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This is a Jiuta piece in the Tegotomono style from the Maybe Ikuta Ryû school . This piece was composed for shamisen by Arihara Kôtô .

Matsu no Kotobuki appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Fascination of the Koto 4  (Listen)		Yonekawa Hiroe	Yonekawa Toshiko
Composed as a ziuta pieces, i.e. witht the sangen and vocal parts by Arihara kot (d. 1867). Later several composers added their own koto parts creating several different versions. In this recording the koto part was composed by Yonekawa Kin'o (1883-1969), Yonekawa Tosiko's father. Although the title rocuses on pine trees, the song text depicts two sets of festivity symbols: the set of pine, bamboo and plum, and the set of crane and turtle. Both syamisen and koto players can demonstrate their virtuosity in the long instrumental interlude (tegoto) placed in the middle.
Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 25  (Listen)		Yonekawa Emi	Yonekawa Toshiko