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| Genre | Date | Japanese title (Original title) | English title | Scoring | Notes |
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| Orchestral | 1957 | 弦楽のためのレクイエム | Requiem for Strings | for string orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1958 | ソリチュード・ソノール | Solitude Sonore | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1961 | 樹の曲 | Music of Trees | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1962 | コロナII | Corona II | for string orchestra | uses graphic notation; written in collaboration with Kōhei Sugiura |
| Orchestral | 1964 | 地平線のドーリア | The Dorian Horizon | for 17 strings |  |
| Orchestral | 1967 | グリーン | Green | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1971 | 冬 | Winter | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1973, 1979 | 秋庭歌一具 | In an Autumn Garden | for gagaku orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1976 | マージナリア | Marginalia | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1977 | 鳥は星型の庭に降りる | A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1981 | ア・ウェイ・ア・ローン II | A Way a Lone II | for string orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1981 | 夢の時 | Dreamtime | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1982 | 雨ぞふる | Rain Coming | for chamber orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1982 | 星・島 | Star-Isle | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1983 |  | Lacrima | for string orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1985 | 夢窓 | Dream/Window | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1988 | トゥウィル・バイ・トワイライト – モートン・フェルドマンの追憶に | Twill by Twilight: In Memory of Morton Feldman | for orchestra | composed in memory of composer Morton Feldman |
| Orchestral | 1988 | トゥリー・ライン | Tree Line | for chamber orchestra | early title: 並木 (Namiki?) |
| Orchestral | 1988 |  | For Lenny's Birthday, Variations on a Theme by Bernstein | for orchestra | 1 of the 8 variations on "New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town" from On the Town and other themes written for Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday; collaborative composition with Luciano Berio, Leon Kirchner, John Williams, Jacob Druckman, et al. |
| Orchestral | 1990 | ヴィジョンズ\n\n\n神秘\n閉じた眼 | Visions\n\n\nMystère\nLes Yeux clos | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1991 | ハウ・スロー・ザ・ウィンド | How Slow the Wind | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1992 | セレモニアル – An Autumn Ode – | Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode | for orchestra with shō |  |
| Orchestral | 1992 | 系図 – 若い人たちのための音楽詩 – | Family Tree: Musical Verses for Young People | for narrator and orchestra | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Orchestral | 1993 | 群島S. | Archipelago S. | for 21 players in 5 groups | Group A: oboe (oboe d'amore), violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, harp, percussion (1 player)\nGroup B: horn I, horn II, trumpet, trombone I, trombone II\nGroup C: flute (alto flute), bassoon, violin, viola, violoncello, celesta, percussion (1 player)\nGroup D: clarinet\nGroup E: clarinet |
| Orchestral | 1994 | 精霊の庭 | Spirit Garden | for orchestra |  |
| Orchestral | 1994, 1995 | 三つの映画音楽\n\n\n『ホゼー・トレス』\n『他人の顔』\n『黒い雨』 | Three Film Scores\n\n\n"José Torres"\n"The Face of Another"\n"Black Rain" | for string orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1959 | シーン | Scene | for cello and string orchestra | also for cello and piano |
| Concertante | 1964 | テクスチュアズ | Textures | for piano and orchestra | incorporated into Arc, Part II |
| Concertante | 1963–1966\n1963\n1966\n1963 | 弧（アーク） 第1部\n\n\nパイル\nソリチュード\nYour Love and the Crossing | Arc, Part I\n\n\nPile\nSolitude\nYour Love and the Crossing | for piano and orchestra | revised in 1976 |
| Concertante | 1964–1966\n1964\n1966\n1966 | 弧（アーク） 第2部\n\n\nテクスチュアズ\nリフレクション\nコーダ | Arc, Part II\n\n\nTextures\nReflection\nCoda: Shall Begin from the End | for piano and orchestra | revised in 1976 |
| Concertante | 1967 | ノヴェンバー・ステップス | November Steps | for biwa, shakuhachi and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1968 | アステリズム | Asterism | for piano and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1970 | ユーカリプス I | Eucalypts I | for flute, oboe, harp and string orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1971 | カシオペア | Cassiopeia | for percussion solo and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1973 | 秋 | Autumn | for biwa, shakuhachi and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1974 | ジティマルヤ | Gitimalya: Bouquet of Songs | for marimba and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1974–1975 | カトレーン | Quatrain | for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1980 | 遠い呼び声の彼方へ！ | Far Calls. Coming, Far! | for violin and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1981 | 海へ II\n\n\n夜\n白鯨\n鱈岬 | Toward the Sea II\n\n\nThe Night\nMoby Dick\nCape Cod | for alto flute, harp and string orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1983 | 夢の縁へ | To the Edge of Dream | for guitar and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1984 | 虹へ向かって、パルマ | Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma | for oboe d'amore, guitar and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1984 | オリオンとプレアデス | Orion and Pleiades | for cello and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1984 | リヴァラン | Riverrun | for piano and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1971–1986 | ジェモー | Gémeaux | for oboe, trombone, 2 orchestras and 2 conductors |  |
