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the biwa (琵琶 - chinese: pipa), form of short-necked lute, played group of itinerant performers (biwa hōshi) (琵琶法師) used accompany stories. famous of these stories tale of heike, 12th-century history of triumph of minamoto clan on taira. biwa hōshi began organizing guild-like association (tōdō) visually impaired men thirteenth century. guild controlled large portion of musical culture of japan. biwa japan s traditional instrument .


in addition, numerous smaller groups of itinerant blind musicians formed in kyushu area. these musicians, known mōsō (盲僧 blind monk) toured local areas , performed variety of religious , semi-religious texts purify households , bring health , luck. maintained repertory of secular genres. biwa played considerably smaller heike biwa (平家琵琶) played biwa hōshi.


lafcadio hearn related in book kwaidan: stories , studies of strange things mimi-nashi hoichi (hoichi earless), japanese ghost story blind biwa hōshi performs tale of heike


blind women, known goze (瞽女), toured land since medieval era, singing songs , playing accompanying music on lap drum. seventeenth century played koto or shamisen. goze organizations sprung throughout land, , existed until in today niigata prefecture.







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