Minamoto Unkai 源雲界 1889 - 1937

This is a version of Ajikan which has been attributed to Miyagawa Nyozan (1868 - 1946). This sounds like a 1920s, pre-electric microphone 78rpm recording. Unkai would have been in his thirties, if I am correct. Nyozan recorded this piece in the 1930s. 
— elizabeth moran

"Minamoto Unkai was considered to be a rather strange fellow with a particularly strange way of writing multicolored notation. He claimed to have learned all the Shinpo-ryu pieces, though it is said that in reality he learned at most 10 pieces, as well as various pieces of other lineages." — from komuso.com, unknown author

Teacher:
Katsuura Shōzan

Students: 
 Sakai Chikuho I 1892/10/15 - 1985
 Sano Tōkai 
 Yamaue Getsuzan b. November 15, 1908

— from komuso.com

Ajikan • Minamoto Unkai

Broadcast on KPFK, September 8, 1963.
Honte Choshi, Taki Ochi, Kyorei, Koku and Ajikan played by Muchiku Tanikita & Gochiku Asakura at Myoan-ji in Kyoto.

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Choshi with heart sutra, two bells, two shakuhachi.

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KPFK 1963 Broadcast of Myoanji

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A rare session recording of the late County Clare concertina player Paddy Murphy (1913 - 1992), recorded by John Knight In Ennis, on the 4th October 1972 (recovered from Tape_035/036 in January/April 2020). John's records don't specify who the box player is, but credit to them too for the excellent playing!

Some info on Paddy:
Paddy Murphy (who is regarded as a founding father of modern Irish concertina music) was born in the rural community of Fiach Roe in the musically rich heartland of west County Clare (Ireland). His music developed during a time of unprecedented change in Irish society. Emigration from the Irish countryside was reaching critical mass, but Murphy chose to remain at home on a mountainy farm. During the next fifty years, he would become one of the most celebrated concertina players in Ireland, responsible for developing a unique fingering system and for passing on his skills to a new and eager generation of teachers and performers.

Further information may be found here - http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/music/heartland_clare_concertina/dialects_players.htm

Ajikan • Minamoto Unkai

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