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- Cha No Yu Ondo -
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This is a Jiuta piece in the Tegotomono style from the Ikuta Ryű school . Cha No Yu Ondo is also known as: Chaondo. This piece was composed for koto by Yaezaki Kengyo . This piece was composed for shamisen by Kikuoka Kengyo in cir. 1830-1844 .
History (from Tsuge Gen'ichi)
The title means 'Tea Ceremony Song.' This is a popular jiuta piece of the Kyoto style, sometimes called Cha-ondo by the Ikuta School musicians. It was composed by Kikuoka Kengyo in the tegoto-mono form and arranged by Yaezaki Kengyo (1776?-1848) for koto and shamisen ensemble.
Poem (translated by Tsuge Gen'ichi)
In all the world
The best place for flowers
Is Yoshino Mountain;
For scarlet leaves, Tatsuta:
And for tea, Uji,
Southeast of the capital.
But most beautiful of all
Is a certain spot
Southwest of the capital.
Who's your cup of tea?
Once brewed, and steeped in gossip,
Like the many shades of green tea,
One's love will deepen.
Compared
To the waiting pine
The teahouse wall
Is low, but
Their feelings are the same
When they adorn one's chambers.
When an unadorned heart,
Pure as a silken cloth,
Questions an indecisive lover,
The answer may be
As contrary
As staggered shelves.
Why is it so?
When we meet
My heart is as straight
As a bamboo perfume ladle,
But yours is bent
Like the handle of a tea-dipper.
We ease our cares
Talking about old times,
Until we become an old couple
As in a fairy tale;
But the water in our tea kettle
Will never grow cold-
Our fates are bound together
For a thousand,
Ten thousand ages.
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