katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
joints; points (of a speech)
naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period
boiled and half-dried bonito
song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint
Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)
traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
common and low grade type of katsuobushi; bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies
undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; unit of timber measurement
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
boiled and half-dried bonito
style of Japanese folk song associated with Niigata Prefecture
style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
Narayama Bushikō - The Ballad of Narayama (1954 novel by Fukazawa Shichirō, 1983 film by Imamura Shōhei)
type of jōruri recitation
style of jōruri narrative performance
finely chopped round herring
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
dried, smoked pilchard; shavings from dried, smoked pilchard
folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)
traditional festival in Kiryū City, Saitama
song in the style of the Heikyoku
kamebushi; flat cut of dried bonito resembling a turtle shell