Ōgi mo kaze ni tamaraneba くるりくるりと打ちまわり Kururi kururi to uchimawari ねらい定むるすべもなし Nerai sadamuru sube mo nashi 今の与市を哀れとも Ima no Yoichi o aware tomo 見たもう慈悲のましまさば Mitamō jihi no mashimasaba この波風を打ち鎮め Kono namikaze o uchishizume 扇を射落とさせたまえやと Ōgi o iotosase tamaeya to 心を込めてぞ祈りける Kokoro o kometezo inorikeru この念力や通じけむ Kono nenriki ya tsūjiken 磯吹く風も音絶えて Iso fuku kaze mo oto taete 駒も扇も静まりぬ Koma mo ōgi mo shizumarinu 宗高 心 勇み立ち Munetaka kokoro isamitachi 鏑矢つがえて引きしぼる Kaburaya tsugaete hikishiboru 源氏の兵 声々に Genji no tsuwamono koegoe ni いま少しうち入れたまえ Ima sukoshi uchiire tamae うち入れたまえと呼ばわるを Uchiire tamae to yobawaru o さらに耳にも聞き入れず Sara ni mimi nimo kikiirezu 矢声をかけて切って放つ Yagoe o kakete kitte hanatsu 矢音は浦になりわたり Yaoto wa ura ni nariwatari 要際より ふっつと射切る Kanamegiwa yori futtsu to ikiru 屋島潟 入る日の影に なるはずの Yashimagata iruhi no kage ni naru hazu no 響きは高し 波のはてまで Hibiki wa takashi nami no hate made
When the song ends, my imagination turns towards an ancient era. I can see a clear day, sitting on the gentle waves, grey mountains in the distance, my spirit full of resolve.
Nasuno Yoichi was a great archer in the Genji-Army. He had to hit the fan on the enemy's boat's mast, Otherwise he had to kill himselve for bringing shame over his whole troop. What a culture, what a discipline! Marvellous. Great Artist this young Lady!
I wish I could hit "like" for this video 1,000 times!!! NEVER have I heard such a beautiful voice, especially associated with this genre of Japanese music...💜
Some things transcend language and culture. This song's beauty is one of them. I was entranced, even though I don't know what story is being told or even if there is one.
Kumada Kahori. I imagine what I'm seeing and hearing here is very much like what someone would have experienced centuries ago. Generations of people rise up and fade away according to the same pattern, not endlessly but towards some specific place, maybe like Nasu no Yoichi's arrow, all of us as individuals but humanity as a whole as well. A curious experience for a foreigner!
I liked this part a lot from the Heike Monogatari. With the story, the background music, and the sound effect you made with your biwa, I could imagine the tense air created when Yoichi pulled and shot his arrow.
I fell in love with the biwa and the haunting music and story telling singing when I first watched an old Japanese Horror movie called “ Kwaidan” many years ago.
Every once in a while i'll see straight up shadow people, or glowing people. I think they're demons, and angels respectively. They're very rare, very faint, gone in an instant, but humanoid, and seemingly aware. You really have to have your head on a swivel to see them, as I take it they don't enjoy being noticed. There's definitely a lot more going on, than simply meets the eye, a whole other reality, woven into ours like threads in fabric..
This is beautiful! Her voice is so pure and the instrument so distinct. I’m currently working on a project where we interview musicians from around the world. If Kahori Kumada might want to be part of the project, we’d love to have her!
I love this music. I'm a big fan of music and language. I think it's interesting that they use the 琵琶 kanji to write Biwa but it's Pipa in Chinese which, although similar, is a completely different instrument.
Ben McCrary I might assume that these hieroglyphics are used as a generalisation - the "koto" kanji means "zither" in Chinese, but it is a different instrument (of the zither family, ofc).
I first heard the Biwa in Spirit Tracks, a Zelda game for the DS (for anyone who knows, it's the instrument that Steem, the Snow Lokomo, uses) I fucking loved it
I was curious and wanted to hear some traditional Japanese music to learn more about the sound. Very lovely performance and the instrument of course so wonderful to hear! Thank you for sharing!
I've been watching this video every once and a while for 6 years now, and it's just as absolutely mesmerizing every single time. I'm just amazed by it!
