''Sandokushi'' (三毒史, "The History of the Three Poisons") also known as ''triviṣa-itihāsa'', is the sixth studio album by Japanese musician

Ringo Sheena , known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter and musician. She is also the founder and lead vocalist of the band Tokyo Jihen. She describes herself as "". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians compiled ...

released on May 27, 2019, through

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and

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. Similarly to her previous studio album '' Hi Izuru Tokoro'' (2014), the album is a compilation studio album compiling singles released from 2014 to 2019, as well as new compositions.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by

, except where noted. Credits and track listing adapted from

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and Universal Music Japan.

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals *

Hiroji Miyamoto , born June 12, 1966, in Japan, is a Japanese rock singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of the rock-band Elephant Kashimashi, actor and former folk-choir singer. In 2018, he launched his solo career under talent agency Amuse and recording label Uni ...

– featured vocals *

Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 2 ...

– featured vocals * Shutoku Mukai – featured vocals * Ukigumo – featured vocals , guitar ,

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

, additional vocals *

Masayuki Hiizumi , also known by the name H Zett M (stylised as H ZETT M) is a Japanese keyboardist and producer. He became a member of jazz instrumental band Pe'z in 1999, and was a member of Ringo Sheena's band Tokyo Jihen between 2004 and 2005. In 2007, Hiizum ...

– featured vocals , keyboards , piano , synthesizer , wurli *

Tortoise Matsumoto Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス松本 ''Tōtasu Matsumoto'', born December 28, 1966, as 松本敦 Atsushi Matsumoto) is the lead singer of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with ''N ...

– featured vocals *

Ichiyo Izawa , better known by his stage name is a Japanese pianist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for his work in the Ringo Sheena-helmed band Tokyo Jihen. He is also the lead vocalist and pianist of the band Appa. Biography Izawa was born in 19 ...

– additional vocals , keyboards , piano * Vanya Moneva Choir – background vocals * Gakutaro Miyauchi –

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

* Junko Yamashiro – trombone * Katsuhisa Asari – trombone * Nobuhide Handa – trombone * Satoshi Sano – trombone * Yoichi Murata – trombone * Yuya Tamura –

tuba The tuba (; ) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in th ...

* Michiyo Morikawa – flute * Hideyo Takakuwa – flute * Takuo Yamamoto –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

, flute ,

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

* Kei Suzuki –

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

, tenor saxophone * Masakuni Takeno – soprano saxophone , tenor saxophone ,

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

* Masato Honda – alto saxophone * Masato Honma – alto saxophone * Osamu Yoshida – baritone saxophone * Ryoji Ihara – tenor saxophone * Hitomi Niida – trumpet * Hitoshi Yokoyama – trumpet * Koji Nishimura – trumpet * Luis Valle – trumpet * Masahiko Sugasaka – trumpet * Sho Okumura – trumpet * Hirofumi Wada –

horn Horn may refer to: Common uses * Horn (acoustic), a tapered sound guide ** Horn antenna ** Horn loudspeaker ** Vehicle horn ** Train horn *Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various animals * Horn (instrument), a family ...

* Karin Tajima – horn * Otohiko Fujita – horn * Tsutomu Isohata – horn * Tetsuya Cho –

bassoon The bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuosity ...

* Osamu Fukui – bassoon * Satoko Seki –

piccolo The piccolo ( ; ) is a smaller version of the western concert flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" or piccolo flute, the modern piccolo has the same type of fingerings as the ...

* Satoshi Shoji –

cor anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn (mainly North America), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially ...

* Kanami Araki –

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...

* Masashi Togame –

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

Hideo Yamaki is a Japanese jazz drummer and percussionist. He is known for being the long time drummer for Toshinori Kondo's band Kondo IMA. He also collaborated with Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hosono Haruomi, Robert Palmer and Bill Laswel ...

– drums *

Midori Takada Midori Takada () (born December 21, 1951) is a Japanese composer and percussionist. She has been described as a pioneer of ambient and minimalist music. Early career and Mkwaju Ensemble Takada graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and began ...

–

cymbals A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...

