Okinawan folk
Summary
Okinawan folk is a broad atlas category for the island region's vernacular song traditions and their continuing transformations. It includes distinct local repertories rather than one uniform style shared identically across Okinawa, Miyako and Yaeyama. Singing, sanshin playing, dance and communal celebration connect music to everyday relationships and cultural identity. The sound may be intimate, contemplative or exhilarating. A familiar sanshin-led popular song is a useful entrance, but it should lead toward the varied village, island and generational histories that give the musical landscape its depth. [1]
Contemporary and trending
Local gatherings, festivals, music venues, teaching and recordings keep older repertories in circulation while new songs continue to appear. Folk musicians can also work with guitar, jazz or pop without abandoning their island relationships. Migration has sustained active Okinawan musical communities elsewhere in Japan and overseas. Contemporary practice consequently includes both continuity and invention, not a choice between an untouched tradition and a commercial imitation. A recorded concert may move among older island songs and recent compositions; knowing which is being performed makes the breadth of that creative life clearer. [2]
History
The Ryukyu kingdom's regional and maritime history shaped musical exchange, while court-associated and vernacular practices developed in different social settings. Japan's annexation, war, postwar occupation and migration profoundly affected Okinawan life and the circumstances of music making. Songs can carry memory of hardship, longing, celebration and political experience, as well as subjects unrelated to public history. Recording and broadcast expanded the reach of particular performers and repertories. These developments do not create one simple narrative of loss: successive generations also composed new songs and found new occasions for inherited ones. [2]
Musical characteristics
The three-stringed sanshin is a central instrument, but some repertories use voice and clapped rhythm without it. Vocal phrasing, local language, scale patterns and the relationship with movement vary between traditions. A gentle song can turn into an energetic participatory sequence, while another performance concentrates on an extended melody. The widely recognized Ryukyuan scale is a useful clue, not a rule covering every island song. Listen for the interaction of singer, plucked line and responding voices, and for whether the music invites dancing, storytelling or close attention to a particular text.
Geography and communities
Okinawa's main island and the Miyako and Yaeyama groups form related but differentiated musical worlds. Their maritime separation matters; one huge circle centered at Naha would obscure the southwestern islands and imply equal affinity across empty sea. Our fields therefore keep those island landscapes distinct, alongside lighter adopted communities in mainland Japan and Hawaii. Those migrant worlds are part of the music's continuing geography rather than merely distant audiences. The map does not make all music performed in Okinawa traditional folk or treat the region as a uniform extension of mainland min'yo.
Artists
Rinsho Kadekaru and Seijin Noborikawa provide historical entry points into expressive singing and sanshin performance. Yukito Ara, Isamu Shimoji and Shinobu Matsuda demonstrate how musicians can foreground different island repertories within a shared concert. Tinsagu nu Hana, Asatoya Yunta and Tsuki nu Kaisha offer contrasting listening routes, but the version and setting matter. A named artist can introduce a song whose wider community history extends beyond that recording. Including village groups, dancers and teachers alongside celebrated performers helps retain the participatory dimension that a star playlist can conceal.
Representative performances
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| traditional | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misako Oshiro | Okinawan folk-song concert footage | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uFU4LppaPdM | Kadokawa’s publication identifies Oshiro’s live performance, preserving a substantial example of the singer’s Okinawan repertoire rather than a brief travel montage.[3] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. |
| Seijin (Rinshō) Noborikawa | Naakunii / Toogaree / Tomari Takahashi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/AB-CkUxKUcg | The archival source identifies the singer and linked Okinawan songs, offering another voice and sanshin-centered interpretation.[4] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | pending | Existing recording | Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. |
| 喜友名朝樹 | 島唄ライブ 喜友名朝樹 in 園田秋まつり 諸見里公園 沖縄市園田 2026🎈10月11日 【沖縄民謡・琉球民謡】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Aie8z2MwDtc?start=5 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: セイシカの🐬沖縄民謡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-11. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Three named stage songs begin00:05; start cue avoids initial silence. Video publication: 2026-10-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] | traditional | unknown | 2026-10-11 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: セイシカの🐬沖縄民謡. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-10-11. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Three named stage songs begin00:05; start cue avoids initial silence. |
| 宮古民謡協会・最高賞受賞者 | 宮古民謡協会第17回芸能祭「多良間しゅんかに」最高賞受賞者による独唱 〜響け みゃーくぬ唄ごころ〜 マティダ市民劇場(2026.9.27) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/kwFBV-YkANU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-27. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Source identifies award-winning singers collectively; individual personal names are not invented. Video publication: 2026-10-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] | traditional | unknown | 2026-09-27 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-27. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Source identifies award-winning singers collectively; individual personal names are not invented. |
