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This is a Min'yo piece from the Min'yo school .

History (from Takahashi Yujiro)
Shinjo town (Yamagat Pre.) had a flourishing pleasure district called Bambacho. The verses here are from the viewpoint of a man eager to visit his favorite courtesan - and reluctant to leave her before dawn.

That mountain's too tall - I can't see Shinjo. I love Shinjo, I hate that mountain.
Crossing Mt. Sabane, passing Funagata, I've come to see you in Bambacho.
At dawn, the day breaks, the sparrows cry chun chun, the crows cry kaa kaa, the kites in the
sky cry hyorohyoro, and the temple fish gong sounds sukopon sukopokoponpon - would you
send me home before then?

Shinjo Bushi appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Folk Songs with Shakuhachi  (Listen)
Min'yo - Folk Song from Japan - Takahashi Yujiro and friends  (Listen)	Takahashi Yujiro
Shinjo town (Yamagat Pre.) had a flourishing pleasure district called Bambacho. The verses here are from the viewpoint of a man eager to visit his favorite courtesan - and reluctant to leave her before dawn. That mountain's too tall - I can't see Shinjo. I love Shinjo, I hate that mountain. Crossing Mt. Sabane, passing Funagata, I've come to see you in Bambacho. At dawn, the day breaks, the sparrows cry chun chun, the crows cry kaa kaa, the kites in the sky cry hyorohyoro, and the temple fish gong sounds sukopon sukopokoponpon - would you send me home before then? Copyright 1999 - Dr David W. Hughes e-mail dh6@soas.ac.uk
Minyo Shakuhachi no Shirabe  (Listen)
Nihon Minyo - Shakuhachi Tokusen Shu - 1  (Listen)
Shakuhachi, Shamisen no Shirabe; Nihon no Minyo - 1  (Listen)
Special Selection of Folk Songs for the Shakuhachi - 1  (Listen)
Yagishita - 1  (Listen)