Now reissued on vinyl, the stunning LP 'Tapestry: Koto & The Occident Sea' is part of a three-album series produced by Nippon Columbia in the mid-1970s, dedicated to the koto, one of the main instruments of Japanese traditional music. The beauty of the trilogy, curated by composer Kiyoshi Yamaya, lies in the fact that they are a modern translation of tradition using newer and more avant-garde sound idioms, integrating the koto with jazz musicians. The result is an original 'crossover' that allows for the awakening and the consequential spread of traditional music in larger contexts.