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This is a Shinkyoku piece . Umi is also known as: The Sea. This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Yoshida Seifu in 1932 .

Umi appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Koto Music of Japan - Music for Japanese Instruments  (Listen)	Yes
(The Sea) In the early autumn of 1931, the composer went to the United States to give recitals of Japanese music and dance, but after the tour, in March, 1932, he fill ill in Los Angeles. Before his recover, as he lay at death's door, the turbulent vicissitudes of life seemed to him like a great ocean, and it is this impression that he has attempted to convey in this composition.
Murezuru  (Listen)	Watazumi Doso Roshi