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Ogi Matsuri Daiko
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
October 6, 2007
   
 
Song Title: Ogi Matsuri Daiko
   
Date Composed: c. 1988
Composer: Yoshikazu Fujimoto
Arrangement: Kiyoshi Nagata
Premiere Performance: December 6, 1997 - Toronto Buddhist Church
  CD Release Concert

Ogi is a small port town located on the southern tip of Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. The local villagers play this piece throughout Ogi Village every August on taiko placed horizontally on large mobile carts.

In the early days of Nagata Shachu, Ogi Matsuri was played sideways (yoko uchi) as the solo section for Miyake Daiko. It has never been performed in a full concert and these days, is usually reserved for children's performances using masks.