Kurofune 黒船 are musicians who combine Shimauta music of Amani and Kagoshima Prefecture with pop and jazz. They successfully combine the traditional with the modern. The key performers of Kurofune are Sekiya Yuki bassist from TRI4TH, Anna Sato, a shimauta singer and shimisen player from Amani Island, and Hikari Shirafuji, who plays tsugaru-jamisen from the group Ki & Ki Tsugaru Shamisen.
https://japanmusiccorner.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/kurofune-%E9%BB%92%E8%88%B9/
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