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This is a Shinkyoku piece in the Kakyoku style from the Miyagi school . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Miyagi Michio . This piece was composed for koto by Miyagi Michio in 1919 .

History (from Bell, Clive)
This is a serenade for voice, koto, and flute, composed in 1918 by Miyagi Michio, a very popular composer in Japan. He was greatly influenced by western impressionist music, and thus revolutionized the old style of Japanese music. The sung poem depicts tender thoughts for a young woman and a longing to be with her. The koto introduction hints at leaves falling onto a stream and floating to where the lover lives.
The sigh of autumn
If I were a leaf floating on the river
I would drift to your dwelling.
The autumn night becomes darker.
If I were a cricket in the grass
I would sing by your window
Throughout the night.
Words from a poem by Kobayashi Yoshio, Translated by Clive Dunkley.

Aki no Shirabe appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Koto no Shirabe - In Memory of Miyagi Michio  (Listen)	Hirokado Reifu	Miyagi Michio
Kurokami  (Listen)	Bell, Clive
This is a serenade for voice, koto, and flute, composed in 1918 by Miyagi Michio, a very popular composer in Japan. He was greatly influenced by western impressionist music, and thus revolutionized the old style of Japanese music. The sung poem depicts tender thoughts for a young woman and a longing to be with her. The koto introduction hints at leaves falling onto a stream and floating to where the lover lives. The sigh of autumn If I were a leaf floating on the river I would drift to your dwelling. The autumn night becomes darker. If I were a cricket in the grass I would sing by your window Throughout the night. Words from a poem by Kobayashi Yoshio, Translated by Clive Dunkley.
Miyagi Michio Sakuhin Dai Zenshu - 04  (Listen)