Heikyoku and biwa hōshi became immensely popular for the next several hundred years. Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師) literally means "lute priest". Hōshi (法師) is derived...

biwa players, known as biwa hōshi, found employment and patronage. However, following the collapse of the Ritsuryō state, biwa hōshi employed at the court...

understanding. The biwa (琵琶 - Chinese: pipa), a form of short-necked lute, was played by a group of itinerant performers (biwa hōshi). The root of Biwa music was...

Every ashigaru had his first lessons on the mentality of war from the biwa hōshi. On the other hand, the Heike recitations also propagated civic virtues:...

unnamed blind travelling monk and a biwa hōshi (lute priest). He is an excellent swordsman who carries a sword inside his biwa. He is named Biwamaru and the...

with Hoshi All pages with titles containing Hoshi Hoshii (disambiguation) Biwa hōshi (法師), historical Japanese traveling performers "Kagayakeru Hoshi", a...

died. In the present, the Biwa-Hōshi and Hyakkimaru realize the map appears when Dororo's back heats up, which the Biwa-Hōshi says gives her some choices...

clan. Biwa (びわ) Voiced by: Aoi Yūki (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh (English) The daughter of a biwa hōshi who is killed by agents of the Taira after Biwa unintentionally...

the 13th century, including Gagaku, Shōmyō Buddhist chanting, and the biwa hōshi. A group of consultants also helped translate lyrics written in English...

differing versions passed down through an oral tradition by biwa-playing bards known as biwa hōshi. The monk Yoshida Kenkō (1282–1350) offers a theory as to...

Every ashigaru had his first lessons on the mentality of war from the biwa hōshi. On the other hand, the Heike recitations also propagated civic virtues:...

period of Japanese history, noted as the blind itinerant lute player (biwa hōshi) who gave the epic Heike Monogatari its present form. Little is known...

groups such as the Anma, moxibustion practitioners, and members of the biwa hōshi, among other organizations) every time a banquet was called, but the literary...

Yagyō Emaki. In yōkai depictions, they are depicted looking like a giant biwa hōshi standing above the sea holding a rod in the right hand and carrying a...

According to legend, Hoichi was a blind minstrel (or biwa hōshi) with an amazing gift for the biwa (a loquat-shaped Japanese lute). He was particularly...

Japanese guild for blind men, established in the 14th century by the biwa hōshi Akashi Kakuichi (明石覚一). Members performed a variety of roles, as itinerant...

Kemono-michi: Kaijin Hanzaki) The Biwa Master of Darkness: Monster Noizer (暗闇の琵琶法師 怪人ノイザー, Kurayami no Biwa-hōshi: Kaijin Noizā) The Coffin of Hell:...

related groups such the Anma, moxibustion practitions, and members of the biwa hōshi, among other organizations) with both eyes not on the face, but on the...

outcast groups or settlements (shuku), for example sarugaku actors and biwa hōshi. The role of a protector of such social groups is attested for Matarajin...

Heike Biwa, a form of narrative music, was invented and spread during the Kamakura period (1185–1333) by traveling musicians known as biwa hoshi, who were...

yomimono (written texts) and through recitation by blind priests known as biwa hōshi. The oral practices had a ritual component, as they were thought to restore...

particular was widely recited by biwa-hōshi, travelling monks, usually blind, who recited the tale to the accompaniment of the biwa, and this was a very popular...

musicians known as biwa hōshi at Tōdōza improved the instrument and created what would be the shamisen. They used the plectrum of the Japanese biwa to play the...

a reflection of his wife's spirit possessing the instrument.: 35  The biwa hoshi, itinerant blind priests, have a similar history with the instrument.: 32 ...

monogatari. Passed down in top secret among the biwa hōshi—blind monks who played The Tale of the Heike on the biwa lute—the scroll is meant to take place in...

Isso - Kokai" (1989) The Way for 2 ryuteki, 2 hichiriki, 2 sho, shakuhachi, biwa, 2 koto, 2 percussion and female dancer (1990) Linked Poems of Autumn for...

The Osaka-Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon (びわ湖毎日マラソン, Biwako Mainichi Marason) was a marathon race held in Otsu, Shiga, Japan. It was one of the prominent...

people of various amusements were on the ship for the same purpose. Biwa hoshi chanted The Tale of the Heike for the construction or repair of temples...

JPL · 10877 10878 Moriyama 1996 VV Moriyama, a city on east side of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, in Shiga Prefecture. JPL · 10878 10880 Kaguya...

The Osaka-Lake Biwa Marathon (大阪マラソン, Osaka Marathon) is an annual marathon road running event for elite and non-elite men and non-elite women over the...