Biwa Hoshi’s World Heike Monogatari

2017 (64th Events of the Cultural Bureau Art Festival, Grand Award, Record all songs of the unoutside! A monumental project that contracts the entire volume of the “flat house” Hiraii is a traditional talent of “Heika” in the accompaniment of Biwa, which speaks “Heika” in the Kamakura era and after the heirloom of the 14 to 15th century, has been protected by the blindin organization “Dozo” as a classic music. However, after the disruption of the original origin during the Meiji period, the believer of the “Hiraike” belongs to this flow reached a delicate path and now it only leaves Tsutomu Imai. In this project, you can record all songs of the record, and one restoration song from Imaii Kogyo on 7 CDs. From the establishment of “Hiraika” to the actual status of a lore, this booklet can also be used for research levels, from the playing methods of Hiraiwa Biwa to the detailed explanation of songs, including interviews of the 800 years of history and Imai Inspection School. In addition to an supplement DVD containing valuable recorded footage, you can see the entire view of the traditional “Hiraika” and see the heritage.