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{{Infobox album
| Name = 13 Japanese Birds
| Type = studio
| Longtype = series
| Artist = ]
| Cover = 13 Japanese Birds box.jpg
| Released = January 2009 – January 2010
| Recorded = October 2008 – November 2009 at Munemi House, Tokyo
| Genre = ]
| Length = {{Duration|m=721|s=56}} (standard)<br>{{Duration|m=760|s=02}} (''Ecobag'')
| Label = ]
| Producer = Masami Akita
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''13 Japanese Birds'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2009)
}}


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'''''13 Japanese Birds''''' is a 15 album series by the Japanese noise musician ]. It was inspired by ]'s '']'' (Catalog of birds), but has no direct musical relationship.<ref name="MMint">{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Batty |title=''Interview: ''The Birds of Noise'' |url=http://musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=150 |publisher=] |accessdate=March 17, 2010}}</ref>
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==Release history==
The series originally consisted of 13 albums released on a monthly basis from January 2009 to January 2010. They were also recorded one a month, and Masami Akita frequently revisited older recordings. It was also part of his then-recent return to live drums.<ref name="MMint"/> Jenny Akita's cover art depicts illustrated birds on top of photographs. Each CD is limited to 1,000 copies.

The series was also available by subscription; as just the CDs, or with a custom-made bamboo box. Also available only with purchase of the box was an acrylic-on-bamboo painting by Akita himself.<ref name="birdbox">{{cite web |title=''Bamboo Box release page'' |url=http://www.importantrecords.com/bird_box/bird_box_details.html |publisher=Important Records|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090303122651/http://www.importantrecords.com/bird_box/bird_box_details.html|archivedate=March 3, 2009}}</ref>

In March 2010, Important released ''Ecobag/13 Birds in a Bag +1'', this set included the original 13 CDs, a bonus CDR of additional material from the sessions, and a piece of original xerox art made by Akita in the mid-90s. All packaged together in a ] and limited to 200 copies.<ref name="ecobag">{{cite web |title=''Ecobag release page'' |url=http://www.importantrecords.com/releases/imprec294_release_page.htm |work=Important Records |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100724013931/http://www.importantrecords.com/releases/imprec294_release_page.htm |archivedate=July 24, 2010}}</ref> After the ''Ecobag'' sold out, the label released the ''Ecoblock'' or ''Bird Block'' in April 2012, with just the original 13 albums and a T-shirt.<ref>{{cite web |title=''imprec294 Merzbow, Bird Block 13CD'' |url=http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec294 |work=Important Records |accessdate=April 24, 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, Important announced that an ] named '']'' would be released to celebrate the completion of the series.<ref></ref> Originally scheduled for the first anniversary of the completion of the original series (January 2011), but it was delayed until March. The album is the 15th and final volume of the ''Japanese Birds'' series, but is a stand-alone release.<ref name="Jigokuhen">{{cite web |title=''Jigokuhen release page'' |url=http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec321 |work=Important Records |accessdate=April 24, 2012}}</ref>
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==Albums==
===''Suzume: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 1''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Suzume
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|01|27}}
| Recorded = October–November 2008
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Suzume'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Fukurou''<br>(2009)
}} }}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MM1">{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Batty |title=''Review: Suzume'' |url=http://musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2223 |publisher=] |accessdate=November 4, 2009}}
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}}

The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|雀|suzume}}. "Tori Uta" was previously released as "{{Nihongo2|<羽毛に纏わる水滴無限循環> Dedicated to アヒル (Duck)}}" on ''Zoundtrack'' by ].