| 沖縄宮古民謡協会の演奏者 | 2026宮古民謡協会芸能祭に沖縄宮古民謡協会「舞鳥千鳥」 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/kZ98pdZ1oj0 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: カミジャー大城村上. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2026-09-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: カミジャー大城村上. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男 | 敷島煙草 知名定男 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HM8OsiughIM | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ゆ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2026-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ゆ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| Koh Kazama | 安里屋ユンタ / Asadoya Yunta – Okinawan Folk Song | Koh Kazama, Guitar | https://www.youtube.com/embed/6kyzuwH3iLM | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Koh Kazama 風間 航. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Artist’s own classical-guitar arrangement of the identified Yaeyama folk tune;2025–2026 tour period is not narrowed to an invented concert date. Video publication: 2026-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Koh Kazama 風間 航. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Artist’s own classical-guitar arrangement of the identified Yaeyama folk tune;2025–2026 tour period is not narrowed to an invented concert date. |
| 平良裕明民謡研究所 | [4K] Taira Hiroaki Folk Song Institute: Miyako Folk Songs at "Miyakojima Summer Festival 2026", N... | https://www.youtube.com/embed/VQBnWidpenI | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-25. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2026-08-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | traditional | unknown | 2026-07-25 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-25. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| かきのはな民謡研究所 | 【4K】宮古観光四季音頭 かきのはな民謡研究所「令和8年度 保良自治会 共進会・豊年祭」宮古島 唄三線(2026.7.19) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/sfiNXlrU38o | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-19. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2026-08-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | traditional | unknown | 2026-07-19 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 沖縄のしま. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-07-19. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 清村斉; 岡田万規子 | 【宮古民謡LIVE】「わーり美ぎ島 多良間島②」清村斉(三線)✖️岡田万規子(SAX) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yn1bOL4fsy0 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: エリー. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual sanshin/saxophone folk arrangements; generic Amazing Grace was not included as Miyako folk merely from instrumentation. Video publication: 2026-05-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: エリー. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual sanshin/saxophone folk arrangements; generic Amazing Grace was not included as Miyako folk merely from instrumentation. |
| 清村斉; 岡田万規子 | 【宮古民謡LIVE】「島唄〜南の四季」清村斉(三線)✖️岡田万規子(SAX) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QfV8LHqMIlw | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: エリー. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual sanshin/saxophone folk arrangements; generic Amazing Grace was not included as Miyako folk merely from instrumentation. Video publication: 2026-05-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: エリー. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual sanshin/saxophone folk arrangements; generic Amazing Grace was not included as Miyako folk merely from instrumentation. |
| 平良広治研究所・八重山民謡演奏者 | 【八重山民謡】(沖縄)とぅばらーま|三線演奏|平良広治研究所 北小岩コミュニティ会館 2026 【Yaeyama Folk Song】Okinawa Sanshin Music Tubarama | https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Uvi3_fV5Ng | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 八重山民謡 三線教室 平良広治研究所 Yaeyama Folk Songs & Sanshin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual school/community song performance, not a spoken lesson; institutional affiliation is stated without guessing individual names. Video publication: 2026-03-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 八重山民謡 三線教室 平良広治研究所 Yaeyama Folk Songs & Sanshin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual school/community song performance, not a spoken lesson; institutional affiliation is stated without guessing individual names. |
| 平良広治研究所・八重山民謡演奏者 | 【八重山民謡】(沖縄)八重山育ち|三線演奏|平良広治研究所 北小岩コミュニティ2026 【Yaeyama Folk Song】Okinawa Sanshin Music YaeyamaSodachi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ek6rEAAlsGs | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 八重山民謡 三線教室 平良広治研究所 Yaeyama Folk Songs & Sanshin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual school/community song performance, not a spoken lesson; institutional affiliation is stated without guessing individual names. Video publication: 2026-03-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 八重山民謡 三線教室 平良広治研究所 Yaeyama Folk Songs & Sanshin. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual school/community song performance, not a spoken lesson; institutional affiliation is stated without guessing individual names. |
| rumipiano | rumipiano"Asadoya Yunta"『安里屋ユンタ』@rumipiano | https://www.youtube.com/embed/KgKoABnnXzc | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: rumipiano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual musician’s piano arrangement of identified Asadoya Yunta, retained as an explicitly described instrumental folk interpretation. Video publication: 2026-01-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: rumipiano. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual musician’s piano arrangement of identified Asadoya Yunta, retained as an explicitly described instrumental folk interpretation. |
