Voices of the Blind Songstresses
In Japan, 'goze' were blind female travelling performers - we look at the lives of the songstresses who travelled throughout Japan with shamisen in hand and sang their songs to earn a living.
Voices of the Blind Songstresses airs on NHK World - Japan HD at 2:30 PM, Friday 12 June.
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