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Sado Okesa

佐渡おけさ

[Genre]Min'yo
[School]Min'yo

Sado Okesa appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonFlower Dance - Japanese Folk Melodies
This piece stems from a folk song of Niigata. Its melody was probably brought from Kyushi, the southernmost island; many similar melodies were set to different words and are familiar to today's listeners. Sado kesa describes the small island of Sado where criminals were transported.

Folk Songs with Shakuhachi Shakuhachi : Kamiyama Tensui I
Play ButtonKoto Melodies of Japan - Hogaku Yonin no Kai (The Four Players Group) Koto : Yazaki Akiko
Koto : Gotō Sumiko
Shakuhachi : Kitahara Kōzan II
Koto : Kikuchi Teiko
Near the Japan Sea coast of the middle part of the Japanese mainland there is a small island called Sado Island. In the old days it was famous for being an exiles' island and for its gold mine. Sado-Okesa is the most popular song among the people of this island. In the Bon Festival in summer the islanders form a circle and sing this song, dancing elegantly. The Festival is a traditional Japanese event when the dead's souls were once believed to return to this world. In the present days the festival still exists as a kind of recreation. The above-mentioned Awa-Odori and Kiso-Bushi, too, are danced in this festival.

Melody of Japan - Brightness of Summer Koto : Pro Musica Nipponia
Play ButtonMemories of My Home Shakuhachi : Riley Kōho Lee

Minyo Meijin Series Watanabe Kidō Shakuhachi : Watanabe Kidō

Minyo Shakuhachi no Shirabe Shakuhachi : Kubota Yōhō

Nihon Minyo - Shakuhachi Tokusen Shu - 2 Shakuhachi : Kamiyama Tensui I

Shakuhachi Min'yo - Furusato no Uta - Vol 1 Shakuhachi : Yashita Isamu

Shakuhachi no Shirabe - Hietsuki Bushi Shakuhachi : Miyata Kōhachirō

Shakuhachi, Shamisen no Shirabe; Nihon no Minyo - 2 Shakuhachi : Yoneya Iwao

Shakuhachi/ Kaze no Tabi - Volume 4 Shakuhachi : Suzuki Jofū
Shakuhachi : Yamashita Mufū
Shakuhachi : Saeki Shōfū

Tokusen Shakuhachi Minyo Shakuhachi : Yoneya Iwao