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This is a Shinkyoku piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Yoshida Seifu in 1926 .

Komoriuta (Seifu) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Koto Music of Japan - Music for Japanese Instruments  (Listen)	Watanabe Kofu
This piece is in three sections : Lullaby, Love's Dream, and Grief. The music is full of sadness and expresses the feelings of a young mother who has lost her husband. As she sings a gentle lullaby to her little orphaned child, memories of past happiness flow thorugh her mind like a dream, and she is finally overcome with grief.