| 古謝美佐子; 城南海; 佐原一哉 | 古謝美佐子・城南海LIVE「童神/Warabigami」琉球語の子守唄|琉球民謡|琉球の歴史とルーツを伝える | https://www.youtube.com/embed/-oetiUcbOoQ | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: steven a-e. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual TV voices/sanshin with named pianist;1997 is the original work release,2025 the upload, and neither is asserted as this session date. Video publication: 2025-12-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: steven a-e. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual TV voices/sanshin with named pianist;1997 is the original work release,2025 the upload, and neither is asserted as this session date. |
| 大工哲弘; 大工苗子 | 八重山民謡/沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線♪トゥバラーマ~クイチャー踊り/大工哲弘・苗子 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/avBBo0q-qeI | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2025-01-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 大城美佐子 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 大城美佐子/汀間とぅ小 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uHR0aCuwqAE | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2024-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男; 松田弘一; 徳原清文 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 知名定男/松田弘一/徳原清文 ♪時代の流れ | https://www.youtube.com/embed/vYsXOxLUV-k | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2024-09-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| ネーネーズ | ネーネーズ/【平和の琉歌】作詞作曲:桑田佳祐(沖縄詞:知名定男)(2024.7.18 ツイキャスLIVEより) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/m0WsIL3xYZo | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ネーネーズ ch. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-07-18. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual Okinawan-language Ryūka rendition; Keisuke Kuwata is songwriter and Sadao China adapted the Okinawan text, not inferred current singers. Video publication: 2024-08-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | traditional | unknown | 2024-07-18 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ネーネーズ ch. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-07-18. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual Okinawan-language Ryūka rendition; Keisuke Kuwata is songwriter and Sadao China adapted the Okinawan text, not inferred current singers. |
| 大城美佐子; 山里ユキ; 瀬良垣苗子 | 大城美佐子・山里ユキ・瀬良垣苗子 「安波節」 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HMiqkziJBGg | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 🏝️ダイCHAN 🏝️. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Anpa-bushi rendition with three named actual singers;2024upload is not the historic session date. Video publication: 2024-06-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 🏝️ダイCHAN 🏝️. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Anpa-bushi rendition with three named actual singers;2024upload is not the historic session date. |
| 山田たかね | 山田たかねさんチャンピオン とぅばらーま大会 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ld7tG6_-vgg | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-09-27. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2023-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | 2023-09-27 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-09-27. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁/国頭ジントーヨー | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HK7IMXLcM8o | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2023-05-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁/かたみ節 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/frMVMgEAPtw | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2023-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁 ヤッチャー小/ナークニー小 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/xXZ-WGNdfNU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2023-04-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁、八重山民謡の小浜節を歌う | https://www.youtube.com/embed/YX3II_Ft_Fg | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2023-03-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男; ネーネーズ; 松田末吉 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/島唄 知名定男/名護ぬ前 お囃子:ネーネーズ 琉球民謡/沖縄音楽/沖縄/Canção popular de Okinawa | https://www.youtube.com/embed/WQneuhYM9WI | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2022-12-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 平良昌裕 | 令和4年度とぅばらーま大会 平良昌裕さんの最優秀賞の歌声 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/r4w_fVGI_Oo | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-09-08. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2022-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | 2022-09-08 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-09-08. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌 知名定男 スーキカンナー 島唄/琉球民謡/沖縄音楽 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/oc9hunHSTE8 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2022-06-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 山里勇吉 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/八重山民謡 山里勇吉 トゥバラーマ 島唄/琉球民謡/沖縄音楽 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ws6f7AabnHU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2022-05-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁 ♪センスル節 【okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/mpMbKfHPNiE | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-10-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 東川平成人 | 東川平成人さんがチャンピオン 令和3年第75回とぅばらーま大会 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BBwQxKhDFDo | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual contest winner; the other entrants and MC mentioned in event reporting are not all credited as current singers. Video publication: 2021-09-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | traditional | unknown | 2021 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: やいまタイム 【南山舎】. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual contest winner; the other entrants and MC mentioned in event reporting are not all credited as current singers. |