| Concertante | 1987 | ウォーター・ドリーミング | I Hear the Water Dreaming | for flute and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1987 | ノスタルジア – アンドレイ・タルコフスキーの追憶に – | Nostalghia: In Memory of Andrej Tarkovskij | for violin and string orchestra | composed in memory of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Concertante | 1987 | 夕暮れに | Yūgure ni | for orchestra | arrangement |
| Concertante | 1989 | ア・ストリング・アラウンド・オータム | A String around Autumn | for viola and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1990 | フロム・ミー・フロウズ・ワット・ユー・コール・タイム | From Me Flows What You Call Time | for 5 percussionists and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1991 | ファンタズマ/カントス | Fantasma/Cantos | for clarinet and orchestra | winner of the 1994 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition |
| Concertante | 1991 | 夢の引用 – Say Sea, take me! – | Quotation the Dream: Say Sea, Take Me! | for 2 pianos and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1994 | ファンタズマ/カントス II | Fantasma/Cantos II | for trombone and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1995 | スペクトラル・カンティクル | Spectral Canticle | for violin, guitar and orchestra |  |
| Concertante | 1995 | ミロの彫刻のように | Comme la Sculpture de Miró | for flute, harp and orchestra | incomplete; Takemitsu's last work inspired by the sculpture of Joan Miró |
| Chamber music | 1951, 1989 | 妖精の距離 | Distance de fée | for violin and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1955 | 室内協奏曲 | Concerto de chambre | for 13 instruments |  |
| Chamber music | 1958 | ソン・カリグラフィ I | Le Son-calligraphié I | for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos |  |
| Chamber music | 1958 | ソン・カリグラフィ II | Le Son-calligraphié II | for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos |  |
| Chamber music | 1959 | シーン | Scene | for cello and piano | also for cello and string orchestra |
| Chamber music | 1959–1960 | マスク | Masque | for 2 flutes |  |
| Chamber music | 1960 | ソン・カリグラフィ III | Le Son-calligraphié III | for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos |  |
| Chamber music | 1960 | ランドスケープ | Landscape | for 2 violins, viola and cello |  |
| Chamber music | 1961 | リング | Ring | for flute, terz guitar and lute |  |
| Chamber music | 1961 | 不良少年 | Bad Boy | for 3 guitars | arranged for 2 guitars by Norio Sato |
| Chamber music | 1962 | サクリファイス | Sacrifice | for alto flute, lute and vibraphone with antique cymbales |  |
| Chamber music | 1964 | 一柳慧のためのブルー・オーロラ | Blue Aurora for Toshi Ichiyanagi |  | chance operation composition for Toshi Ichiyanagi |
| Chamber music | 1965 | ソナント | Sonant | for 2 flutes, violin, cello, guitar and 2 bandoneons | revised as Valeria in 1969 |
| Chamber music | 1965, 1969 | ヴァレリア | Valeria | for violin, cello, guitar, electronic organ and 2 piccolos | revised version of Sonant (1965) |
| Chamber music | 1966 | 悲歌 | Hika (Elegy) | for violin and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1966 | エクリプス<蝕> | Eclipse | for biwa and shakuhachi |  |
| Chamber music | 1968 | クロス・トーク | Cross Talk | for bandoneón and tape |  |
| Chamber music | 1969 | スタンザ I | Stanza I | for guitar, harp, piano (also celesta), vibraphone and female voice (soprano) |  |
| Chamber music | 1970 | 四季 | Seasons | for 4 percussion players, or 1 percussion player and tape | also version for traditional Japanese musical instruments |
| Chamber music | 1967–1971 | ムナーリ・バイ・ムナーリ | Munari by Munari | for percussion |  |
| Chamber music | 1971 | 声（ヴォイス） | Voice | for flute |  |
| Chamber music | 1971 | ユーカリプスII | Eucalypts II | for flute, oboe and harp |  |
| Chamber music | 1971 | スタンザII | Stanza II | for harp and tape |  |
| Chamber music | 1972 | ディスタンス | Distance | for oboe and shō ad libitum |  |
| Chamber music | 1973 | 旅 | Voyage | for 3 biwa |  |
| Chamber music | 1974 | ガーデン・レイン | Garden Rain | for brass ensemble (horn, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba) |  |
| Chamber music | 1974 | フォリオス | Folios\n\n\nFolio I\nFolio II\nFolio III | for guitar |  |
| Chamber music | 1974–1977 | ギターのための12のうた\n\n\nロンドンデリーの歌\nオーバー・ザ・レインボー\nサマータイム\n早春賦\n失われた恋\n星の世界\nシークレット・ラヴ\nヒア・ゼア・アンド・エヴリウェア\nミッシェル\nヘイ・ジュード\nイエスタデイ\nインターナショナル | 12 Songs for Guitar\n\n\nLondonderry Air\nOver the Rainbow\nSummertime\nA Song of Early Spring\nAmours Perdues\nWhat a Friend\nSecret Love\nHere, There and Everywhere\nMichelle\nHey Jude\nYesterday\nThe International | for guitar | transcriptions\n1. Irish folk song\n2. music by Harold Arlen\n3. music by George Gershwin\n4. music by Akira Nakada (中田章)\n5. music by Joseph Kosma\n6. music by Charles Crozat Converse\n7. music by Sammy Fain\n8.~11. music by The Beatles: Paul McCartney and John Lennon\n12. music by Pierre De Geyter |
| Chamber music | 1975 | 星たちの息子 – 第一幕への前奏曲『天職』 – | Le Fils des étoiles: Prélude du 1er acte "La Vocation" | for flute and harp | arrangement |
| Chamber music | 1976 | ブライス | Bryce | for flute, 2 harps and 2 percussion players |  |
| Chamber music | 1976 | ウェイブス<波> | Waves | for clarinet solo, horn, 2 trombones and bass drum |  |
| Chamber music | 1977 | カトレーンII | Quatrain II | for clarinet, violin, cello and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1977–1978 | ウォーターウェイズ | Waterways | for violin, cello, clarinet, piano, 2 harps and 2 vibraphones |  |
| Chamber music | 1980 | ア・ウェイ・ア・ローン | A Way a Lone | for 2 violins, viola and cello |  |
| Chamber music | 1981 | 海へ\n\n\n夜\n白鯨\n鱈岬 | Toward the Sea\n\n\nThe Night\nMoby Dick\nCape Cod | for alto flute and guitar (or harp) |  |
| Chamber music | 1981 | 雨の樹 | Rain Tree | for 3 percussion players (or 3 keyboard players) | after Kenzaburō Ōe's 1982 serial novel Women Listening to the Rain Tree (「雨の木」を聴く女たち) |
