Umeko Ando
Encyclopedia
is an Ainu
singer and mukkuri
player. In addition to recording several albums, often with Oki Kano
, she is featured posthumously on the Samurai Champloo
soundtrack with her song . The episode that featured this song was dedicated in her memory.
Ainu people
The , also called Aynu, Aino , and in historical texts Ezo , are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia. Historically they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin...
singer and mukkuri
Mukkuri
Mukkuri is a traditional Japanese plucked idiophone indigenous to the Ainu. The Mukkuri is made from bamboo and is 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Similar to a jaw harp, sound is made by pulling the string and vibrating the inside.- External links :*...
player. In addition to recording several albums, often with Oki Kano
Oki (musician)
, known professionally as OKI, is an Ainu Japanese musician, from Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied industrial arts at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His father, Bikki Sunazawa, was a renowned wood sculptor. Oki uses the tonkori, an Ainu stringed instrument, in his...
, she is featured posthumously on the Samurai Champloo
Samurai Champloo
is a Japanese anime series created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004 through March 19, 2005 on Fuji TV. Samurai Champloo has earned Watanabe a renowned title in the anime and Japanese television communities...
soundtrack with her song . The episode that featured this song was dedicated in her memory.