| ゆいゆいシスターズ(山川まゆみ; 上原ゆい; 宮城きよか) | 安里屋ユンタ ゆいゆいシスターズ(山川まゆみ・上原ゆい・宮城きよか) 琉球村でのステージ 沖縄民謡 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/sZUJwhiLwiM | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ジョン・カブキ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-09-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ジョン・カブキ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 嘉手苅林昌; 大城美佐子 | 嘉手苅林昌・大城美佐子「かいされー」 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_rNHBm4ss1M | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Tetsujiro Yamamoto. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-07-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Tetsujiro Yamamoto. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 嘉手苅林昌; 大城美佐子 | 嘉手苅林昌・大城美佐子「十九の春」『琉球情歌行』1973年8月20日 渋谷ジャンジャン | https://www.youtube.com/embed/lwOyUM938e8 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Tetsujiro Yamamoto. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1973-08-20. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-07-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] | traditional | unknown | 1973-08-20 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Tetsujiro Yamamoto. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1973-08-20. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 早弾きの達人 登川誠仁 ♪石川数え音頭 【Okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8vPNuvCRcQY | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-05-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 大城美佐子; 前川守賢 | 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/琉球民謡 大城美佐子/前川守賢 (元ちゃん)♪二才小バーチ 【Okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/eaL12hjDC1g | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Archival duet; description expressly records singer’s2021 death, not a new2021 session. Video publication: 2021-05-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Archival duet; description expressly records singer’s2021 death, not a new2021 session. |
| 嘉手苅林昌; 大城美佐子 | 嘉手苅林昌、大城美佐子 ラッパ節【沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌/三線】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8avw_mzFw0k | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-02-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[39] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 嘉手苅林昌; 津波恒徳; 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 嘉手苅林昌、津波恒徳、登川誠仁 ♪祝い節【島唄/三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/MQlmkb0AXpU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-01-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[40] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁 ♪伸び行く石川 【島唄/民謡/三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpbBA-wIuhk | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2021-01-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[41] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁♪歌ぬ心【島唄/民謡三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0LHUTROEsGU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2020-12-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[42] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| Yuttai Kwattai | Lets Sing Uchinaguchi - Yuttai Kwattai | https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLn_2nksSC8 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Named Hawaii ensemble’s actual Okinawan music; educational series branding alone is not a rejection of a song performance. Video publication: 2020-12-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[43] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Named Hawaii ensemble’s actual Okinawan music; educational series branding alone is not a rejection of a song performance. |
| 知名定男 | 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 知名定男 ♪南洋小唄 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUOdcDGBY7U | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2020-11-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[44] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 大城美佐子 | 大城美佐子 片思い 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄/沖縄の歌/島唄 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/j8QwuUSZ7ro | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2020-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[45] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 琉球太郎. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| Mamoru Miyagi | Mamoru Miyagi - HUOA 2020 Virtual Okinawan Festival | https://www.youtube.com/embed/pI6PlO3pg4g | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-09-04/2020-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. HUOA’s own Hawaii community programme documents Okinawan diaspora repertoire, rather than a touring foreign venue alone. Video publication: 2020-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[46] | traditional | unknown | 2020-09-04/2020-09-06 | live | unknown | country:Japan; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-09-04/2020-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. HUOA’s own Hawaii community programme documents Okinawan diaspora repertoire, rather than a touring foreign venue alone. |
| HUOA Ichigo Ichi E class musicians | HUOA Ichigo Ichi E Class - Full - HUOA 2020 Virtual Okinawan Festival | https://www.youtube.com/embed/l89t3xe5FhU | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-09-04/2020-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual named Hawaii community ensemble; classroom affiliation does not make the festival performance an instructional video. Video publication: 2020-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[47] | traditional | unknown | 2020-09-04/2020-09-06 | live | unknown | country:Japan; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020-09-04/2020-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual named Hawaii community ensemble; classroom affiliation does not make the festival performance an instructional video. |
