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This is a Sokyoku piece in the Dan mono style from the Ikuta Ryű school . This piece was composed for koto by Yatsuhashi Kengyo .

History:
Rokudan, as one may know, was composed by Kengyo Yatsuhashi (1614-1685). Kumoi Rokudan, one of the revisions of Rokudan was composed by Chiyoda Kengyo of the Yamada School of koto. Kumoi refers to high pitch. Therefore the music is played by two kotos, one in the kumoi (high pitch), the other hirajoshi (basic) tone.

Kumoi Rokudan appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 07  (Listen)	Notomi Judo I	Nakanoshima Kin'ichi	Mishina Shoho
Soul of the Koto, The  (Listen)
Rokudan, as one may know, was composed by Kengyo Yatsuhashi (1614-1685). Kumoi Rokudan, one of the revisions of Rokudan was composed by Chiyoda Kengyo of the Yamada School of koto. Kumoi refers to high pitch. Therefore the music is played by two kotos, one in the kumoi (high pitch), the other hirajoshi (basic) tone.