Senri Miyazato
Songs & Prayers From The Izaiho Ritual, Kudaka Island
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* Includes a 28-page booklet with liner notes by Senri Miyazato in Japanese and English (English translation by Linda Havenstein) * Historical recording of the sacred Izaiho ritual, an inauguration ceremony of female priests held once in twelve years in Kudaka island, which is located approximately five kilometers east west from the Okinawa island. Izaiho ended in 1978 due to a lack of successors, and this is a recording of the final ritual.
Format
Recorded in December 1978, at the last occasion when the Izaiho ritual was performed.
Gatefold papersleeve with booklet of liner notes in Japanese and English.
Release notes
Recorded in December 1978, at the last occasion when the Izaiho ritual was performed. Gatefold papersleeve with booklet of liner notes in Japanese and English.
| 1 | アサンマーイ = Asanmai | 4:06 | |
| 2 | ニラーハナー遥拝 = Nirahana Worship | 2:26 | |
| 3 | ウプティシジでのティンユタの祈り = Tinyuta Praying At Uputishiji | 4:47 | |
| 4 | ユクネーガミアシビ = Yukunêgamiashibi | 4:30 | |
| 5 | ハシララリアシビ = Hashirarariashibi | 14:22 | |
| 6 | アリクヤー = Arikuyâ | 11:18 | |
| 7 | 西銘シズ・比嘉康雄の対話 = Dialogue Between Shizu Nishime And Yasuo Higa | 1:43 | |
| 8 | ナーリキ = Nâriki | 3:57 | |
| 9 | グキーマーイ = Gukimâi | 30:41 | |
| 10 | 区長挨拶 = Speech Of The District Mayor | 1:23 |
- Hirozumi Takeda
- Design
- Makoto Oshiro
- Edited By, Mastered By
- Linda Havenstein
- Liner Notes [English Translation]
- Yasuo Higa
- Photography By
- Senri Miyazato
- Recorded By, Liner Notes
