The songs of the goze: Rieko Hirosawa keeps tradition alive in Japan – video

Rieko Hirosawa, who herself is blind, has learned how to play the shamisen and sing the songs of the goze, blind and visually impaired women who earned a living as itinerant musicians and who numbered in their hundreds at their peak in the late 19th century. She is at the heart of a movement to protect the legacy of the goze.

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