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 48:53
| title1 = Red Bird of Summer Part 1
| length1 = 19:42
| title2 = Fandangos in Space
| length2 = 5:41
| title3 = Tori Uta
| length3 = 6:24
| title4 = Red Bird of Summer Part 2
| length4 = 17:06
}}<ref name=discogs>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Merzbow-Ecobag13-Birds-In-A-Bag-1/release/2122529 |title= Merzbow - Ecobag/13 Birds In A Bag +1 (CD, Album) |work=] |accessdate=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
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===''Fukurou: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 2''===
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{{Infobox album
| Name = Fukurou
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|02|24}}
| Recorded = December 2008
| Last album = ''Suzume''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Fukurou'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Yurikamome''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG2">{{cite web |first=François |last=Couture |title=Review: ''Fukurou'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1488397|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>
|rev2=]
|rev2score={{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="MM2">{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Batty |title=''Review: Fukurou'' |url=http://musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2250 |publisher=] |accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>
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}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|梟|fukurō}}. "Gorosukehoukou" and "Noritsukehousei" are Japanese ] for the sounds of owls.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 58:47
| title1 = Gorosukehoukou
| length1 = 22:18
| title2 = Variation No. 1
| length2 = 9:51
| title3 = Variation No. 2
| length3 = 9:49
| title4 = Noritsukehousei
| length4 = 16:49
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Yurikamome: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 3''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Yurikamome
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|03|24}}
| Recorded = January 2009
| Last album = ''Fukurou''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Yurikamome'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Karasu''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG3">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Yurikamome'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1490848|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>
|rev2=]
|rev2score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MM3">{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Batty |title=''Review: Yurikamome'' |url=http://musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2290 |publisher=] |accessdate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|百合鴎|yurikamome|literally "lily seagull"}}.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 53:20
| title1 = Black Headed Gull
| length1 = 31:42
| title2 = February 2002
| length2 = 13:33
| title3 = The Angel of the Odd
| length3 = 8:05
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Karasu: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 4''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Karasu
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|04|28}}
| Recorded = February 2009
| Last album = ''Yurikamome''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Karasu'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="MM4">{{cite web |first=Roger |last=Batty |title=''Review: Karasu'' |url=http://musiquemachine.com/reviews/reviews_template.php?id=2406 |publisher=] |accessdate=March 22, 2010}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|鴉|karasu}}.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 64:11
| title1 = Argus
| length1 = 19:40
| title2 = Stone the Crows
| length2 = 27:35
| title3 = Morgue
| length3 = 16:56
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Uzura: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 5''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Uzura
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|05|20}}
| Recorded = March 2009
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Uzura'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG5">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Uzura'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1543438|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|鶉|uzura}}. The song titles refer to a March 2009 cull after the ] virus was found.<ref name="quail">{{cite web |title=''Bird flu prompts quail cull in Aichi'' |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090302a5.html |work=The Japan Times |accessdate=November 10, 2009}}</ref>

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 56:06
| title1 = Requiem for the 259,000 Quails Culled at a Farm in Toyohashi Part 1
| length1 = 15:54
| title2 = Requiem for the 259,000 Quails Culled at a Farm in Toyohashi Part 2
| length2 = 27:37
| title3 = Requiem for the 259,000 Quails Culled at a Farm in Toyohashi Part 3
| length3 = 12:35
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Kamo: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 6''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Kamo
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|06|23}}
| Recorded = April 2009
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Kamo'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2009)
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|鴨|kamo}}. The cover depicts the ]. The first track is a protest against the wild-bird cull instituted by Tokyo Governor ].<ref name="MMint"/> ] is a district in ].

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 52:20
| title1 = Bird Killer Governor Ishihara Deserves to Die
| length1 = 16:44
| title2 = Wilderness in Akasaka
| length2 = 19:39
| title3 = Heresy
| length3 = 15:57
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Kujakubato: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 7''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Kujakubato
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|08|05}}
| Recorded = May 2009
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Kujakubato'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Kokuchou''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG7">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Kujakubato'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1601186|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=November 4, 2009}}</ref>
|noprose=yes}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|孔雀鳩|kujakubato|literally "peacock pigeon"}}. The bird design on the cover was previously used on '']''. The album was delayed until the first week of August.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 46:02
| title1 = Wind of Pain
| length1 = 7:50
| title2 = Pigeon Walk Part 1
| length2 = 10:15
| title3 = Pigeon Walk Part 2
| length3 = 7:58
| title4 = Dove Festival
| length4 = 14:07
| title5 = Bird Droppings on Your Head
| length5 = 5:52
}}<ref name=discogs />
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===''Kokuchou: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 8''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Kokuchou
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|08|21}}
| Recorded = June 2009
| Last album = ''Kujakubato''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Kokuchou'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Hiyodori''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG8">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Kokuchou'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1615268|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|黒鳥|kokuchō}}. "Ushiwaka 2" is a reworking of a track from '']''.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 50:23
| title1 = Mesmerism
| length1 = 5:33
| title2 = Black Swan
| length2 = 24:03
| title3 = Colored Rain
| length3 = 13:22
| title4 = Ushiwaka 2
| length4 = 7:25
}}<ref name=discogs />
{{clear}}

