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dec06-The Koto Player
dec06-The Koto Player
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Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
Location: Nikko, Japan
Date: Dec 6, 2009
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Performance, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2009

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 We went to my wife's cousin's koto recital at the old Imperial Summer Residence in Nikko. He's pretty darn good, having played it since he was a first grader in elementary school. (That's him and my sister-in-law.)
This is a 13 string ordinary koto, but he also played the 17 string bass koto (with thick yellow strings).
Some of the pieces were quite modern - in one of his solos he actually used a kitchen ladle against the strings. In a medley he played with three others, it actually sounded a bit like Spanish guitar.
Their encore piece was a traditional tune that I happened to learn on the koto last month when I was at my small school and went to the 7th graders' culture/music class

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 12/06/2009 11:38:59 AM
Wonderful use of dof and contrast to make your subject stand out. Great story. Thanks!
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 12/06/2009 09:56:09 AM
I have never seen one of them, I read your story and still needed to google it. Interesting piece! I like the photo as well.
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