Liner Notes Liner Notes for “Garden of the Echigo Lion”
Garden of the Echigo Lion by MasaharuThe shamisen part, improvisational throughout, and the rhyt...
Liner Notes 
Music Reviews Admiring the Sophisticated Craftsmanship: The Theme of “Shin Obake no Q-taro”
(Original posted on August 18, 2006)The sound and groove emanating from my car's FM radio struck...
Liner Notes “Warmth of Stagnation” Liner Notes
Warmth of Stagnation by MasaharuThe first track, “Warmth of Stagnation,” the title tune, is a s...
Essays Watching Yuri Norstein’s Animated Works
(Original posted on November 16, 2008)Yuri Norstein is an animation artist deeply respected by n...
Essays On the Syndrome of Harmony
(Originally posted: October 22, 1999)When we say “harmony,” we tend to envision something rather...
Essays Overwhelmed by What Simply Stands
(Originally posted on August 5, 2006)One of my quiet pleasures is driving alone, day or night. T...
Essays A Reflection on Yoshitomo Nara
(Originally posted: June 26, 2006)On June 25, 2006, I watched the documentary program Jounetsu T...
Essays Building the Buddha and Infusing It with a Soul
(Originally posted on April 1, 2007)Recent technological advancements have made it remarkably ea...
Essays One of the Origins I Should Return To
(Originally posted on April 26, 2007)One of my favorite childhood pastimes was playing with LEGO...
Essays The Manifestation of Images in Art
(Originally posted: June 7, 2006)The manifestation of images in art is not merely the faithful r...