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Shin Sarashi

新晒

[Genre]Sokyoku
[School]Yamada Ryū - 山田
[Composed]Fukakusa Kengyō - Shamisen

Shin Sarashi appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Hōgaku Taikei Vol. 4 - Sōkyoku - Shakuhachi 2 (LP 2) Koto : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Voice : Nakanoshima Keiko
Shamisen : Inogawa Koji
Play ButtonNew Spirits of Sangen Koto : Kameyama Kanō
Shamisen : Nishigata Akiko
The jiuta piece "Sarashi" performed today is based on Fukakusa Kengyo's, "Sarashi", considered the forerunner to the tegoto style, which incorporates a long instrumental interlude.

The piece is characterized by short instrumental interludes sandwiched between the stanzas which tie into the main melodic theme.

In olden days, people would bleach cloth in the Uji River of Kyoto. The melodic theme incorporates the rhythmic pounding of the cloth with the sound of the running river.

The ai no te section of "Shin•zarashi" draws on a sophisticated instrumental section in which both the koto and shamisen are given room to display improvisational techniques known as sharebiki. In this CD, however, the koto plays the traditional melody only, while the shamisen takes the improvisational line.

(Akiko Nishigata)

Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 57 Voice : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Shamisen : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Koto : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi

Yamada - 05 Voice : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Koto : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Voice : Uehara Masaki II
Shamisen : Uehara Masaki II