Sakura Sakura by Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls, released on SABA as part of their Jazz Meets the World series in 1965.

Adulated in his native Japan, drummer Hideo Shiraki led the most famous Japanese jazz group of the early 60’s. His combining jazz and traditional Japanese music brought him an invitation to the 1965 Berlin Jazz Festival and a record date. Three women playing Koto, the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, accompanied the quintet. The results: world music that works. Known in the West as ‘the Cherry Blossom Song’, the traditional Sakura Sakura finds Shiraki employing mallets, fingers, brushes, and sticks in combination with the Kyoto players as jazz and tradition blend. Yosakoi Bushi means ‘better come at night to make love’...

https://www.mps-music.com/releases/sakura-sakura/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpACUcBwvo&list=PLArpKJA0hY4phCeFJ73jhqhspUOC88a6G&index=1

#HideoShiraki #Koto #JapaneseJazz #Jazz #Music #MPS #SABA

遠い高み　To'oi takami
Honjitsu wa Poizun Raika rajio e youkosou kyou mo yoroshi onegai itashimasu
Hon chan'neru wa Poizun Raika-san no sakuhin wo roudoku suru chan'neru desu

https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=24339478

<>

#Poison_Raika #channel #radio #natsuki_karin #cevio_ai #mezase #sora #takaku #hikari #kagayaku #hoshi #kesshite #todoku #koto #nai #utsukushiki #toberu #nanji #souzou #shinakatta #takami #oitsuku #hashire

Ended Monday and welcomed Tuesday after m swim with Japanese Koto Classics by Shinichi Yuize, released on Nonesuch in 1966.

This contemplative solo set features Shinichi Yuize, known internationally as both a virtuoso koto player and a composer. He traces the history of one of the world's oldest instruments through these five compositions, performing haunting vocals on two of them.

The koto averages about six feet in length and ten inches in width, and has 13 strings of equal thickness made of wound, starched silk. There is one small bridge for each string. The strings are struck with three ivory picks, which are attached to the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the player’s right hand. The date of the introduction into Japan of the koto (perhaps one of the oldest musical instruments of the world) is not quite certain... - Nonesuch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le23ZkRyFvA&list=RDLe23ZkRyFvA&start_radio=1

#ShinichiYuize #Nonesuch #Koto #Japan #Music

Winter Sale 2025 ❄️💵

akesi lili is now on sale on itch.io! If you’re interested in a fantasy computer 🖥️ where you can develop Game Boy 🎮 –style games using a scripting language called Koto, you can grab it for just $3 (50% off).

Check out the sale here: itch.io/s/176440/winter-sale-2025

#gameDev #retroGaming #rustLang #koto

toki

Sneak peak 🔍 of the next release of akesi lili 🦎 alpha 4. Planned release January 2026.

* Extend text selection by shift and arrow keys
* back tab
* comment out and uncomment code
* some fixes and internal improvements
* multiple code tabs
* and more ...

For the next release I also plan to publish my first dev log 📒 . Stay tuned at https://vivi-ui.itch.io/akesi-lili

#gameDev #retroGaming #rustlang #slint #koto

Bão số 15 Koto đã suy yếu thành vùng áp thấp vào tối 3/12. Tuy nhiên, từ ngày 7-9/12, Biển Đông có khả năng đón bão mới hình thành từ áp thấp nhiệt đới phía Đông Philippines. Mọi người chú ý theo dõi thông tin thời tiết!

#BaoSo15 #Koto #ApThapNhietDoi #BienDong #ThoiTiet #BaoMoi
#Typhoon #TropicalDepression #EastSea #Weather #Storm

https://vietnamnet.vn/tin-cuoi-cung-ve-bao-so-15-koto-bien-dong-kha-nang-lai-xuat-hien-bao-moi-2468420.html