===''Hiyodori: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 9''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Hiyodori
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|09|30}}
| Recorded = July 2009
| Last album = ''Kokuchou''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Hiyodori'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Niwatori''<br>(2009)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AMG9">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Hiyodori'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1634222|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=February 14, 2010}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|鵯|hiyodori}}.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 64:23
| title1 = Hiyodori
| length1 = 30:20
| title2 = Across the Earth
| length2 = 16:18
| title3 = Purple Triangle
| length3 = 17:45
}}<ref name=discogs />
{{clear}}

===''Niwatori: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 10''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Niwatori
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|11}}
| Recorded = August 2009
| Last album = ''Hiyodori''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Niwatori'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2009)
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|chicken|鶏|niwatori}}. The album was delayed until the first week of November due to printing errors.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 62:39
| title1 = Niwatori Obsession 1
| length1 = 29:32
| title2 = Niwatori Obsession 2
| length2 = 18:19
| title3 = Niwatori Obsession 3
| length3 = 14:48
}}<ref name=discogs />
{{clear}}

===''Shirasagi: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 11''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Shirasagi
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|11}}
| Recorded = September 2009
| Last album = '']''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Shirasagi'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Tsubame''<br>(2009)
}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|白鷺|shirasagi}}. The cover depicts the ].

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 58:25
| title1 = Transformed into Food
| length1 = 16:28
| title2 = Once the Human Meat Is Done, Cut It Up and Mix with the Vegetable Curry
| length2 = 11:10
| title3 = Dismemberment of Nature
| length3 = 14:37
| title4 = Chained
| length4 = 16:11
}}<ref name=discogs />
{{clear}}

===''Tsubame: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 12''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Tsubame
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|12}}
| Recorded = October 2009
| Last album = ''Shirasagi''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Tsubame'''''<br>(2009)
| Next album = ''Chabo''<br>(2010)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AMG12">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Tsubame'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1738836|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=March 26, 2010}}</ref>
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}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|燕|tsubame}}.

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 55:02
| title1 = Destroy the Cages
| length1 = 17:24
| title2 = Burn Down Research Facilities
| length2 = 21:38
| title3 = Escape from Captors
| length3 = 16:00
}}<ref name=discogs />
{{clear}}

===''Chabo: 13 Japanese Birds Pt. 13''===
{{Infobox album
| Name = Chabo
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2010|01}}
| Recorded = November 2009
| Last album = ''Tsubame''<br>(2009)
| This album = '''''Chabo'''''<br>(2010)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2010)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1=]
|rev1score={{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AMG13">{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: ''Chabo'' |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1697542|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=March 15, 2010}}</ref>
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}}
The title refers to the {{Nihongo|]|矮鶏|chabo}}.

An unreleased work called "]" was played during an event at ohrenhoch in ], Merzbow described it as "using the method of several granular synthesis programs and random process of the composition.", and referenced '']'', ''Chabo'', '']'', and '']'' as having the same concept.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohrenhoch.org/en/sundays-archive/204-archiv-samidara1.html |title=samidara1 |publisher=ohrenhoch |accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref>

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| title1 = Resurrection
| length1 = 51:24
}}<ref name=discogs />
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==={{Nihongo2|天鵞絨の鳥}}===
{{Infobox album
| Name = {{Nihongo2|天鵞絨の鳥}}
| Type = studio
| Artist = ]
| Released = {{Start date|2010|03|17}}
| Recorded = 2009
| Last album = '']''<br>(2010)
| This album = '''''Ecobag'''''<br>(2010)
| Next album = '']''<br>(2010)
}}
This is the bonus CDR that was included exclusively with the ''Ecobag'', only 200 copies were made. It's also considered to be the 14th album of the series. Subscribers of the original series were able to download it from the label for free.

The album title ] to "Tengajū no tori" and means "bird velvet", while the track titles translate to "first song" and "second song".

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| total_length = 37:06
| title1 = {{Nihongo2|第一曲}}
| length1 = 16:33
| title2 = {{Nihongo2|第二曲}}
| length2 = 20:33
}}<ref name=discogs />

===''Jigokuhen''===
{{Main|Jigokuhen (album)}}
''Jigokuhen'' is an album released to commemorate the first anniversary of the completion of the original series (January 2011), but it was delayed until March. It is the 15th and final volume of the ''Japanese Birds'' series, but is a stand-alone release.<ref name="Jigokuhen"/>

==Personnel==
* Masami Akita&nbsp;– performer, bamboo paintings, xerox art
* Jenny Akita&nbsp;– artwork, photography
''Fukurou'' lists additional instrument credits:
* MA plays ], ], computers, handmade instruments, various effects<ref name=discogs />

==References==
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==External links==
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