Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Sado Okesa Vocals, Shamisen – Unknown Artist
A2	Waka Vocals – Unknown Artist
A3	Bitchu Kagura Vocals, Flute [Bamboo], Drums – Unknown Artist
A4	Bitchu Kagura (Cont'd.) Vocals, Flute [Bamboo], Drums – Unknown Artist
A5	Omiya Odori Vocals, Drum – Unknown Artist
A6	Ishiya Bushi Vocals, Chorus, Shamisen – Unknown Artist
A7	Kagura-bayashi Chorus, Flute [Bamboo], Drums, Gong [Surigane] – Unknown Artist
A8	Ashimori Ondo Chorus, Drum, Shamisen, Accordion, Violin – Unknown Artist
B1	Ishiya-bushi Vocals – Unknown Artist
B2	Itokuri-uta Vocals – Unknown Artist
B3	Maritsuki-uta Vocals – Unknown Artist
B4	Shiraishi Odori Vocals, Drum, Other [Wooden Stick] – Unknown Artist
B5	Shiraishi Odori (Cont'd.) Vocals, Drum, Other [Wooden Stick] – Unknown Artist
B6	Usuhiki-uta Vocals – Unknown Artist
B7	Matsuyama Odori Chorus, Flute, Handclaps – Unknown Artist
B8	Urashima Odori Chorus – Unknown Artist

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Folkways Records & Service Corp.
• Pressed By – Plastylite

Credits

• Artwork [Cover Print] – Utamaro
• Design [Cover] – Ronald Clyne
• Edited By [General Editor] – Harold Courlander
• Mastered By – DBH*
• Producer [Production Diector] – Moses Asch
• Recorded By, Liner Notes – Edward Norbeck

Notes

The Japanese folk music here reproduced was selected from eighty-odd recordings made directly in the field during 1950-51 in an area of Japan centering about Okayami prefecture. A few of the songs of more distant areas are included. The selections are to a large measure representative of the Folk Music of all of Japan. Because some of the types of folk music, especially the Kagura and Bon dancing songs, may be extremely lengthy, only relatively short excerpts from them are reproduced here.

Includes four page insert with introduction and notes on the recordings.
© 1952 Folkways Records and Service Corp. NYC

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): FE 4429 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): FE 4429 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): YW P429A-1 DBH
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): YW P429B-1 DBH
• Matrix / Runout (Side A&B runout, stamped): [Plastylite "Ear" Symbol]

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
P 429	Unknown Artist	Folk Music Of Japan ‎(LP)	Folkways Records	P 429	US	1952