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Mori Yūji

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Mori Yūji
1929 - 2012

Koto & Shamisen

Mori Yūji (1929-2012) Born in Sakata City, Yamagata Pref.
In 1935 he moved to Tokyo to study koto, sangen and kokyū with Miyagi Michio.
Entered the Tokyo School for the Blind (elementary level) and studied piano and western music as well as Yamada-ryū koto with Saitō Shōsei and Hisamoto Genchi.
Studied music theory with Dan Ikuma and Shibata Minao and, after graduating, taught at the TSB. Later he also taught at the Kawamura School for Girls.
His compositions include From the Poems of Ishikawa Takuboku, Duet for Koto and Flute, Ichikotsu-chō, Fantasy for Solo Koto and others.
[Information provided by David Kansuke Wheeler who was a live-in sankyoku ensemble student of his for six months during 1981-82.]

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Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Chiyo no Uguisu 千代の鶯 17'39 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 2 Koto
Echigojishi 越後獅子 14'35 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 2 Koto
Fune no Yume 舟の夢 17'49 Sō - Shamisen - Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū Koto
Horai 蓬萊 04'33 Nihon no Shirabe - Sō-Shamisen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Koto
Horai 蓬萊 04'33 Sō to Sangen no Shirabe - Sōkyoku to Jiuta Koto
Iso Chidori 磯千鳥 14'29 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 3 Koto
Kajimakura 楫枕 13'05 Sōkyoku - Shin Aoyagi / Kajimakura Koto
Kanawa 鉄輪 10'28 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 10 Koto
Kuchi Kiri 口切 06'52 Sō - Shamisen - Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū Koto
Kurokami 黒髪 06'11 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 5 Koto
Mama no Kawa ままの川 12'17 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku Senshū - volume 7 Koto
Matsukaze 松風 13'49 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 2 Koto
Miyama Jishi 御山獅子 17'50 Sōkyoku - Koten Meikyoku Sen - Chidori no Kyoku/ Miyama Jishi/ Midare/ Shiki no Koto
Mizu no Tama 水の玉 18'38 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 10 Koto
Nanakomachi 七小町 21'36 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku - Nana Komachi/ Sato no Akatsuki/ Hachidan no Shirabe Koto
Onoe no Matsu 尾上の松 21'03 Inoue Michiko no Shigei - Volume 1 Koto
Sakura Hensōkyoku さくら変奏曲 Sō - Meikyoku no Shirabe (Koto music of Japan) Koto
Shin Aoyagi 新青柳 18'45 Sōkyoku - Shin Aoyagi / Kajimakura Koto
Shin Musume Dōjōji 新娘道成寺 16'08 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 4 Koto
Sode Gōro 袖香爐 06'39 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku - Shiki no Nagame/ Sode Kōro/ Sono no Aki Koto
Sono no Aki 園の秋 13'56 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku - Shiki no Nagame/ Sode Kōro/ Sono no Aki Koto
Sono no Aki 園の秋 15'00 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 5 Koto
Tamagawa 玉川 16'21 Sō to Sangen no Shirabe - Sōkyoku to Jiuta Koto
Uji Meguri 宇治巡り 18'15 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 6 Koto
Uta Renbo/ Tokoyo no Kyoku - Uchiawase 歌恋慕 常世の曲 - 打合せ 10'53 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 10 Koto
Chanoyu Ondo 茶湯音頭 12'51 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 10 Shamisen
Chiyo no Uguisu 千代の鶯 23'40 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 8 Shamisen
Godan no Shirabe 五段の調 06'05 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 10 Shamisen
Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 08'34 Nihon no Shirabe - Sō-Shamisen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Shamisen
Hachidan no Shirabe 八段の調 08'34 Sō to Sangen no Shirabe - Sōkyoku to Jiuta Shamisen
Ima Komachi 今小町 18'06 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 3 Shamisen
Kajimakura 楫枕 15'01 Sō to Sangen no Shirabe - Sōkyoku to Jiuta Shamisen
Shiki no Nagame 四季の眺 15'55 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku - Shiki no Nagame/ Sode Kōro/ Sono no Aki Shamisen
Uchiban/ Yokozuchi - Uchiawase 打盤/ 横槌 - 打合せ 13'33 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 5 Shamisen
Yodan Ginuta 四段砧 14'21 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 4 Shamisen
Uchiban/ Yokozuchi - Uchiawase 打盤/ 横槌 - 打合せ 13'33 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 5 Voice
Sode Gōro 袖香爐 06'39 Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku - Shiki no Nagame/ Sode Kōro/ Sono no Aki Kokyū
Sode Gōro 袖香爐 07'27 Sōkyoku (Ikuta-Ryū) - Koten no Shirabe volume 2 Kokyū
Sode no Tsuyu 袖の露 09'44 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 4 Kokyū
Yukari no Tsuki 由縁の月 11'17 Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 8 Kokyū
Yuki Ningyo 雪人形 11'45 Koto and Shamisen - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 09 Kokyū