It is also used in Gakaku in the imperial court. This is for the simple biwa. In fact this instrument was used by blind priest telling stories from the Tales of the Heike about the battles between the Genji and Heike clans. Now there’re no performers left of this kind of narratives.
Modern biwa come from the island of Kyushu and Satsuma biwa has been developed to encourage the martial spirit with texts taken from the Tales of the Heike.
Modern biwa come from the island of Kyushu and Satsuma biwa has been developed to encourage the martial spirit with texts taken from the Tales of the Heike.
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