, drums ,

glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( ; or , : bells and : play) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a Musical keyboard, keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the v ...

, percussion ,

snare drums The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often u ...

tubular bells Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the Percussion instrument, percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillons, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the soun ...

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...

* Midorin – drums * Tom Tamada – drums * Toshiki Hata – drums * Kazumasa Ohya – cymbals ,

xylophone The xylophone (; ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets. Each bar is an idiophone tuned to a pitch of a musical scale, whether pentatonic or heptatonic in the case of many African ...

* Masato Kawase – percussion * Mataro – percussion * Shinji Asakura – percussion , timpani * U-Zhaan –

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

* Yukio Nagoshi – guitar * Hiro Yamaguchi – bass guitar * Keisuke Torigoe – bass guitar *

Seiji Kameda is a Japanese music producer, arranger and bass guitarist. He has worked extensively with Ringo Shiina, serving as her producer and touring bassist for many years, including his tenure with their band Tokyo Jihen. Biography He was born in ...

– bass guitar * Masaki Hayashi –

celesta The celesta () or celeste (), also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five-octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music ...

, piano * Masanori Sasaji – piano * Tomoyuki Asakawa –

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...

* Yoshiaki Sato –

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

* Hidekatsu Onishi –

glass harmonica The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, glass harmonium, bowl organ, hydrocrystalophone, or simply the armonica or harmonica (derived from , ''harmonia'', the Greek language, Greek word for harmony), is a type of musical instr ...

* DJ Daishizen –

sound effects A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. In m ...

* Akiko Shimauchi –

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

* Amiko Watabe – viola * Chikako Nishimura – viola * Go Tomono – viola * Hirohito Furugawara – viola * Hyojin Kim – viola * Manami Tokutaka – viola * Masaki Shono – viola * Mayu Takashima – viola * Misato Futaki – viola * Sachie Onuma – viola * Saori Oka – viola * Yuji Yamada – viola * Ayaka Jomoto – violin * Ado Matsumoto – violin * Akane Irie – violin * Akiko Maruyama – violin * Daisuke Yamamoto – violin * Ayamu Koshikawa – violin * Eriko Ukimura – violin * Great Eida – violin * Haruko Yano – violin * Hikari Shimada – violin * Jo Kuwata – violin * Hiroki Muto – violin * Kioki Miki – violin * Kiyo Kido – violin * Kojiro Takizawa – violin * Kyoko Ishigame – violin * Nagisa Kiriyama – violin * Naoko Ishibashi – violin * Natsue Kameda – violin * Osamu Iyoku – violin * Reina Ushiyama – violin * Shizuka Kawaguchi – violin * Syuga Hayashi – violin * Takayuki Oshikane – violin * Tatsuo Ogura – violin * Tonomi Tokunaga – violin * Ya Manabe – violin * Yui Kaneko – violin * Yuki Nakajima – violin * Yukinori Murata – violin * Yuri Kamei – violin * Yuya Yanagihara – violin * Ayano Kasahara – cello * Erika Makioka – cello * Junpei Hayashida – cello * Masami Horisawa – cello * Masutami Endo – cello * Tomoki Tai – cello * Toshiyuki Muranaka – cello * Wataru Mukai – cello * Yoshihiko Maeda – cello * Yuhki Shinozaki – cello * Kenji Takamizu – double bass * Teruhiko Saito – double bass * Yoshinobu Takeshita – double bass Production * Ringo Sheena – arrangement * Masanori Sasaji – arrangement *

Neko Saito , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese violinist, conductor, composer and music arranger. Saito is the leader of the Saito Neko Quartet, and is known for his many collaborations with musician Ringo Sheena. Biography Saito began playi ...

– conducting , horn arrangement (3, 11), string arrangement (3, 11), rhythm arrangement (11), arrangement (12) * Youichi Murata – horn arrangement * Uni Inoue – music production * Vanya Moneva – choir conducting

Charts and sales

Charts

Sales

References

{{Authority control 2019 albums Ringo Sheena albums 2010s Japanese-language albums Universal Music Japan albums EMI Records albums