Quinn McCarthyShogun (January 2, 1999)

'Tom Fahy' was an assemblage of musicians headed by multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and County Galway native Tom Fahy, born Quinn McCarthy (1971-19 June 2008.). Core members included Jiang Dan, Rachael Eisley, Zhang Li and Liu Kaige, while other players were drafted for the requirements of particular pieces. Their 50+ album catalogue was the fruit of a 9-year collaboration initiated while the core members were in residence in Honolulu, Hawai'i. To each album, the members brought a myriad of musical competencies.


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Artist/Composer: Quinn McCarthy
Date: 1999-01-02
Keywords: Ambient; Electro-Orchestral; Experimental; Instrumental; Electronic

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Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji (足利 尊氏, 1305—June 7, 1358) was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358. He was a descendant of the samurai of the (Minamoto) Seiwa Genji line, descended from Emperor Seiwa, that had settled in Ashikaga area of Shimotsuke Province which is in present day Tochigi Prefecture.

Takauji was a general of the Kamakura shogunate sent to Kyoto in 1333 to put down the Genko Rebellion which had started in 1331. After becoming increasingly disillusioned with the shogunate over time, Takauji joined the banished Emperor Go-Daigo and Kusunoki Masashige and seized Kyoto. Soon after, Nitta Yoshisada attacked Kamakura and finally destroyed the shogunate and Emperor Go-Daigo became the de facto ruler of Japan, reestablishing the primacy of the imperial court in Kyoto and starting the Kemmu restoration.

However, shortly thereafter, the samurai clans became increasingly disillusioned with reestablished imperial court which sought to return to the social and political systems of the Heian period. Sensing their discontent, Takauji pleaded with the emperor to do something before rebellion would break out, however his warnings were ignored.

Hōjō Tokiyuki, son of the 14th Hōjō regent Hōjō Takatoki, took the opportunity to start the Nakasendai rebellion (Nakasendai no Ran) to try to reestablish the shogunate at Kamakura in 1335. Takauji put down the rebellion and took Kamakura for himself. Taking up the cause of his fellow samurai, he claimed the title of Seii Taishogun and allotted land to his followers without permission from the court. Takauji announced his allegiance to the imperial court, but Go-Daigo sent Nitta Yoshisada to reclaim Kamakura.
Tomb of Ashikaga Takauji at Tōji-in in Kyōto

Meeting at the Battle of Hakone Take no Shita, Takauji defeated Yoshisada and afterwards marched all the way to Kyoto. He captured it only to be driven out and to Kyūshū by the regrouped forces of Yoshisada with Masashige. Takauji allied himself with the clans native to Kyūshū and again marched to Kyoto. At the decisive Battle of Minato River in 1336, Takauji defeated Yoshisada and killed Masashige, allowing him to seize Kyoto for good. Emperor Kōmyō was installed as emperor beginning the turbulent Northern and Southern Court period (Nanboku-chō) which would last for almost 60 more years.

Emperor Go-Daigo also gave him the ranks of Chinjufu-shogun, or Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North and the courtly title of the Fourth Rank, Junior Grade.

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Reviewer: G-Zillion - - July 20, 2009
Subject: very nice!
As for other albums from Quinn McCarthy, one has the impression to be really transposed to remote, filmesque places, and close to the surface of consciousness. Definitively ambient music.