***** It is heikyoku music in which "Heike Monogatari (the story of Heike clan " is sung accompanied by biwa performance. Heike clan held substantial power of Japan in the 11th century but eventually defeated by Minamoto clan. The story tells Heike clan's rise and fall. It used to be sung by strolling biwa houshi (blind monk biwa players ) which died out late 20th century.
sydneyricefish so... what are you waiting for... WE are waiting for you to tell us the story lol. Cmon :) If you know that much you gotta know more, give. ;)
Came here by the reference kawaidan movie. That story of a blind man singing glories of loss warriors literally breathtaking. So is this instrument and the singing thank you so much for the creation
The story is not about Oda Nobunaga's death in Honno-ji but about the incident took place during the battle between Minamoto(aka Genji) and Taira(aka Heike) in late 1100s. The Taira was pushed into the sea at the end of the war, waiting for the final battle to begin, a small boat came out in front of the Minamoto on the shore with a Taira woman holding a pole with a fan on the top challenged the Minamoto to shoot it down. Minamoto no Yoshitsune(the general) called a few expert archers in his army and interviewed them and asked how confident they were and chose a teenager Nasu no Yoichi. He went out in the water on his horse and waited the right moment and took a shot and made it. Nasu no Yoich had a whole Minamoto clan's pride on his shoulder, in case of missed shot, he was ready to commit suicide on the spot in the samurai fashion(slashing belly).
True that. Your best chance would be searching Japan for a supplier and a teacher. Sadly the instrument is nowhere as commonplace as it once was. The shamisen is far more accessible nowadays. However there are many similarities with the shamisen and other Asian instruments such as the sitar.
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My professor of Japanese culture explained the sacred value of the biwa and how it's a tool that can "pierce the spirit world" bridging the gap between existence. I felt chills that raked my soul the first time I heard it.
Aleksa Stojic, I guess that explains the tale of Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi
Whoa I didn't know that, tysm for sharing!! ❤❤
Thx for the fact
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The Australian Aborigines are the same way with the didgeridoo.
Why does every traditional japanese instrument sound so hauntingly spiritual
Any instrument can sound haunting or spiritual depending on how it’s played
@@OtherM112594 even a guitar can be played Hauntingly Spiritual.
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The acoustic properties of the instrument, their combinations, pace and artistic preferences of the culture determine it. The instruments are actually not fully unique to Japan, and it is more likely that the original wares and music theory came from China.
However, this is where their differences start, and the character of their cultures shine through.
listen to the sho instrument.
Muzan is ordering her to summon all the upper moons
to his MC Escher palace?
Hi
Damn ayuwoki
What in the world are you talking about? Don't confuse people.
@@alexandermackay-smith2364 its from an anime
I came here for the Biwa but was amazed by the way she sings...was mesmerized. Beautiful performance.
Her voice is incredible! She has an amazing vibrato!
The Biwa Sounds Creepy but i Font mind
Same for me!! She is incredible.
It's a traditional Japanese biwa, a sort of lute, and was used to accompany stories of great warriors. This piece is
telling the story of Nasuno Yoichi, a samurai archer in the war between the Taira and Minamoto clans in the 13th century. The Taira put a fan on top of the mast of one of their ships and dared the Minamoto warriors to try to hit it. Nasuno Yoichi was the best archer, and it tells of how he praya to the gods and says he would rather die and never go home than fail to
hit the target. It's called Ogi no Mato - the folded fan as target. The story tells how he hit the fan.
+kate king thank you!. this is so beautiful!
+kate king so it wasnt shit but Nasuno that hit the fan.
A Western idiom. I'm not surprised it took a bit of time to puzzle out. I do hope those who are not too familiar with the saying are not offended.
kate king thanks bro...i really enjoyed this song..and I can feel the story even though I do not understand the lyric...
Thanks for explaining the song! Makes it a lot more interesting to listen to!
Nasu no Yoichi (那須 与一?) (c. 1169 - c. 1232) was a samurai who fought alongside the Minamoto clan in the Genpei War. He is particularly famous for his actions at the Battle of Yashima in 1184. According to the Heike Monogatari, the enemy Taira placed a fan atop the mast of one of their ships, claiming it protected the ship from arrows, and daring the Minamoto warriors to shoot it off. Sitting atop his mount in the waves, his target atop the ship rocking as well, Nasu nevertheless shot it down with only one shot.