| Chamber music | 1981, 1989 | 海へ III\n\n\n夜\n白鯨\n鱈岬 | Toward the Sea III\n\n\nThe Night\nMoby Dick\nCape Cod | for alto flute and harp |  |
| Chamber music | 1982 | 雨の呪文 | Rain Spell | for flute (also alto flute), clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone |  |
| Chamber music | 1982 | クロス・ハッチ | Cross Hatch | for marimba and vibraphone (or 2 keyboard instruments) |  |
| Chamber music | 1983 | ラスト・ワルツ | The Last Waltz | for guitar | arrangement |
| Chamber music | 1983 | 十一月の霧と菊の彼方から | From Far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog | for violin and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1983 | 揺れる鏡の夜明け\n\n\n秋\n過ぎてゆく鳥\n影の中で\n揺れる鏡 | Rocking Mirror Daybreak\n\n\nAutumn\nPassing Bird\nIn the Shadows\nRocking Mirror | for 2 violins |  |
| Chamber music | 1984 | オリオン | Orion | for cello and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1986 | アントゥル・タン | Entre-temps | for oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello |  |
| Chamber music | 1987 | シグナルズ・フロム・ヘヴン – Two Antiphonal Fanfares –\n\n\nデイ･シグナル\nナイト･シグナル | Signals from Heaven, Two Antiphonal Fanfares\n\n\nDay Signal\nNight Signal | for 2 horns, piccolo trumpet, 4 trumpets (also 2 cornets), 4 trombones and tuba |  |
| Chamber music | 1987 | ヒロシマという名の少年 | A Boy Named Hiroshima | for 2 guitars |  |
| Chamber music | 1987 | オール・イン・トワイライト – ギターのための四つの小品 – | All in Twilight, 4 Pieces | for guitar | written for Julian Bream |
| Chamber music | 1989 | 巡り – イサム・ノグチの追憶に – | Itinerant: In Memory of Isamu Noguchi | for flute | composed in memory of Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi |
| Chamber music | 1991 | ギターのための小品 – シルヴァーノ・ブソッティの60歳の誕生日に – | A Piece for Guitar: For the 60th Birthday of Sylvano Bussotti | for guitar | Sylvano Bussotti |
| Chamber music | 1992 | そして、それが風であることを知った | And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind | for flute, viola and harp |  |
| Chamber music | 1993 | ビトゥイーン・タイズ | Between Tides | for violin, cello and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1993 | エキノクス | Equinox | for guitar |  |
| Chamber music | 1993 | 秋のうた | Herbstlied (Autumn Song) | for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello | arrangement from The Seasons, Op. 37a, by Tchaikovsky |
| Chamber music | 1993 | 枯葉 | Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) | for 2 violins, viola and cello | arrangement of the song by Joseph Kosma |
| Chamber music | 1994 | 鳥が道に降りてきた | A Bird Came down the Walk | for viola and piano |  |
| Chamber music | 1994 | 径 – ヴィトルド・ルトスワフスキの追憶に – | Paths: In Memoriam of Witold Lutosławski | for trumpet | composed in memory of composer Witold Lutosławski |
| Chamber music | 1995 | エア | Air | for flute | last published work |
| Chamber music | 1995 | 森の中で – ギターのための三つの小品 –\n\n\nウェインスコット・ポンド－コーネリア・フォスの絵画から－\nローズデール\nミュアー・ウッズ | In the Woods, 3 Pieces\n\n\nWainscot Pond – after a Painting by Cornelia Foss\nRosedale\nMuir Woods | for guitar |  |
| Keyboard | 1948? | かけひ | Kakehi (Conduit) | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1948? |  | Kotouta | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1948? | クラヴサンのために | For Harpsichord (Clavecin no tame ni) | for harpsichord |  |
| Keyboard | 1948 | 二つのメロディ | 2 Melodies | for piano | incomplete |
| Keyboard | 1949 | 二つの小品 | 2 Pieces | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1948–1949 | ロマンス | Romance | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1950 | 二つのレント | Lento in due movimenti\n\n\nAdagio\nLento misteriosamente | for piano | revised as Litany in 1989 |
| Keyboard | 1952 |  | At the Circus | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1952, 1959\n1952\n1959\n1959 | 遮られない休息\n\n\nゆっくりと、悲しく語りかけるように\n静かに残酷な響きで\n愛の歌 | Uninterrupted Rest (Pause ininterrompue)\n\n\nSlowly, Sadly and As If to Converse With\nQuietly and with a Cruel Reverberation\nA Song of Love | for piano | after a poem by Shūzō Takiguchi (瀧口修造); also known as Uninterrupted Rest(s) and La Pause ininterrompue |
| Keyboard | 1960 | あわれみたまえ | Miserere | for piano | jazz composition |
| Keyboard | 1960 | 愛して | Love Me | for piano | jazz composition |
| Keyboard | 1961 | ピアノ・ディスタンス | Piano Distance | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1962 | ピアニストのためのコロナ | Corona for Pianist(s)\n\n\nStudy for Vibration\nStudy for Intonation\nStudy for Articulation\nStudy for Expression\nStudy for Conversation | for 1 or more pianos | uses graphic notation; written in collaboration with Kōhei Sugiura |
| Keyboard | 1973 | フォー・アウェイ | For Away | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1978 | こどものためのピアノ小品\n\n\n微風\n雲 | Piano Pieces for Children\n\n\nBreeze\nClouds | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1979 | 閉じた眼 – 瀧口修造の追憶に – | Les Yeux clos: In Memory of Shuzo Takiguchi | for piano | composed in memory of Japanese poet Shūzō Takiguchi (瀧口修造) |
| Keyboard | 1982 | 雨の樹素描 | Rain Tree Sketch | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1986 | 夢見る雨 | Rain Dreaming | for harpsichord |  |
| Keyboard | 1988 | 閉じた眼 II | Les Yeux clos II | for piano |  |
| Keyboard | 1989 | リタニ – マイケル・ヴァイナーの追憶に – | Litany: In Memory of Michael Vyner\n\n\nAdagio\nLento misterioso | for piano | composed in memory of Michael Vyner; revision of Lento in due movimenti (1950) |
| Keyboard | 1992 | 雨の樹素描 II – オリヴィエ・メシアンの追憶に – | Rain Tree Sketch II: In Memory of Olivier Messiaen | for piano | composed in memory of composer Olivier Messiaen |
| Keyboard | 1992 | ゴールデン・スランバーズ | Golden Slumbers | for piano | arrangement from Abbey Road by The Beatles |
| Choral | 1953 | 美幌町町歌 | Bihoro Song |  | City song for Bihoro, Hokkaidō; words by Kōichi Ōshita (大下孝一) |
