A young girl named Biwa is the heroine of “Heike Monogatari” (The Heike Story), a Japanese anime series. In the series, based on a medieval Japanese war epic called "The Tale of the Heike," Biwa ...

Coinciding with the release of the action-adventure video game, neoclassical composer Ilan Eshkeri opens up about his initial hesitation with the project, research into Japanese music and his love of ...

Discover the relationship between music and Buddhism through ancient Japanese instruments such as the gogen-biwa and kugo from the Shosoin Repository in Nara, artifacts restored from Chinese ...

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