| 知名定男 | 知名定男「屋嘉節」1995年郡上ライブコンサート | https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVFBFPZ5u6w | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1995. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2019-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[48] | traditional | unknown | 1995 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1995. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 平良昌裕 | 平良昌裕/とぅばらーま@西表島 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_AHfrXuW1U | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: DrJunjiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-01-13. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2019-04-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[49] | traditional | unknown | 2019-01-13 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: DrJunjiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-01-13. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 大城美佐子 | 大城美佐子 / 民謡ライブ(1) 壺屋やちむん通り祭り2018 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/B3jmzZdLArQ | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. Video publication: 2018-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[50] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. |
| 大城美佐子 | 大城 美佐子 / うんじゅが情けど頼ぬまれる 壺屋やちむん通り祭り2018 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/oXNEx5Eg1U0 | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. Video publication: 2018-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[51] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. |
| 大城美佐子 | 大城美佐子 / 屋慶名クワディーサー 壺屋やちむん通り祭り祭り | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mf_B1yJ8mag | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. Video publication: 2018-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[52] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. |
| 大城美佐子 | 大城 美佐子 / 豊年音頭 壺屋やちむん通り祭り2018 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/UXAtYJpAebI | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. Video publication: 2018-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[53] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: LIVE! OKINAWA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Separate songs from the Tsuboya Yachimun street festival; linked recommended videos in the footer are not current performance credits. |
| Grant Sandaa Murata; Hawaii Eisa Shinyuu Kai | HESK with Grant Sandaa Murata at Soto Mission of Hawaii practice 2018 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/AXsbxb7SJRg | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: PhotoLukeHawaii. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Explicitly documented live playing at Hawaii community Bon-dance practice; actual musical practice is retained. Video publication: 2018-08-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[54] | traditional | unknown | 2018 | live | unknown | country:Japan; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: PhotoLukeHawaii. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Explicitly documented live playing at Hawaii community Bon-dance practice; actual musical practice is retained. |
| Tobe! Uta-Sanshin; Afuso Ryu Choichi Kai Hawaii | Atcha Bushi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/MVa8y9Mo03k | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 808CEH. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-10-18. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual named music ensembles in the Chinagu Eisa Hawaii anniversary programme; dancers are distinct from musical credits. Video publication: 2015-03-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[55] | traditional | unknown | 2014-10-18 | live | unknown | country:Japan; country:United States | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: 808CEH. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-10-18. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Actual named music ensembles in the Chinagu Eisa Hawaii anniversary programme; dancers are distinct from musical credits. |
| Young Tubaramā singer (name uncredited), Nakadumichi community event | なかどぅ道ぬとぅばらーま | https://www.youtube.com/embed/tK1fWDQE_6k | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kohjohcho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09-05. Specific unamplified folk song at documented2014community occasion; personal name remains explicitly uncredited. Video publication: 2014-09-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[56] | traditional | unknown | 2014-09-05 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kohjohcho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09-05. Specific unamplified folk song at documented2014community occasion; personal name remains explicitly uncredited. |
| 大工哲弘; 大工苗子 | 大工哲弘トゥバラーマを歌う 20140906 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7ntB-rO-Xw | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: tandegaful. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Documented special-guest Tubaramā with wife’s responses and improvised anniversary text; not a duplicate of every same-title folk version. Video publication: 2014-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[57] | traditional | unknown | 2014-09-06 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: tandegaful. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2014-09-06. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Documented special-guest Tubaramā with wife’s responses and improvised anniversary text; not a duplicate of every same-title folk version. |