| Choral | 1961–1966 | 風の馬 | Wind Horse\n\n\nVocalise I\nSpell of Fingers\nVocalise II\nVocalise III\nLegend of the Dining Table and Coda | for mixed chorus |  |
| Choral | 1963 | 三重県立四日市南高等学校校歌 | Yokkaichi Minami High School Song, Yokkaichi, Mie |  | School song; words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Choral | 1963 | 三重県伊賀市上野西小学校校歌 | Kamino Nishi Elementary School Song, Iga, Mie |  | School song; words by Keiji Hashimoto (橋本鶏二) |
| Choral | 1969 | クロッシング | Crossing\n\n\nAccording to What | for 2 orchestras with soloists (guitar, harp, piano/celeste, vibraphone) and female chorus |  |
| Choral | 1982 | 芝生 | Grass | for male chorus | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa; English words by W. S. Merwin; commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club |
| Choral | 1983 | 東村山市久米川東小学校校歌 | Kumegawahigashi Elementary School Song, Higashimurayama, Tokyo |  | School song; words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Choral | 1987 | 手作り諺 – 四つのポップ・ソング – | Handmade Proverbs, 4 Pop Songs\n\n\nYour Eyes\nThree Bonzes\nCinderella's Misfortune\nA Farewell Gift | for 6 male voices | words by Shūzō Takiguchi (瀧口修造) |
| Choral | 1990 | マイ・ウェイ・オブ・ライフ　-マイケル・ヴァイナーの追憶に | My Way of Life: In Memory of Michael Vyner | for baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra | composed in memory of Michael Vyner |
| Choral | 1991 | 秋葉学園歌 | Akiba Gakuen Song |  | School song; words by Makoto Ooka |
| Vocal | 1950s | MI・YO・TA | MI・YO・TA | for voice and piano | early melody for a film score that remained used; completed in 1996 after Takemitsu's death by Toshirō Mayuzumi; words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1954 | さようなら | Sayōnara | for voice and piano | words by Kuniharu Akiyama (秋山邦晴) |
| Vocal | 1955 | 小さな部屋で | In a Small Room (Chiisana heya de) | for voice and piano | words by Akira Kawaji (川路明) |
| Vocal | 1958 | うたうだけ | I Just Sing (Utau dake) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1958 | 黒い絵画 レオノーレ・フィニによせて | Tableau Noir | for speaker and chamber orchestra | words by Kuniharu Akiyama (秋山邦晴); inspired by the art of Leonor Fini |
| Vocal | 1961 | 恋のかくれんぼ | The Game of Love (Koi no kakurenbo) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1961 | ○と△の歌 | A Song of ○'s (Circles) and △'s (Triangles) (Maru to sankaku no uta) | for voice and piano | words by the composer |
| Vocal | 1962 | 環礁 | Coral Island | for soprano and orchestra | words by Makoto Ōoka |
| Vocal | 1962 | 小さな空 | Small Sky (Chiisana sora) | for voice and piano | words by the composer |
| Vocal | 1963 | 雪 | La Neige (Yuki) | for voice and piano | French words by Shin'ichi Segi (瀬木慎一); theme song from the 1963 film White and Black (白と黒) |
| Vocal | 1963 | 見えないこども | Unseen Child (Mienai kodomo) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1963 | 雲に向かって起つ | Take Off for the Clouds (Kumo ni mukatte tatsu) |  | song for a television drama; words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1963 | 素晴らしい悪女 | A Marvelous Kid (Subarashii akujo) | for voice and piano | Spanish words by Fumio Nagata (永田文夫); theme song from the 1978 film A Marvelous Kid |
| Vocal | 1965 | 三月のうた | In the Month of March (Sangatsu no uta) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1965 | 死んだ男の残したものは | All That the Man Left Behind When He Died (Shinda otoko no nokoshita mono wa) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1966 | ワルツ | Waltz | for voice and piano | German words by Tatsuji Iwabuchi (岩淵達治); from the 1966 film The Face of Another |
| Vocal | 1968 | めぐり逢い | The Encounter (Meguriai) | for voice and piano | words by Ichirō Araki (荒木一郎); theme song from the 1968 film Two Hearts in the Rain |
| Vocal | 1978 | 燃える秋 | Glowing Autumn (Moeru aki) | for voice and piano | words by Hiroyuki Itsuki (五木寛之); theme song from the 1978 film Glowing Autumn |
| Vocal | 1978 | 翼 | Wings (Tsubasa) | for voice and piano | words by the composer |
| Vocal | 1979 | さくら さくら | Sakura Sakura | for voice and piano | Japanese folk song |
| Vocal | 1983 | 島へ | To the Island (Shima e) | for voice and piano | words by Mitsuru Izawa |
| Vocal | 1985 | 明日ハ晴レカナ、曇リカナ | Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? (Ashita wa hare kana, kumori kana) | for voice and piano | words by the composer |
| Vocal | 1985 | ぽつねん | All Alone (Potsunen) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Vocal | 1995 | 昨日のしみ | Yesterday's Spot (Kinō no shimi) | for voice and piano | words by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Jazz | 1958 | パナンペの思いがけない勝利の話－アイヌ民話よりの自由な脚色－ | Panampe no omoigakenai shōri no hanashi, Based on the Ainu Folklore | for a chorus of five male singers and jazz band |  |
| Jazz | 1960 | お休み！ | Be Sleep Baby! |  |  |
| Jazz | 1961 | ３たす３と３ひく３ | 3 tasu 3 to 3 hiku 3 (3 Plus 3 and 3 Minus 3) |  |  |
| Stage | 1951 |  | Joie de vivre |  | Ballet |
| Stage | 1953 | 銀河鉄道の旅 | Ginga tetsudo no tabi |  | Fantastic Ballet |
| Stage | 1954 |  | Romantic Suite: Nutcracker for Children |  | Children's Ballet; collaboration with Jun Date after Tchaikovsky |
| Stage | 1954 | 夏と煙 | Summer and Smoke |  | Incidental music for the play by Tennessee Williams |
| Stage | 1955 | 未来のイヴ | Eve of the Future | for tape | Ballet; musical collaboration with composer Toshirō Mayuzumi |
| Stage | 1955 | 野性の女 | La Sauvage |  | Incidental music for the play by Jean Anouilh |
| Stage | 1955 | アンフィトリオン38 | Amphitryon 38 |  | Incidental music for the play by Jean Giraudoux |
| Stage | 1956 | 愛の条件〈オルフェとユリディス〉 | Ai no jōken (Orphée et Eurydice) |  | Incidental music for a version of the play Eurydice by Jean Anouilh |
| Stage | 1956 | せむしの聖女 | A Hunchbacked Sacred Woman |  | Incidental music a reworking of the play Ardèle ou la Marguerite by Jean Anouilh |
