Hauta Shamisen: Edo-Period Love Songs
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Shamisen master Hidetaro Honjoh offers a traditional-style concert featuring works from the hauta repertoire, the quintessential "pop music" of its time. In this one-night-only concert, this virtuoso of Edo-period love songs serenades and transports audiences to the streets of pre-modern Tokyo. The program also includes tunes from the working class of various rural areas that radiate a tender, à la mode vibe. Awarded Japan’s highest honor for artists, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, Hidetaro Honjoh restores gems from this fading genre of music from the end of the samurai era. He will be joined at Shofuso by one of his leading students, Hidejiro Honjoh.
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