V.A. : Japanese Traditional Music - Noh・Biwa・Shakuhachi - Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai 1941

'41年?'42年頃に海外に日本文化を紹介するために制作されたもので、もともとは非売品だったようです。
本作はその10インチSPレコード全5巻60枚のセットの中から、能、狂言、琵琶、尺八を収録。
尺八は4つの種類が紹介されるなど、本作もやはり貴重！

Tracklist
- Music For The Noh Theater
1 Takasago (Su-utai) 3:32
Vocals [Utai] ? Kanze Tetsunojo VI
2 Yashima (Su-utai) 3:05
Vocals [Utai] ? Kongo Iwao I
3 Hagoromo (Ban-bayashi): Part I 3:20
4 Hagoromo (Ban-bayashi): Part II 3:24
5 Matsumushi (Su-utai) 2:54
Vocals [Utai] ? Kita Roppeita
6 Aoi-no-ue (Su-utai) 3:26
7 Hachinoki (Su-utai): Part I 3:29
8 Hachinoki (Su-utai): Part II 2:58
9 Youchi Soga (Iccho): Part I 2:33
10 Youchi Soga (Iccho): Part II 3:01
11 Teika Ichiji (Dokugin): Part I 3:15
12 Teika Ichiji (Dokugin): Part II 2:58
13 Sanekata (Su-utai): Part I 3:18
14 Sanekata (Su-utai): Part II 3:04
- Kyogen Kouta
15 Tsuchiguruma, "Nanatsu Ni Naru Ko" 3:24
16 "Uji No Sarashi", "Fuku No Kami" 2:54
- Biwa
17 Moso Biwa: Jishinkyo 3:32
Vocals, Biwa ? Kitada Meicho
18 Heikyoku: Nasu No Yoichi 3:09
Vocals, Biwa ? Sato Masakazu
19 Satsuma Biwa: Ko-Atsumori 3:24
Vocals, Biwa ? Yoshimura Gakujo
20 Chikuzen Biwa: Gishi No Honkai 3:33
Vocals, Biwa ? Tanaka Kyokurei
- Shakuhachi
21 Fuke Shakuhachi: Ajikan 2:50
Shakuhachi ? Miyagawa Nyozan
22 Kinko-ryu: Koku Reibo 2:49
Shakuhachi ? Aoki Reibo
23 Tozan-ryu: Iwashimizu 3:26
Shakuhachi [Shakuhachi Duo] ? Katayama Yuzan, Sekino Shozan
24 Miny'o-shakuhachi: Oiwake-bushi 3:24
Shakuhachi ? Wakui Kogetsu

Credits
Flute [Nokan] ? Isso Eiji (tracks: 4, 5)
Graphics ? John Wilton
Liner Notes, Photography By ? Terauchi Naoko*
Percussion [Ko-tsuzumi] ? Ko Goro (tracks: 4, 5), Okura Rokuzo (tracks: 9, 10)
Percussion [O-tsuzumi] ? Kawasaki Rikichi (tracks: 4, 5)
Performer [Waki] ? Hosho Arata (tracks: 7, 8)
Producer ? Allan Evans
Taiko ? Kakimoto Toyoji (tracks: 4, 5)
Vocals [Utai] ? Hosho Arata (tracks: 13, 14), Kondo Kenzo (tracks: 9, 10), Sakurama Kintaro (tracks: 4 to 8), Shigeyama Sengoro (tracks: 15, 16), Umewaka Manzaburo I (tracks: 11, 12)

Notes
Recorded circa 1941; KBS discs 13-24.
Restoration: Studio FS Roma.
Graphics: Raga Records, NY
(P) 2009, arbiter of cultural traditions inc.
Comes with a 12 page booklet of photos. Disk also includes extensive PDF liner notes in English and Japanese.