| Stage | 1956 | Kの死 | The Death of K (K no shi) |  | Incidental music for the play by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Stage | 1956 | タンタロスの踊り | Tantalos no odori |  | Incidental music for the play by Rinzō Shiina |
| Stage | 1957 | トロイ戦争は起こらないだろう | La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu |  | Incidental music for the play The Trojan War Will Not Take Place by Jean Giraudoux |
| Stage | 1957 | 守銭奴 | L'Avare |  | Incidental music for the play by Molière |
| Stage | 1958 | 国性爺 | Koxinga (Kokusen'ya) |  | Incidental music for the puppet play The Battles of Coxinga by Chikamatsu Monzaemon |
| Stage | 1959 | 海賊 | Le Corsaire |  | Incidental music for the play by Marcel Achard |
| Stage | 1959 | 死せる女王 | La Reine morte |  | Incidental music for the play by Henry de Montherlant |
| Stage | 1959 | 怒りを込めて振り返れ | Look Back in Anger |  | Incidental music for the 1956 play by John Osborne |
| Stage | 1960 | 狼生きろ豚は死ね | The Wolf Must Live, the Pig Must Die (Ookami ikiro buta wa shine) |  | Incidental music for the 1963 play by Shintarō Ishihara |
| Stage | 1960 | お芝居はおしまい | The Play Is Finished (Oshibai wa oshimai) |  | Incidental music for the play by Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Stage | 1961 | おまえの敵はおまえだ | Omae no teki wa omae da |  | Incidental music for the play by Jun Ishikawa |
| Stage | 1961 | 地獄のオルフェ | Orpheus Descending |  | Incidental music for the play by Tennessee Williams |
| Stage | 1962 | 黒の悲劇 | Black Tragedy (Kuro no higeki) |  | Incidental music for the play by Seiichi Yashiro (矢代静一) |
| Stage | 1962 | 白夜 | White Night (Byakuya): An Intermezzo |  | Incidental music for the play by Shūji Terayama |
| Stage | 1964 | 一ノ谷物語 – 琴魂 – | Ichinotani monogatari: Kotodama |  | Incidental music for the play by Shintarō Ishihara |
| Stage | 1964 |  | Blue Aurora for Toshi Ichiyanagi |  | Theatre Piece |
| Stage | 1964 |  | Time Perspective for Jasper Johns |  | Theatre Piece |
| Stage | 1966 |  | Seven Hills Events for Ay-O |  | Theatre Piece |
| Stage | 1966 | カラマーゾフの兄弟 | The Brothers Karamazov |  | Incidental music for the play by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| Stage | 1972 | マクベス | Macbeth |  | Incidental music for the play by William Shakepeare |
| Stage | 1973 | 愛の眼鏡は色ガラス | Love Wears Tinted Glasses (Ai no megane wa iro garasu) |  | Incidental music for the 1973 play by Kōbō Abe |
| Stage | 1974 | 祝典喜劇 ポセイドンの仮面際 | Poseidon Mask Festival (Shukuten kigeki Poseidon kamensai) |  | Incidental music for the 1973 play by Kunio Tsuji |
| Stage | 1975 | シラノ・ド・ベルジュラック | Cyrano de Bergerac |  | Incidental music for the play by Edmond Rostand |
| Stage | 1979 | 子午線の祀り | Festival of the Meridian (Shigosen no matsuri) |  | Incidental music for the play by Junji Kinoshita |
| Stage | 1982 | ウィングズ – 翼 – | Wings |  | Incidental music for the play by Arthur Kopit |
| Stage | 1984 | 波長（ウェイブレングス） | Wavelength | for 2 percussion players, 2 dancers with video installation | Theatrical work; unfinished |
| Electronic music | 1955 | ルリエフ･スタティク | Static Relief | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1956 | ヴォーカリズムA・I | Vocalism A・I | for tape | musique concrète |
| Electronic music | 1956 | 木・空・鳥 | Tree, Sky, Bird (ki・sora・tori) | for tape | musique concrète |
| Electronic music | 1956 | ユリディスの死 | La Mort de Eurydice | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1958 | 空、馬、そして死 | Sky, Horse and Death | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1956–1957 | クラップ・ヴォーカリズム | Clap Vocalism | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1957 |  | Dialogue | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1960 | クワイエト・デザイン | Quiet Design | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1960 | 水の曲 | Water Music | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1964 | 怪談 | Kwaidan | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1964 | 懐かしのサンフランシスコ | Natsukashino San Francisco [Longed-for San Francisco] | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1970 |  | Years of Ear – What Is Music? – | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1970 | トゥワード | Toward | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1986 | ミネアポリスの庭 | A Minneapolis Garden | for tape |  |
| Electronic music | 1986 | 静寂の海 | The Sea Is Still | for tape |  |
| Commercial music | 1954 | 森永チョコレート | Morinaga Chocolate |  |  |
| Commercial music | 1982 | サントリーリザーブ | Suntory Reserve |  |  |
| Film scores | 1955 | 北斎 | Hokusai |  | not produced |
| Film scores | 1955 | 銀輪 | Ginrin |  | also known as Bicycle in Dream |
| Film scores | 1956 | 狂った果実 | Crazed Fruit |  | directed by Kō Nakahira; co-composed with Masaru Satō; also known as Juvenile Passions |
| Film scores | 1956 | 朱と緑 | Red and Green, aka Midnight Visitor |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1956 | つゆのあとさき | The Rainy season |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1957 | 土砂降り | Cloudburst (Doshaburi) |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1958 | 噛みつかれた顔役 | The Country Boss |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1959 | ホゼー・トレス | José Torres |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1959 | 春を待つ人々 | Waiting for Spring |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1959 | 危険旅行 | Dangerous trip, aka Vagabond Lovers |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1959 | いたづら | Joking, aka Love Letters |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1959 | 明日への盛装 |  |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1960 | 乾いた湖 | Dry Lake, aka Youth in Fury |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1960 | 波の塔 |  |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1961 | もず | The Shrikes |  | directed by Minoru Shibuya |
