Ancient Flutes - Plain Hanten 000 idioms and 50 diagrams

000 idioms and 50 diagrams

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Genmai cha made from first-leaf sencha

000 entries / 320 illustrations (Japanese)

This work is a masterpiece of color painting that expresses the sophistication of the Momoyama Period

Ancient Flutes - Plain Hanten 000 idioms and 50 diagramsIt is said that kagura began with the metalworking specialists who in ancient times left their native Korea for Shimane prefecture in Japan. They would summon up memories of their homeland with this kind of music. Whatever the festival, whatever the rice planting celebrations, the sound of the flute was always there. As a prayer to the gods, it had the necessary quiet purity of tone as well as a beautiful freshness. This accounts for the holes in this