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This is a Gagaku piece .

Jussuiraku appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Gagaku  (Listen)
JUSSUIRAKU (oshiki-cho) Oshiki-cho is a gagaku scale based on atone corresponding to A natural in western music. This music was composed for the ceremonies following the ascension to the throne of the Emperor Nimmyo in 834 . On this occasion gravel was spread in the front garden of the Homeiden and trees were planted to suggest a mountain scene, while pale-pink cloths were spread on the ground and water plants placed on them to suggest a beach. In this setting the dancers mimed fisher folk gathering seaweed. The work was composed by Oto no Kiyokami while the dance was created by Owari no Hamanushi hut only the music has survived to the present.