| Film scores | 1961 | 斑女 | Hannyo, aka Woman of Tokyo |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1961 | 不良少年 | Bad Boys |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1962 | 熱海ブルース | Atami Blues |  | directed by Donald Richie |
| Film scores | 1962 | 充たされた生活 | Mitasareta seikatsu (A Full Life) |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1962 | からみ合い | The Inheritance |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1962 | 切腹 | Harakiri |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1962 | おとし穴 | Pitfall |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1962 | 涙を、獅子のたてがみに | Tears in the Lion's Mane |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1962 | 裸体 | The Body |  | directed by Masashige Narisawa (成澤昌茂) |
| Film scores | 1963 | イヴ・クライン モノクロームの画家 | Yves Klein: Monochrome Artist |  | directed by Shin'ichi Segi (瀬木慎一); documentary film about Yves Klein |
| Film scores | 1963 | 古都 | Twin Sisters in Kyoto |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1963 | 素晴らしい悪女 | A Marvelous Kid, aka Wonderful Bad Woman |  | directed by Hideo Onchi |
| Film scores | 1963 | 太平洋ひとりぼっち | Alone on the Pacific |  | directed by Kon Ichikawa |
| Film scores | 1963 | 彼女と彼 | Kanojo to kare (She and He) |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1963 | 白と黒 | White and Black |  | directed by Hiromichi Horikawa (堀川弘通) |
| Film scores | 1964 | 砂の女 | The Woman in the Dunes |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1964 | 乾いた花 | Pale Flower |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1964 | 手をつなぐ子ら | Children Hand in Hand |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1964 | 白い朝 | The White Dawn |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1964 | 怪談 | Kwaidan |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1964 | 二十一歳の父 | Our Happiness Alone, aka 21-Year-Old Father |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1964 | 暗殺 | Assassination |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1964 | 日本脱出 | Nippon Escape |  | directed by Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Film scores | 1964 | 女体 | The Call of Flesh |  | directed by Hideo Onchi |
| Film scores | 1964 | 自動車泥棒 | Car Thieves |  | directed by Yoshinori Wada (和田嘉訓) |
| Film scores | 1965 | 美しさと哀しみと | With Beauty and Sadness |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda; based on the novel Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata |
| Film scores | 1965 | 最後の審判 | Last Judgement |  | directed by Hiromichi Horikawa (堀川弘通) |
| Film scores | 1965 | 不思議なクミコ | Le Mystère Koumiko |  | directed by Chris Marker; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1965 | ブワナ・トシの歌 | Bwana Toshi |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1965 | 異聞猿飛佐助 | Samurai Spy |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1965 | 四谷怪談 | Yotsuya Ghost Story |  | directed by Shirō Toyoda |
| Film scores | 1965 | けものみち | Beast Alley |  | directed by Eizō Sugawa; based on the novel Beast Alley by Seichō Matsumoto |
| Film scores | 1966 | 紀ノ川 花の巻 文緒の巻 |  |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura; based on the novel The River Ki by Sawako Ariyoshi |
| Film scores | 1966 | 処刑の島 | Captive's Island |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1966 | 他人の顔 | The Face of Another |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; film adaptation of the novel by Kōbō Abe |
| Film scores | 1966 | あこがれ | Once a Rainy Day, aka Longing |  | directed by Hideo Onchi |
| Film scores | 1967 | 伊豆の踊子 | The Dancing Girl of Izu, aka Izu Dancer |  | directed by Hideo Onchi; film adaptation of the novel by Yasunari Kawabata |
| Film scores | 1967 | 上意討ち 拝領妻始末 | Samurai Rebellion |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1967 | あかね雲 | Clouds at Sunset |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1967 | 乱れ雲 | Two in the Shadow, aka Bellowing Clouds |  | directed by Mikio Naruse |
| Film scores | 1968 | めぐりあい | Two Hearts in the Rain, aka The Encounter |  | directed by Hideo Onchi |
| Film scores | 1968 | 燃えつきた地図 | The Ruined Map, aka The Man without a Map |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; based on the novel The Ruined Map by Kōbō Abe |
| Film scores | 1968 | 日本の青春 | Hymn to a Tired Man |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1968 | 京 | Kyō |  | directed by Kon Ichikawa; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1969 | 心中天網島 | Double Suicide |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1969 | 弾痕 | The Bullet Wounded |  | directed by Shirō Moritani (森谷司郎) |
| Film scores | 1970 | 東京戦争戦後秘話 | He Died after the War |  | directed by Nagisa Oshima; also known as The Man Who Left His Will on Film |
| Film scores | 1970 | どですかでん | Dodes'ka-den |  | directed by Akira Kurosawa |
| Film scores | 1970 | 太陽の狩人 | Sun's Hunter |  | directed by Hideo Onchi; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1971 | 甦える大地 | The Earth Is Born Again |  | directed by Noboru Nakamura |
| Film scores | 1971 | 儀式 | The Ceremony |  | directed by Nagisa Oshima |
| Film scores | 1971 | いのちぼうにふろう | Inn of Evil |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1971 | 沈黙 | Silence |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1971 | 天皇の世紀 |  |  |  |
| Film scores | 1972 | サマー・ソルジャー | Summer Soldiers |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1972 | 夏の妹 | Dear Summer Sister |  | directed by Nagisa Oshima |
| Film scores | 1972 | Wonder World | Wonder World |  | documentary film |
| Film scores | 1973 | 青幻記 遠い日の母は美しく | Time within Memory |  | directed by Toichiro Narushima (成島東一郎) |
