1439 Rin' - Fuhen
1439 Rin' - Fuhen From: Jikū , Year: 2004 Genre: Traditional Japanese/J-Pop I had the melody of this extremely beautiful song running through my mind this morning and I knew I had to make it my pick for today. I first heard this song playing on the ending credits of the Animé Samurai 7 , which was an adaptation of the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece film The Seven Samuari . I immediately fell in love with this song upon hearing it for the first time; it is kind of a fusion of Traditional Japanese and modern Pop/Rock music. The three members of the band played traditional Japanese instruments and in this song in particular both the Koto and Biwa are very prominent; I've always loved the sound of the Koto. Hear Fuhen on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Cream - Badge My song pick two years ago today: Steeleye Span - Seven Hundred Elves My song pick three years ago today: Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man +