Released to commemorate Marufuku Records’ 35th anniversary, the first album selected for this series—which reissues historic SP recordings—is a recording by Asaki Fukuhara and Tetsuko, whose innovative sanshin playing style was said to be inimitable, and “Miyako Niko (Nākunī) · Temadō” by Terutada Miyagi, known as the “Konchū Nākunī” and credited with laying the foundation for today’s Nākunī. Their influence on subsequent generations of Okinawan folk music is immeasurable, and these legendary performances have remained a standard and source of inspiration for aspiring Okinawan folk musicians to this day! A historic legacy of Okinawan folk music! (Original Japanese text by Izuru Utsumi)