Russian Folksong Victor 13123-A (BM1661) l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano 1931
EMG MkXb, thorn needle
Yoshie Fujiwara (1898-1976) was born in Osaka, His mother Kinu Sakata was a geisha, who worked in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. His father, Neil B. Reid, was Scottish, however, he was not raised by his father. Tokuzaburo Fujiwara adopted him, from whom he received the family name Fujiwara. Even so, his true father met him later in his life and put Yoshie into school. Yoshie's mother died in his youth, and Reid remained a bachelor all his life. There is Reid's grave in Shimonoseki and Reid's boarding house later became the Fujiwara Yoshie Memorial Museum. In 1934, he established the Fujiwara Opera and became a notable figure of Japanese opera history.