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Muraoka Minoru

村岡 実

Muraoka Minoru
5/21/1923 - 1/2/2014

Shakuhachi

Born in 1923 in Miyakonojō, (as Muraoka Fukuo), Muraoka Minoru began his shakuhachi studies with the classical Tozan-Ryū repertoire, eventually switching to become a student of Kikuchi Tansui to play traditional folk music (Minyō). In 1959 he left traditional styles to explore using the shakuhachi in jazz and popular music, and focused on improving the instrument itself. In 1962 he joined with shakuhachi masters Yokoyama Katsuya and Miyata Kohachiro in a group called San-Jyuso-dan with the goal of bringing the shakuhachi to a wider audience. In 1964 he began his career as a solo artist and prolific recording artist and performer. His many records included collaborations with other traditional Japanese instruments as well as well-known jazz players like Herbie Mann. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 90.

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Albums

Bamboo (Muraoka) Bamboo (Muraoka)

Chikushi no Shirabe Chikushi no Shirabe

Popular songs arranged for koto and shakuhachi

Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru

Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1

Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2

Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2

Tabikasa Gurashi Tabikasa Gurashi

The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Akagi no Komori-uta 赤城の子守唄 03'03 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Akagi no Komori-uta 赤城の子守唄 03'01 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Akagi no Komori-uta 赤城の子守唄 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Akagi no Komori-uta 赤城の子守唄 02'59 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Akagi Shigure 赤城しぐれ 02'22 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Akagi Shigure 赤城しぐれ Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Amefuri o Tsuki 雨降りお月 03'30 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
And I Love Her Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Ano Machi, Kono Machi あの町この町 03'02 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Beniya no Musume 紅屋の娘 02'21 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Call Me Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Defune no Minato 出船の港 03'29 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Do You Know the Way to San Jose Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Edo no Yamitarō 江戸の闇太郎 Forgotten Songs volume 1 Shakuhachi
Furanchesuka no Kane フランチェスカの鐘 03'09 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Gion Kouta 祗園小唄 02'08 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Gondora no Uta ゴンドラの唄 03'54 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Habu no Minato 波浮の港 02'29 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Hakata Yo Bune 博多夜船 03'28 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Hakata Yo Bune 博多夜船 03'25 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
House of the Rising Sun, The Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Iroha Jingi いろは仁義 02'29 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Iroha Jingi いろは仁義 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Iroha Jingi いろは仁義 02'30 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Izu no Satarō 伊豆の佐太郎 02'47 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Izu no Satarō 伊豆の佐太郎 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Izu no Satarō 伊豆の佐太郎 02'47 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Jinsei Gekijō 人生劇場 Forgotten Songs volume 1 Shakuhachi
Jinsei Gekijō 人生劇場 02'37 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Kachūsha no Uta カチューシャの唄 03'01 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Kage wo Shita Ite 影を慕いて 03'16 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Kohan no Yado 湖畔の宿 02'37 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Kome Bushi 米節 Tōhoku Min’yō Dai Zenshū vol. 4 Shakuhachi
Kutsugake Kouta 沓掛小唄 02'54 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Kutsugake Kouta 沓掛小唄 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Kutsugake Kouta 沓掛小唄 02'53 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'09 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'16 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'14 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Akagiyama 名月赤城山 03'13 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Satarō Ryū 名月佐太郎笠 01'54 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Satarō Ryū 名月佐太郎笠 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Meigetsu Satarō Ryū 名月佐太郎笠 01'53 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meiji Ichidai Onna 明治一代女 02'11 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Meiji Ichidai Onna 明治一代女 02'52 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Meiji Ichidai Onna 明治一代女 02'49 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Mogamigawa Funa Uta 最上川船唄 Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Muhōmatsunoisshō 無法松の一生 03'25 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Murasaki Kouta むらさき小唄 02'32 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Murasaki Kouta むらさき小唄 02'49 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Murasaki Kouta むらさき小唄 02'44 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'51 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'56 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'54 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Nozaki Kouta 野崎小唄 01'52 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ō Shō Yorozu Moto Ōshō 王將萬元 王将 02'35 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 02'19 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 01'53 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Ōedo Shusse Ko-uta 大江戸出世小唄 01'51 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Okomakoi Sugata お駒恋姿 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Okomakoi Sugata お駒恋姿 02'14 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 03'00 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 02'57 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Oshidori Dōchū おしどり道中 (鴛鴦道中) 02'57 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ōshima Sentarō Tabi-uta お島千太郎旅唄 02'18 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Ōshima Sentarō Tabi-uta お島千太郎旅唄 02'22 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ōtone Zukiyo 大利根月夜 02'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Positive and the Negative, The Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 01'55 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 02'21 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 02'18 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Ryūten 流転 02'17 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Sake wa Namida ka Tameiki ka 酒は涙か溜息か 02'46 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Sarai no Uta さすらいの唄 05'07 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Scarborough Faire Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Sendō Kawai Ya 船頭可愛や 03'11 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Sendō Kawai Ya 船頭可愛や 03'08 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Sendō Kouta 船頭小唄 04'53 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Shimoda Yakykoku 下田夜曲 02'53 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Shōjōji no Tanuki Bayashi 証城寺の狸囃子 02'53 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Shussegaidō 出世街道 02'36 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Soul Bamboo Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Sumidagawa すみだ川 02'14 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Sumidagawa すみだ川 02'30 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Sumidagawa すみだ川 02'26 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Sunayama 砂山 03'31 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 01'56 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 02'37 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 02'36 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Tabi Kasa Dōchū 旅笠道中 02'36 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Take Five Bamboo (Muraoka) Shakuhachi
Tōjin'okichi 唐人お吉 02'21 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Tokyo Kōshinkyoku 東京行進曲 02'56 Collection of Shakuhachi Solos by Muraoka Minoru Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'12 Chikushi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'45 Shakuhachi no Subete - 1 Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'43 Shakuhachi wa Utau - 2 Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 Tabikasa Gurashi Shakuhachi
Tsumakoi Dōchū 妻恋道中 02'41 The Best 20; Tokusen - Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi
Wakare no Burūsu 別れのブルース 03'02 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Yawara 03'14 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Yūichi Jingi 夕一仁義 02'53 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi
Yunomachi Erejī 湯の町エレジー 02'53 Shakuhachi no Subete - 2 Shakuhachi