After the Genpei War, he was made daimyō of Tottori Castle, but he lost this position to Kajiwara Kagetoki after being defeated in a hunting competition. He left Echigo Province and, following the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Nasu became a Buddhist monk in the Jodo Shinshu sect. Eventually, he formed a temple, which has since been passed down to the oldest son of the Nasu family. For administrative purposes, detailed records were kept regarding who was to inherit the temple. As a result of this, it was possible to trace the Nasu lineage right up to the destruction of the temple during World War II. Most believe that he died at the age of 64, in the year 1232, during a ceremony in Kobe honoring those who died in the Genpei War.
Thanks so much for this information! I enjoyed the reading with the music in the background. :)
San Rabid
You're welcome!...
Splendid Zen You are great in anything Japanese. Nasu（那須）is place name one hour and a half train to the north from Tokyo station where the Imperial summer palace exists. Yoich（与一）means extra heir. His parents were feudal lords around there.However, in samurai society gender equality was a must.He had a political but tacit lover who was destined to marry him She had no way other than to pray for his return and distinguished service in the battlefield.
Useful wikipedia.
The Heike Monogatari gives the full name as Yoichi Munetaka, son of Nasu no Taro Suketaka of Shimotsuke, and the age of about twenty (English version). In the song, he is called by his given name of Munetaka, and the age is 17.
Thank you very much for your corrections!...
"Lower your heads and crouch down...Prostrate yourselves"
"Do you have any last words?"
شنو اتعلمه؟ 🎌😒
Karthik Shandilya lmao 😂
lol Muzan is dat chu? XD
just finished the anime today I want another season😭😭😭
I'm impressed by both the Biwa and her singing.
Nakime just tryna share her talent to us but then she accidentally summons all of the other upper moons and makes Kibutsuji's turf go out of control
🤣🤣🤣🤣
*in the background*
😂😂
@@umr9529 Oyakata-sama hello
Wkwkw
i can’t wait for the upper moon fights to get animated. shits gonna be sick
Tristan Lowe tru
Aye, I wanna see Akaza fighting.
I'm totally hyped for Nakimeeee wOO
Douma :)
@@straightasanarrow5195 did you get to watch the movie yet? Because his fight scene is pretty sick
I came because of Demon Slayer...
...But, I stayed because of her beautiful voice and amazing Biwa playing. 🥺💕
Bruuuuuh sameeee
Me to
same!
sameee!!! hahahahaha
egg ZACTLY
She is a powerful story teller. Even the sound the arrow makes tearing through the air is real.
This makes me feel like summoning all the lower moons and massacaring nearly all of them.
Lower moon 1 will have survived though
🤣🤣🤣🤣
me too
I came because of Nakime of the lower moons.
@@Righty-gn8ot and so did i- *lol*
すごい。弓を引く音や、矢を放つ瞬間もちゃんと表現されているんだ。臨場感あるなぁ。海の波に船が揺れる様子とかの情景もちゃんと浮かんできた
Too anyone who really enjoyed this I suggest watching the 1964 movie Kwaidan. Its one of the most beautiful films of all time, this music is featured very heavily in it.
Hoichi The Earless
you are very right
Any one from "kimetsu no yaiba ep 26 ?".
Hi
@@TheSeth2003 hello.
Upper Moon Four
Nakime
Yes Yes Yes
greetings
Every demon boi gangster until the biwa start playing
Nakime said 'no sir, you get back here'
Best comment I ever read was on someone playing a trumpet into a couple mile long pipe. And he said “everyone gangster till the toilet starts playing music”
Thank you for reminding me of this hilarious comment
It’s called pipeline funk
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I wish I came here for a more cultural reason, but in kimetsu no yaiba it’s just badass
That’s okay. I came here wanting to know what a biwa was and how it sounded, and heard a beautiful story and got a history lesson all in one. I’ve walked away from this video with a new appreciation for an instrument I didn’t even know existed and a curiosity to learn more about the instrument and the culture.
i came here from okami because of "giant monster in wait"
ご投稿はもう8年半も前ですが、こんな若くて美人の琵琶演奏家がいたんですね。
So hard to find an authentic japanese traditional song in this sea of "meditation, relaxation" kitsch ...