| 知名定男; 宮里康子 | 西武門節 にしんじょう 知名定男 宮里康子 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/YAe6UJByF-Y | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Okinawa ☆ 沖縄『三線』『唄者』『歌手』. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2012-10-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[58] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Okinawa ☆ 沖縄『三線』『唄者』『歌手』. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 登川誠仁; 大城美佐子 | 登川誠仁&大城美佐子 「谷茶前」(アルバム:デュエットより) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/F0KfITTaCzw | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Yoshitaka NItta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2012-09-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[59] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: Yoshitaka NItta. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男; ネーネーズ; 土取利行; 高田弘太郎; 三好寛昭; 山脇正治; 横澤龍太郎 | 知名定男&ネーネーズ+土取利行ライヴ NENES&TOSHI TSUCHITORI | https://www.youtube.com/embed/AXh8pBP6XvQ | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2011-12-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[60] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男; 土取利行 | 知名定男+土取利行 ライヴコンサートvol.2 Sadao China & Toshi Tsuchitori duo | https://www.youtube.com/embed/EeuxYtMlUCY | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1996. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Same concert source has distinct programme segments; compare master/overlap before final acceptance. Video publication: 2011-12-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[61] | traditional | unknown | 1996 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1996. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Same concert source has distinct programme segments; compare master/overlap before final acceptance. |
| 登川誠仁 | 登川誠仁/豊節 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/fujTZdCg7xY | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2011-06-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[62] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 古謝美佐子; 佐原一哉 | 童神/ウチナーグチ | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zXiIPp06SOY | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Distinct actual live voice/keyboards rendition, not automatically the same master as the TV duet. Video publication: 2011-06-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[63] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Distinct actual live voice/keyboards rendition, not automatically the same master as the TV duet. |
| 宮良康生 | とぅばらーま(宮良康生) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LtwLSUzI9pw | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: sanden5861. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2010-11-20. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2010-11-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[64] | traditional | unknown | 2010-11-20 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: sanden5861. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2010-11-20. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男 | 知名定男/月ぬ美しゃ | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LvPT9MmDBXM | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Video publication: 2010-04-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[65] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: kamadaa1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. |
| 知名定男; 土取利行 | 知名定男 土取利行 ライヴ Sadao China&Toshi Tsuchitori Live1996 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3AXgqE2O-Ho | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1996. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Same concert source has distinct programme segments; compare master/overlap before final acceptance. Video publication: 2010-04-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[66] | traditional | unknown | 1996 | live | unknown | country:Japan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Okinawan folk musical recording. Source: ototatchinuru18. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1996. Specific Okinawan/Yaeyama/Miyako folk repertoire and actual musical performers reviewed. Upload and performer biography dates do not establish an archival session date. Same concert source has distinct programme segments; compare master/overlap before final acceptance. |
Related genres
Ryukyuan classical music has its own repertoire, teaching and court-history relationships and should not simply be relabeled folk. Amami shimauta is a neighboring but distinct catalogue tradition, with different island histories and vocal conventions. Eisa brings song, percussion and communal dance into a particular performance world; it does not encompass all Okinawan music. Contemporary Okinawan pop can draw on local instruments and language while using many other musical resources. These overlapping categories are best navigated by asking about a performance's island, occasion, repertory and creative treatment rather than one fixed authenticity test.
References and further reading
- ↑ Sanshin Lessons in Okinawa, JNTO.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Songs of Okinawa: The Ryukyuans — Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.
- ↑ Misako Oshiro — Okinawan folk-song concert footage. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ Seijin (Rinshō) Noborikawa — Naakunii / Toogaree / Tomari Takahashi. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
- ↑ 島唄ライブ 喜友名朝樹 in 園田秋まつり 諸見里公園 沖縄市園田 2026🎈10月11日 【沖縄民謡・琉球民謡】.
- ↑ 宮古民謡協会第17回芸能祭「多良間しゅんかに」最高賞受賞者による独唱 〜響け みゃーくぬ唄ごころ〜 マティダ市民劇場(2026.9.27).
- ↑ 2026宮古民謡協会芸能祭に沖縄宮古民謡協会「舞鳥千鳥」.
- ↑ 敷島煙草 知名定男.
- ↑ 安里屋ユンタ / Asadoya Yunta – Okinawan Folk Song | Koh Kazama, Guitar.
- ↑ [4K Taira Hiroaki Folk Song Institute: Miyako Folk Songs at "Miyakojima Summer Festival 2026", N...].
- ↑ 【4K】宮古観光四季音頭 かきのはな民謡研究所「令和8年度 保良自治会 共進会・豊年祭」宮古島 唄三線(2026.7.19).
- ↑ 【宮古民謡LIVE】「わーり美ぎ島 多良間島②」清村斉(三線)✖️岡田万規子(SAX).
- ↑ 【宮古民謡LIVE】「島唄〜南の四季」清村斉(三線)✖️岡田万規子(SAX).
- ↑ 【八重山民謡】(沖縄)とぅばらーま|三線演奏|平良広治研究所 北小岩コミュニティ会館 2026 【Yaeyama Folk Song】Okinawa Sanshin Music Tubarama.
- ↑ 【八重山民謡】(沖縄)八重山育ち|三線演奏|平良広治研究所 北小岩コミュニティ2026 【Yaeyama Folk Song】Okinawa Sanshin Music YaeyamaSodachi.
- ↑ rumipiano"Asadoya Yunta"『安里屋ユンタ』@rumipiano .
- ↑ 古謝美佐子・城南海LIVE「童神/Warabigami」琉球語の子守唄|琉球民謡|琉球の歴史とルーツを伝える.
