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This is a Jiuta piece in the Kouta style .

Satsuma Sa appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Traditional Music of Japan, The - 03  (Listen)
Satsuma sa is another example of a very short song of Kouta accompanied by a Shamisen tuned in Niagari. The text relates: To Satsuma- To Satsuma I scull my boat as fast as I can But the tide Why, it's dead low And my oar does me no good. (Translation by Dr. Richard N. McKinnon, University of Washington, Seattle, U. S. A.)