Very interesting performance. Thank you very much.
I keep coming back to this video. One of the most stoic, haunting and simultaneously exhilarating performances I’ve ever seen on TH-cam.
Clearly in the same musical universe as traditional Chinese or Indian music.Though, Japanese instruments seem more primitive and the music seems to be closer to folk or tribal music. But the simplicity is deceptive. I don't think any other musical system is better than Japan''s at the treatment of silences. The music invites us to contrast the duration and intensity and the tones to adjoining silences, to perceive how the silences.musical overtones subtly modify silence and to contemplate each individual silence by itself. A very pure expressions of Zen Buddhist sensibility.
This is all about story telling of great sea battle between Heike clan and Genji clan happened around 1100 ad.
The seeming simplicity of the instrument only that - seeming. Listen to the amazing variety of expression that she derives from it. The trick is not to listen to it as a melody but as speech. Her playing is a masterpiece of inflection, timing, tension building and even depiction of the whistling arrow.
This is playing and singing of the highest subtlety.
That inflection she puts on her voice at certain points is incredible!
The Biwa (Japanese) 琵琶 is derived from the Pipa (Chinese) 琵琶, which came from the Middle East/Persia.
Not every lute like instrument originates from the Middle East or China David.
Not a word I can understand, I can feel her pure performance. Extracts the history, from far days, maybe talking about herself, what has happened to her.
Great art.
She is talking about a samurai archer, not a bad guess tho
Só uma onna-musha pode tocar e falar ao mesmo tempo de samurais
The Dimensional Infinity Fortress be vibin
For those in need of context and don't want to follow the link, Nasu no Yoichi was a famous Samurai in the Genpei War (which ended the Heian Era and ushered forth the first Shoganate). According to the "Tale of the Heike", at the Battle of Yashima in 1185, the Taira forces placed a fan atop the masts of one of their ships floating off the shore, daring the Minomoto forces to shoot and hit it with their arrows. Nasu, riding his horse into the waters, despite both himself and the boat rocking from the waves, took aim with his bow and nailed it with one shot.
Nice
Kumada Kahori performs “Nasu no Yoichi,” from the “Tale of Heike.” She plays a five-string Satsuma biwa of the Nishiki-ryū type, also used by many Tsuruta-ryū performers. I’ve never heard any Tsuru-ha player do “Nasu no Yoichi” before. This may be her own setting. The story is as related by other commentators here. - Kyokureki
Such a haunting dramatic instrument with a unique sitar-like rich sound
It like is telling part of the story, just amazing
Japanese Lyrics & Romanization
去る程に
Saru hodo ni
那須与市宗高は
Nasu no Yoichi Munetaka wa
君の仰せをかしこみて
Kimi no ōse o kashikomite
波打ち際に 乗りいだす
Namiuchigiwa ni noriidasu
この時 宗高 十七歳
Kono toki Munetaka jūnanasai
かかる晴れなる場所にいで
Kakaru harenaru basho ni ide
もしもこの矢をあやまらば
Moshimo kono ya o ayamaraba
弓切り折って割腹し
Yumi kiri otte kappuku shi
その場をさらで 死なんずと
Sono ba o sarade shinanzu to
入り日傾く 屋島潟
Irihi katamuku Yashimagata
さっと乗り入る 海の面
Satto noriiru umi no omo
渡る潮風いと強く
Wataru shiokaze ito tsuyoku
打ち込む波の高ければ
Uchikomu nami no takakereba
駒のあがきの定まらず
Koma no agaki no sadamarazu
扇も風にたまらねば
Ōgi mo kaze ni tamaraneba
くるりくるりと打ちまわり
Kururi kururi to uchimawari
ねらい定むるすべもなし
Nerai sadamuru sube mo nashi
今の与市を哀れとも
Ima no Yoichi o aware tomo
見たもう慈悲のましまさば
Mitamō jihi no mashimasaba
この波風を打ち鎮め
Kono namikaze o uchishizume
扇を射落とさせたまえやと
Ōgi o iotosase tamaeya to
心を込めてぞ祈りける
Kokoro o kometezo inorikeru
この念力や通じけむ
Kono nenriki ya tsūjiken
磯吹く風も音絶えて
