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This is the soundtrack for the stage production "Sakuya ~The tale of a Princess who is Loved by a Samurai and cherry blossoms~," which was held in 26 cities across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in May 2004, attracting approximately 30,000 spectators. The music was directed by the solitary genius koto player Yuka Hosaka, who collaborated with Mihoko Kamiya to create this soulful work. It is a culmination of music overflowing with Japanese beauty, woven together by koto solos, synthesizers, and Yamato UTA (=songs). It is not widely known in Japan that there are still many fans in the Netherlands and Belgium who will never forget this stage production.
From the age of three, she inherited the singing and dancing as a art of Shinto ritual from her grandmother, who ran a family teahouse next to Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kami-shichiken, Kyoto. sHe entered a music university to search the traditional flute played by Ushiwaka-maru, a character who always encouraged her as a small child. It was there that she encountered the art of the "Tsurugi" (Japanese sword). After experiencing a revelation through the tsurugi, she founded Japan's first "Tsurugi school", O-Getsu Ryu Mitsurugi-Do, on July 7, 1995. As the head (The founder) of the school, she has performed at the UNESCO Paris Headquarters First Conference Hall, the MLB Opening Day, and toured three European countries (the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany) for 30 years. While studying at Kokugakuin University's Faculty of Shinto Studies, also she has obtained a qualification as a Shinto priest (seikai).
O-Getsu Ryu