Works are being written for 20-and 25-stringed kotos and 17-string bass kotos, and a new generation of players such as Japanese master Kazue Sawai, her students including Michiyo Yagi, and American performers Reiko Obata and Miya Masaoka, are finding places for the koto in today's jazz, experimental music and even pop.

Miya Masaoka performing at Kollam

Miya Masaoka ( born Washington, D. C., 1958 ) is an American musician and composer who performs on the 17-string Japanese koto zither, often augmenting it with string preparations and electronic triggers ( as in her " Koto Monster ", where additional laser beam " strings " hover over

* Miya Masaoka homepage at SF State

* Miya Masaoka biography from the Other Minds festival

* Miya Masaoka page on Asian Improv

* Miya Masaoka page on The Bay Improviser ( incl.

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Parran, James Newton, Joel Ryan, Joëlle Léandre, Leroy Jenkins, Michel Portal, Misha Mengelberg, Miya Masaoka, Richard Teitelbaum, Sam Rivers, Steve Lacy and Wadada Leo Smith.

* The Usual Turmoil and Other Duets ( Music & Arts, 1998 ) with Miya Masaoka

* Miya Masaoka Orchestra, What Is the Difference Between Stripping and Playing the Violin?

Pauline Oliveros, John Zorn, Dave Douglas ( trumpeter ), Yusef Komunyakaa, Trisha Brown, Tania Leon, Roberto Juan Rodriguez, Makoto Fujimura, Juan Sanchez, Jim Clark, Jude Tallichet, Laiwan Chung, Min Xiaofen, Derek Bailey, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier, William Parker ( musician ), David S. Ware, Assif Tsahar, Matthew Shipp, Billy Bang, Jeanne Lee, Miya Masaoka, George Lewis ( trombonist ), Dr. L. Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurthi, Wang Ping ( author ), Luis Francia, Wadada Leo Smith, Mark Dresser, Kathleen Supové, Jennifer Choi, Craig Taborn, Bridget Kibbey, Jade Simmons, Arto Lindsay, Thurston Moore, Prefuse 73, Yo La Tengo, Humanfolk, Mephista.

* CG121 Alex Cline / Kaoru / Miya Masaoka / G. E.

* 2000 Marc Mellits, Edward Ruchalski, Miya Masaoka, Toby Twining

The best-selling enka after the Oricon charts began in 1968 is Shiro Miya and Pinkara Trio's 1972 " Onna no Michi.

Okihiki for the Outer Shrine is held in May and starts on the Miya River.

* Cherry Blossom Festival is held during cherry blossom blooming season on the Miya River ( near the Watarai Bridge ).

* Miya River Fireworks is held in mid-July.

*** Tsushima no Miya Station-This station is only open for two days a year during the summer.

Ieshima is divided into 2 " hamlets " called Miya and Maura.

A small Muslim community is located on eastern fringes of Pokhara generally called Miya Patan.

The shrine is familiarly known as Atsuta-Sama ( Venerable Atsuta ) or simply as Miya ( the Shrine ).

He is also recognized as a master of the Bhairav family of Raags, along with the legendary Raags Darbari Kanada, Miya ki Malhar, and Jog.

This version of the song, as well as all versions on the single, is also found on the Final Fantasy Single Collection bootleg CD, released by EverAnime with catalog number GM-496, by Archer Records with catalog number SA-007 and by Miya Records with catalog number MICA-0068.

* Here is Greenwood ( Miya Igarashi )

It is called Miya River ( 宮川 Miya-gawa ) in Gifu.

Katamori tried to achieve peaceful resolutions after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, apologizing to the Imperial court many times, and even formally presenting a letter of submission to Prince Rinnoji no Miya Yoshihisa, but the members of the new Meiji government refused to pay him any heed.

In addition, the novel was also adapted into a two-episode part of the Aoi Bungaku anime series, directed by Shigeyuki Miya.

Formed in 1997 by Miya, Tatsurou ( then called " Tattoo "), Satochi and Hiro, they originally played The Blue Hearts and Glay covers.

* Miya ( 宮 ): Royal prince / princess, house of emperor / royal family

* Najir Miya ( Quota / Muslim )

He succeeded his half brother, Emperor Yōmei in 587, and lived in the Kurahashi Palace ( Kurahashi no Miya ) in Yamato.

The acronym FAQ was developed between 1982-1985 by Eugene Miya of NASA for the SPACE mailing list.

Eugene Miya experimented with the first daily FAQ.

written by Gichi Ōtsuka and Miya Shōtarō, was released on May 28, 2001 and based on Part 5.

At the age of forty, he married his niece Onna san no Miya, who was a daughter of his elder half-brother, and her mother was a lady whose half-sister was Empress Fujitsubo, hence her another niece.

, a son of his friend, hence a nephew of Lady Aoi, lusted after Onna san no Miya and sought her love even after her marriage with Genji.

One of the " Miya " hybrid Paphiopedilum cultivar s bred by T. Ozawa

The city of Gamagōri was proclaimed on April 1, 1954 when the town of Gamagōri merged with the neighboring town of Miya and village of Shiotsu.

The city of Gamagōri was proclaimed on April 1, 1954 when the town of Gamagōri merged with the neighboring town of Miya and village of Shiotsu.

The Gamagōri Matsuri, held in late July features a fireworks display, and the local festival of former Miya village held in October features an event where mikoshi are carried into the sea.

Kuni no Miya ’ s Daigokuden was made a temple in 746.

* Matsudaira Setsuko ( 1909 – 1995 ), daughter of Matsudaira Tsuneo ; later married Prince Chichibu no Miya, Emperor Hirohito's brother.

The city of Gamagōri was proclaimed on April 1, 1954 when the town of Gamagōri merged with the neighboring town of Miya and village of Shiotsu.

On April 1, 1954, the city was Gamagōri was formed by the merger of Gamagōri and Miya towns and Shiotsu village.

On February 1, 2005 Nyūkawa, along with the town of Kuguno, and the villages of Asahi, Kiyomi, Miya, Shōkawa and Takane, all from Ōno District, the town of Kokufu, and the village of Kamitakara, from Yoshiki District, was merged into the expanded city of Takayama and no longer exists as an independent municipality.