Iso fuku kaze mo oto taete
駒も扇も静まりぬ
Koma mo ōgi mo shizumarinu
宗高 心 勇み立ち
Munetaka kokoro isamitachi
鏑矢つがえて引きしぼる
Kaburaya tsugaete hikishiboru
源氏の兵 声々に
Genji no tsuwamono koegoe ni
いま少しうち入れたまえ
Ima sukoshi uchiire tamae
うち入れたまえと呼ばわるを
Uchiire tamae to yobawaru o
さらに耳にも聞き入れず
Sara ni mimi nimo kikiirezu
矢声をかけて切って放つ
Yagoe o kakete kitte hanatsu
矢音は浦になりわたり
Yaoto wa ura ni nariwatari
要際より ふっつと射切る
Kanamegiwa yori futtsu to ikiru
屋島潟 入る日の影に なるはずの
Yashimagata iruhi no kage ni naru hazu no
響きは高し 波のはてまで
Hibiki wa takashi nami no hate made
Thanks for posting this
This is what I was looking for thank you so much.
Oh my god, that voice is coming out of her? But she's so delicate looking, she plays the biwa exceptionally well.
When the song ends, my imagination turns towards an ancient era. I can see a clear day, sitting on the gentle waves, grey mountains in the distance, my spirit full of resolve.
Upper moon one has been here all this time...
I got the chills again
Those *chills*
*she is one of my fav demon's*
I mean nakime is upper 4, kokushibo is upper moon 1
Nasuno Yoichi was a great archer in the Genji-Army. He had to hit the fan on the enemy's boat's mast, Otherwise he had to kill himselve for bringing shame over his whole troop. What a culture, what a discipline! Marvellous. Great Artist this young Lady!
Beautiful! Heian period historical account... told beautifully by this beautiful artist. Amazing performance, and player!
I just searched this up because I couldn't remember the name for this instrument, and I'm now mesmerized. This is gorgeous and so relaxing.
Tomorrow the pain, the joy
A hundred years, a thousand, one million
Resolved into a single point
This now, all I have to loose.
I heard the biwa from Sara in the anime Samurai Champloo. I was in love with the instrument and vocals. I am still in awe of this fascinating culture!
Muzan be smokin' in the corner...
Cool
Amazing stuff. What a beautiful instrument, music, and performer.
I wish I could hit "like" for this video 1,000 times!!! NEVER have I heard such a beautiful voice, especially associated with this genre of Japanese music...💜
Very, very beautiful!
Greetings from México!
Wow she sings from the heart, you can feel it. So subtle and magical, I have no idea what shes saying but I love it.
Some things transcend language and culture. This song's beauty is one of them. I was entranced, even though I don't know what story is being told or even if there is one.
When Nakime shows off her skills to impress muzan but just ends up spawning all of the demons and makes the castle fall to pieces
Kumada Kahori.
I imagine what I'm seeing and hearing here is very much like what someone would have experienced centuries ago.
Generations of people rise up and fade away according to the same pattern, not endlessly but towards some specific place, maybe like Nasu no Yoichi's arrow, all of us as individuals but humanity as a whole as well.
A curious experience for a foreigner!
I love this so much. I really like how she modulates the timbre of her voice.
I came from Kimetsu no Yaiba cause I heard the biwa's sound in the last episode 💜
Isn't the Biwa a wonderful instrument, as demonstrated by this lovely woman and Nakime?
I liked this part a lot from the Heike Monogatari. With the story, the background music, and the sound effect you made with your biwa, I could imagine the tense air created when Yoichi pulled and shot his arrow.
Magnifique !
Cette femme a une incroyable maturité dans son exécution !
Bravo !
I feel so blessed to have watched this. Way awesome!
Great music. Simply great. No matter if you are Japanese or European. You just need to understand and enjoy.
My heart wavered with emotion . This story purifies the human soul .
Now, that's a big guitar pick.
