Dan-no-Ura by Junko Ueda satsuma-biwa in Caunes Minervois, France

Live recording of the Japanese satsuma-biwa player / singer Junko Ueda performing “Dan-no-Ura“ (from the Heike Monogatari) at the Abbey Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Caunes Minervois (Aude) France on 3rd September 2011 as part of the “6th Festival Troubadoures chantent l’Art Roman“. Dan-no-Ura: Japanese traditional biwa music This story represents the climax of Heike Monogatari (The Story of Heike, Japanese famous epic story of 13th century) and describes the last scene of the war between the Heike clan an