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Singing Satsumabiwa became an adventure in the completest sense of the word. The first song Fumon began to teach me was Horaisan.

He plays the first phrase on the instrument,  I attempt to follow, gritting my teeth at the pain in my shoulder from holding the instrument

A translation of the song Himeyuri Corps 姫百合部隊

...the whole tradition can't be summed up in this way. Recently, I came to understand these texts in a more nuanced way.

The timbre of his voice made it so unlike anything I was familiar with. I could not call it song. Nor would I describe it as chant.