Mediaboon very 'murican comment
+Mediaboon It's not a guitar pick, neither is it a guitar. xD
*****
I know, right? I made a harmless joke without any intention of offending anyone.
That is a fucking big guitar pick. LOL
I got your joke ;)
i bet this was nakime when she was a human
I fell in love with the biwa and the haunting music and story telling singing when I first watched an old Japanese Horror movie called “ Kwaidan” many years ago.
Makes my soul ache! So entirely mysterious and captivatingly spectral!
なんと美しい！！伝統の美！！素晴しい美声！！
Now this is awesome. I was enchanted with Kubo"s instrument and then i found this.
I love that movie. It's my favorite Lika animation movie, second favorite is Coraline.
Her voice sends chills down my spine. I love it.
When I close my eyes and listen all I see are ghosts from another time. Love from Nevada.
+Eleanor Almaraz if you really do then you should see someone for that xD
I'll take 2 grams of what she's smoking!
Fantastic! That's a good thing. Wish I could see them.
Every once in a while i'll see straight up shadow people, or glowing people.
I think they're demons, and angels respectively.
They're very rare, very faint, gone in an instant, but humanoid, and seemingly aware.
You really have to have your head on a swivel to see them, as I take it they don't enjoy being noticed.
There's definitely a lot more going on, than simply meets the eye, a whole other reality, woven into ours like threads in fabric..
This is Nakime before become demon
Agreed
Extraordinaire chanteuse ! Extraordinaire musicienne !
Such beauty.
I feel at peace when listening to her voice.
This is beautiful! Her voice is so pure and the instrument so distinct.
I’m currently working on a project where we interview musicians from around the world. If Kahori Kumada might want to be part of the project, we’d love to have her!
I love this music. I'm a big fan of music and language. I think it's interesting that they use the 琵琶 kanji to write Biwa but it's Pipa in Chinese which, although similar, is a completely different instrument.
same thing with koto :)
xenia at huh, I didn't know that either
Ben McCrary I might assume that these hieroglyphics are used as a generalisation - the "koto" kanji means "zither" in Chinese, but it is a different instrument (of the zither family, ofc).
And the reason I'm here is just because of Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Biwa is actually has a creepy sound for me:/
I actually like the way the Biwa sounds... It's not scary for me. I love it
The Biwa isn't as creepy as it is enchanting, I personally love it's sound! And I'm here from Kny too
I first heard the Biwa in Spirit Tracks, a Zelda game for the DS (for anyone who knows, it's the instrument that Steem, the Snow Lokomo, uses)
I fucking loved it
Nikime is that you? Upper moon 4
ありがとうございました、綺麗ですね...よくやりましたね！💐
やばい。かっこよすぎ。
I was curious and wanted to hear some traditional Japanese music to learn more about the sound. Very lovely performance and the instrument of course so wonderful to hear! Thank you for sharing!
I've been watching this video every once and a while for 6 years now, and it's just as absolutely mesmerizing every single time. I'm just amazed by it!
凄い。全く琵琶を聴いたこともない私です。耳なし保一で琵琶の音で平家の亡霊とか波を表現している話しか知りませんでしたが、海の音.～ばちというのですが、乱打すごい！”矢が空気を切り裂く音とかいろいろ見事な表現で驚くばかりです。奥行深い日本の文化ですね。あと、舞台の朱のいろ、背景すばらしく、そしてなにより、ｋＡＨＯＲＩ さんの美しさ、まさに芸術です。
本当にありがとうございました。
lmao the number of people here after kimetsu no yaiba
桁外れの美しいさ！。息をのむほどの景観美ですね。ありがとうございました。
熊田さんの歌うのが本当に凄いでした！😮
うーんちょっとぎこちないところがあるね‼️貴女はきっと美人ですね❗素晴らしい❗さようなら❗お元気で‼️
何回見ても手に汗握る💦
I have no idea what this is but I enjoyed every minute of it.
