Kurofune - Songs from the Black Ships

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‘Kurofune’ is a musical journey into the 16th and 17th centuries between Europe and Japan. Japanese soprano Chiyomi Yamada, accompanied by lutenists Toyohiko Satoh and David van Ooijen, performs songs from the European courts and Japanese pleasure quarters of that time, bringing back to life the musical world of the missionaries and traders who first came to Japan on the famous „Black Ships“ (Kurofune).