- ↑ 八重山民謡/沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線♪トゥバラーマ~クイチャー踊り/大工哲弘・苗子.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 大城美佐子/汀間とぅ小.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 知名定男/松田弘一/徳原清文 ♪時代の流れ.
- ↑ ネーネーズ/【平和の琉歌】作詞作曲:桑田佳祐(沖縄詞:知名定男)(2024.7.18 ツイキャスLIVEより).
- ↑ 大城美佐子・山里ユキ・瀬良垣苗子 「安波節」.
- ↑ 山田たかねさんチャンピオン とぅばらーま大会.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁/国頭ジントーヨー.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁/かたみ節.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/三線 登川誠仁 ヤッチャー小/ナークニー小.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁、八重山民謡の小浜節を歌う.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/島唄 知名定男/名護ぬ前 お囃子:ネーネーズ 琉球民謡/沖縄音楽/沖縄/Canção popular de Okinawa.
- ↑ 令和4年度とぅばらーま大会 平良昌裕さんの最優秀賞の歌声.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌 知名定男 スーキカンナー 島唄/琉球民謡/沖縄音楽.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/八重山民謡 山里勇吉 トゥバラーマ 島唄/琉球民謡/沖縄音楽.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁 ♪センスル節 【okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】.
- ↑ 東川平成人さんがチャンピオン 令和3年第75回とぅばらーま大会.
- ↑ 安里屋ユンタ ゆいゆいシスターズ(山川まゆみ・上原ゆい・宮城きよか) 琉球村でのステージ 沖縄民謡.
- ↑ 嘉手苅林昌・大城美佐子「かいされー」.
- ↑ 嘉手苅林昌・大城美佐子「十九の春」『琉球情歌行』1973年8月20日 渋谷ジャンジャン.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 早弾きの達人 登川誠仁 ♪石川数え音頭 【Okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/沖縄の歌/琉球民謡 大城美佐子/前川守賢 (元ちゃん)♪二才小バーチ 【Okinawan music/三線/沖縄音楽】.
- ↑ 嘉手苅林昌、大城美佐子 ラッパ節【沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌/三線】.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 嘉手苅林昌、津波恒徳、登川誠仁 ♪祝い節【島唄/三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁 ♪伸び行く石川 【島唄/民謡/三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 登川誠仁♪歌ぬ心【島唄/民謡三線/沖縄音楽/okinawan music】.
- ↑ Lets Sing Uchinaguchi - Yuttai Kwattai.
- ↑ 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄の歌 知名定男 ♪南洋小唄.
- ↑ 大城美佐子 片思い 沖縄民謡/琉球民謡/沖縄/沖縄の歌/島唄.
- ↑ Mamoru Miyagi - HUOA 2020 Virtual Okinawan Festival.
- ↑ HUOA Ichigo Ichi E Class - Full - HUOA 2020 Virtual Okinawan Festival.
- ↑ 知名定男「屋嘉節」1995年郡上ライブコンサート.
- ↑ 平良昌裕/とぅばらーま@西表島.
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- ↑ Atcha Bushi.
- ↑ なかどぅ道ぬとぅばらーま.
- ↑ 大工哲弘トゥバラーマを歌う 20140906.
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Hotspot mushrooms
Okinawan folk is an archipelagic set of connected but distinct main-island, Miyako and Yaeyama worlds, extended through migration. Separate island fields preserve that understanding; mainland Japanese and Hawaiian adopted communities should appear without an artificial strong ocean corridor.
These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| okinawan-folk-okinawa-main-island | Okinawa main-island folk-song landscape | 26.4 | 127.9 | 300 | 1 | Regional practice and listening beyond Naha performance venues. |
| okinawan-folk-miyako-islands | Miyako island song communities | 24.8 | 125.3 | 220 | 0.95 | A distinct island repertory world. |
| okinawan-folk-yaeyama-islands | Yaeyama island song communities | 24.3 | 124.2 | 240 | 1 | Ishigaki and neighboring island continuities. |
| okinawan-folk-kansai-migrant-world | Kansai Okinawan musical communities | 34.7 | 135.5 | 350 | 0.55 | Migration-linked participation and performance. |
| okinawan-folk-hawaiian-migrant-world | Hawaiian Okinawan musical communities | 21.3 | -157.8 | 260 | 0.45 | A separated enduring adopted world. |