| Film scores | 1973 | 化石の森 | The Petrified Forest |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1974 | 卑弥呼 | Himiko |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1974 | しあわせ | Happiness |  | directed by Hideo Onchi |
| Film scores | 1974 | 化石 | The Fossil |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi; based on the novel by Yasushi Inoue |
| Film scores | 1975 | 桜の森の満開の下 | Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1977 | 錆びた炎 | Incandescent Flame |  | directed by Masahisa Sadanaga (貞永方久) |
| Film scores | 1977 | はなれ瞽女おりん | Ballad of Orin |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1978 | 愛の亡霊 | Empire of Passion |  | directed by Nagisa Oshima |
| Film scores | 1978 | 燃える秋 | Glowing Autumn |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1978 | ファーム・ソング – 「日本人」第三部 – | The Japanese, A Film Trilogy: Farm Song (Part III) |  | directed by John Nathan; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1979 | 火宅 能「求塚」より |  |  | directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto; live action animation film |
| Film scores | 1980 | 天平の甍 | An Ocean to Cross |  | directed by Kei Kumai |
| Film scores | 1980 | 気 Breathing | Breathing |  | directed by Toshio Matsumoto |
| Film scores | 1981 | 水俣の図・物語 | The Minamata Mural |  | directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1981 | 蓮如とその母 | Rennyo, the Priest and His Mother |  | directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto; live action animation film |
| Film scores | 1981 | シルクロード – 光と風と音 – | Silk Road: Hikari to kaze to oto |  | documentary film (soundtrack for a video disc) |
| Film scores | 1982 | 予言 | Prophecy |  | directed by Susumu Hani |
| Film scores | 1983 | 東京裁判 | Tokyo Trial (Tokyo Verdict) |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1984 | アントニー・ガウディー | Antonio Gaudí |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1985 | 火まつり | Fire Festival |  | directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi |
| Film scores | 1985 | 乱 | Ran |  | directed by Akira Kurosawa |
| Film scores | 1985 | AK　ドキュメント黒澤明 | A.K. |  | directed by Chris Marker; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1985 | ボクはボクに会いに行った | Boku wa boku ni aini itta |  | documentary film |
| Film scores | 1985 | 食卓のない家 | The Empty Table, aka Home without a Table |  | directed by Masaki Kobayashi |
| Film scores | 1986 | 近松門左衛門 鑓の権三 | Gonza the Spearman |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda; after a play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon |
| Film scores | 1987 | ヒロシマという名の少年 | A Boy Named Hiroshima |  | directed by Yoshiya Sugata (菅田良哉) |
| Film scores | 1988 | 嵐が丘 | Wuthering Heights |  | directed by Yoshishige Yoshida; based on the novel by Emily Brontë |
| Film scores | 1989 | 黒い雨 | Black Rain |  | directed by Shōhei Imamura |
| Film scores | 1989 | 利休 | Rikyu |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1991 | インランド・シー | The Inland Sea |  | directed by Lucille Carra; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1992 | 豪姫 | Basara, the Princess Goh |  | directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| Film scores | 1992 | 夢窓 庭との語らい | Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden |  | directed by John Junkerman; documentary film |
| Film scores | 1993 | ライジング・サン | Rising Sun |  | directed by Philip Kaufman |
| Film scores | 1995 | 写楽 | Sharaku |  | directed by Masahiro Shinoda |
| Film scores | 1995 | 日本映画の百年 | 100 Years of Japanese Cinema |  | directed by Nagisa Oshima; documentary film |
| Radio scores | 1955 | 音の四季 | Oto no shiki: Symphonic Poem for Concrete Sound Objects and Music |  | composition for radio |
| Radio scores | 1955 | 海の幻想 | Umi no gensō |  | composition for radio |
| Radio scores | 1955 | 炎 | Honoo |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1956 | Kの死 | K no shi |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1956 | 秋の蝶 | Aki no chō |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1956 |  | Ningen Kazoku: Radio Fantasy |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1957 |  | Gendai no Jujiro |  | radio documentary |
| Radio scores | 1957 |  | Sonanhi |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1957 | 男の死 | Otoko no shi (Billy the Kid): A Dialogic Cantata |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 | 顔またはドン・ファンの死 | Kao, matawa Don Juan no shi: Radio Drama in Kyōgen Style |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 | 遠い声 | Tooi koe |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 |  | Taiyo no shogen: Radio Montage |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 | 心中天の網島 | Shinjū ten no amijima: Radio Illusion |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 |  | Hiroshima 1958: A Documentary Poetic Drama |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1958 |  | Children's Corner |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1959 |  | Onnamen |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1959 | ポジション | Position: Collage of Voices |  | composition for radio |
| Radio scores | 1959 |  | Kyoko no ie |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1960 |  | Kotoba no hiroba |  | educational radio program |
| Radio scores | 1960 | 白い恐怖 | Shiroi kyōfu: A Poem Composed for Radio |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1960 |  | Hitachibo Kaison |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1960 |  | Operation 1960 |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1960 |  | Kuro no kiroku 1960 nen: Magarikado de furikaeru |  | radio documentary |
