'Tapestry: Koto' is a 3-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s dedicated to one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music: Koto. The beauty of the trilogy curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, whose chapters are respectively dedicated to Sea, Hillside and Country, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound idioms, integrating the koto with jazz musicians. An original mix, a 'crossover’ that allows for the awakening and the consequential spread of traditional music in larger contexts.
The extreme accuracy of the marvellous recordings is also remarkable.

Tracklist:
A1 佐渡おけさ = Sado Okesa
A2 十三の砂山 = Tosa No Sunayama
A3 斉太郎節 = Saitaro-Bushi
A4 ソーラン節 = Soran-Bushi
A5 三階節 = Sangai-Bushi
A6 島原の子守唄 = Shimabara No Komoriuta
B1 貝から節 = Kaigara-Bushi
B2 串本節 = Kushimoto-Bushi
B3 金比羅船々 = Konpira Fune Fune
B4 谷茶前 = Tanchame
B5 磯浜盆唄 = Isohama Bon-Uta
B6 大島節 = Oshima-Bushi