
Ayako Lister is an Anglo-Japanese historian at London School of Economics. The koto is an instrument dating back some 1,200 years and is the longest of the zithers found in East Asia. The slightly convex body is made of paulownia wood and is almost two meters long. Thirteen silk strings are stretched over the body of the instrument, each supported by a bridge (called a ji). As with other instruments in the zither family, there are innumerable tuning
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Keshi No Hana
Chidori No Kyoku
Sarashifu Tegoto
Maritsuki
Midare
Kojo No Tsuki Hensokyoku
Furin
London No Yoru No Ame
Sarashifu Tegoto/Keshi No Hana
Maritsuki [Bouncing a Ball]
London No Yoru No Ame [London in a Rainy Night]
Kojo No Tsuki Hensokyoku [Moon-Lit Ruined Castle]
Furin [Windchime]
Keshi No Hana [Puppy Flowers]
Midare [Disarray]
Chidori No Kyoku [The Song of the Plover]
Maritsuki (Bouncing a Ball)
Midare (Disarray)
Maritsuli
Keshi No Hana (Puppy Flowers)
Furin (Windchime)
Keshi no Hana, for koto
Furin, for koto
Keshi No Hana (Kikuoka Kengyo)
Chidori No Kyoku (The Plover)
Chidori No Kyoku (The Song of the Plover)
Sarashifu Tegoto, for koto
Midare, for koto
London no Yoru no Ame, for voice & koto [London in a Rainy Night]
Kojo No Tsuki (Moon over Ruined Castle), for koto [Moon-Lit Ruined Cast
Maritsuki, for koto
Keshi No Hana(Kikuka Kengyo)
Maritsuli (Japan)
06-Kojo No Tsuki Hensokyoku
Sarashifu Tegoto [Traditional Melodies adapted for Koto]
London No Yoru No Ame (London in a Rainy Night)
Kojo No Tsuki Hensokyoku [skips]
Kojo No Tsuki Hensokyoku (Moon-Lit Ruined Castle)
Chidori No Kyoku#09
Chidori No Kyoku - Ayako Lister - The Japanese Koto
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