| Radio scores | 1962 |  | Gun King |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1962 |  | Kuroi nagai kage no kiroku |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1962 | 瘋癲老人日記 | Futen rōjin nikki |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1962 |  | Kokoro no uchū o iku |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1963 | チャンピオン | Champion: An Architectural Attempted by Sound |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1977 |  | Chikatetsu no Alice |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1978 |  | Aa Mujo |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1980 |  | Toyamaru wa naze shizundaka |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1980 |  | Tooi anata e |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1981 | 津の国人 | Tsunokunibito |  | radio reading of the novel by Murō Saisei |
| Radio scores | 1983 | かたちもなく寂し | Katachi mo naku sabishi |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1983 | 上海幻影路 | Shanghai geneiro |  | radio drama |
| Radio scores | 1988 | でんしゃみち | Denshamichi |  | radio drama |
| Television scores | 1955 | 家なき子 | Ienakiko |  | children's television program |
| Television scores | 1959 | あざのある女 | Aza no aru onna |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1960 | 日本一九六〇 | Nippon 1960 |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1961 | あなたは誰でしょう | Anata wa dare deshō |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1961 | ムックリを吹く女 | Mukkuri o fuku onna |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1962 | 日本の文様 | Nippon no monyo |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1962 | 廃墟 | Haikyo |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1962 | 祭 | Matsuri |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1963 | もし、あなただったら… | Moshi, anata dattara... |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1963 | 正塚の婆さん | Shōzuka no baasan |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1964 | 青春の碑 | Seishun no hi |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1964 | 目撃者 | Mokugekisha |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1965 | ある女の影 | Aru onna no kage |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1965 | 源氏物語 | Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1966 | 源義経 | Minamotono Yoshitsune |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1966 | 二十歳 | Hatachi |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1966 | 楠木正成 | Kusunoki Masashige |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1966 | 足利尊氏 | Ashikaga Takauji |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1966 | あなたは… | Anata wa... |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1967 | 剣 | Ken |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1968 | 恩讐の彼方に | Onshu no kanata ni |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1968 | 元禄一代女 | Genroku ichidai onna |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1969 | 悪一代 | Aku ichidai |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1971 | もう一つの傷 | Mo hitotsu no kizu |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1971 | 天皇の世紀 | Tenno no seiki |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1972 | 女人幻想 | Nyonin genso |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1972 | イン・モーション – 音と映像による音楽作品 – | In Motion: A Musical Work of Sounds and Visions |  | television broadcast |
| Television scores | 1972 | 化石 | The Fossil (Kaseki) |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1973 | わが愛 | Waga ai |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1974 | 私という他人 | Watashi to iu tanin |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1974 | 未来への遺産 | Mirai e no isan / The Legend for the Future |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1976 | 冬の虹 | Fuyu no niji |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1977 | 命もいらず名もいらず・西郷隆盛伝 | Inochi mo irazu, na mo irazu: Saigō Takamori den |  | television drama about Saigō Takamori |
| Television scores | 1977 | 危険な童話　私は殺さない… | Kiken na dōwa: Watashi wa korosanai... |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1978 | おはん | Ohan |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1979 | ルーヴル美術館－絢爛たる人類の遺産－ | Le Musée du Louvre: Kenrantaru jinrui no isan |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1979 | 赤穂浪士 | Akō roshi |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1980 | 血族 | Ketsuzoku |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1981 | 夢千代日記 | Yumechiyo nikki |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1982 | NHK市民大学 | NHK Shimin Daigaku |  | educational television program |
| Television scores | 1983 | ジョバンニの銀河 1983 | Giovanni no ginga 1983 |  | visual poem broadcast on television |
| Television scores | 1983 | まあええわいな | Maa eewaina |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1983 | 話すことはない | Hanasu koto wa nai |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1983 | 波の盆 | Nami no bon |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1984 | 21世紀は警告する | 21 Seiki wa keikokusuru |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1985 | おさんの恋 | Osan no koi |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1985 | 谷崎・その愛、我という人の心は | Tanizaki: Sono ai, ware to iu hito no kokoro wa |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1986 | 禅の世界 | Zen no sekai |  | television documentary |
| Television scores | 1987 | 今朝の秋 | Kesa no aki |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1989 | 山頭火－何でこんなに淋しい風がふく－ | Santoka, nande konnani sabishii kaze fuku |  | television drama |
| Television scores | 1993 | 幻　源氏物語絵巻 | Maboroshi: Genji monogatari emaki |  | television drama |
Question:
which year saw the highest number of releases?
Answer:
1988