***** It is heikyoku music in which "Heike Monogatari (the story of Heike clan " is sung accompanied by biwa performance. Heike clan held substantial power of Japan in the 11th century but eventually defeated by Minamoto clan. The story tells Heike clan's rise and fall. It used to be sung by strolling biwa houshi (blind monk biwa players ) which died out late 20th century.
sydneyricefish so... what are you waiting for... WE are waiting for you to tell us the story lol. Cmon :) If you know that much you gotta know more, give. ;)
Charles Mills I'll second that!
A friend explained briefly but he is not a native speaker. He noted translation was extremely difficult
+sydneyricefish isnt it about Nasuno Yoichi who helped the defeat of the Heike clan? o.o thats what i was told..
Beautiful, powerful,and pierces the soul. Seems like the blues. Outstanding performance.
Brilliant performance, this lady's performance, pasture of playing and singing is so impressive and dignified.
If anybody's wondering, yes, it's the same Nasu no Yoichi in "Drifters (Manga)."
If Nakime can do all of that while playing a single cord, i can't imagine what would happen if she played this.
Wonderful interpretation of the famous episode .
Am i the only one who feels that her singing has some kind of arabic touch in between not the entire time. I think it sounds quite beautiful 👍
Came here by the reference kawaidan movie. That story of a blind man singing glories of loss warriors literally breathtaking. So is this instrument and the singing thank you so much for the creation
Hoichi The Earless segment. Great movie btw.
@a person the only thing you need to do to make your Sunday worth, I strongly suggest you to watch that movie.
@@レッド-h1i Yea man! Hoichi's story is completly magical. The vibes it gave me was so epic, no other movie can give it to me. ✌️
BIWA is so METAL!
9:00 You ain't kidding
素晴らしい、まるでその時代その場所に我身を置いた様に感じる。
Like great food, you do not need to know what is in it to enjoy it.
Japanese instruments are so hauntingly enchanting
The story is not about Oda Nobunaga's death in Honno-ji but about the incident took place during the battle between Minamoto(aka Genji) and Taira(aka Heike) in late 1100s.
The Taira was pushed into the sea at the end of the war, waiting for the final battle to begin, a small boat came out in front of the Minamoto on the shore with a Taira woman holding a pole with a fan on the top challenged the Minamoto to shoot it down.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune(the general) called a few expert archers in his army and interviewed them and asked how confident they were and chose a teenager Nasu no Yoichi.
He went out in the water on his horse and waited the right moment and took a shot and made it.
Nasu no Yoich had a whole Minamoto clan's pride on his shoulder, in case of missed shot, he was ready to commit suicide on the spot in the samurai fashion(slashing belly).
The boat was rocking back and forth, Not only the target was moving but the boat Yoich was standing was also rocking. Amazing.
とても素敵です
When you find a pillar of honor in Ghost Of Tsushima
If you enjoyed this be sure to see the film Kwaidan
I found this because of Kwaidan, both are amazing and I've watched them over and over again.
Vince Alvare Hoichi The earless
Loved that film. 2nd and 3rd stories are probably my favorites.
Kwaidan brougth me here. Nice movie.
Whats it about?
Must... find... sword... .... rush into battle... die bravely.... leave sad widow... where is my armor?
WHERE IS MY SUPERSUIT?!
Ah! You understand biwagaku! Excellent!
This is the worst haiku I've ever heard
"Sad widow"... 🤣
This instrument makes me so relaxed when i had a crazy day at work.
don't summon me there nooo
totally mesmerizing!
This is awesome. Just beautiful! Art and sense perfection!
It's really relaxing to listen to and that pick... it's outrageous!
Her singing is so errie yet so beautiful
Splendida e bella! melanconica e forse tragica! grazie 1000
Guys shes uppermoon 4, watch out /j
The performance was actually very beautiful and I enjoyed it :^^
Kubo and the two strings brought me here. Loved this instrument and am trying to learn more about it.
Same Here. Perhaps I'll get one in the future. It's really such a unique and interesting instrument. c:
True that. Your best chance would be searching Japan for a supplier and a teacher. Sadly the instrument is nowhere as commonplace as it once was. The shamisen is far more accessible nowadays.
However there are many similarities with the shamisen and other Asian instruments such as the sitar.
I am Japanese and I am love to watch kubo and two strings too
Where are you from
Roxie Mejia Actually...this is a biwa, the instrument Kubo uses is a shamisen.
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