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Matsu no Kotobuki

松の寿

[Genre]Jiuta
[Style]Tegotomono
[Composed]Ariwara Kōtō - Shamisen

Poem :

ちとせふる、松のことぶき緑なる。
苔はむすとも色変へぬ。
みさをすぐなる若竹や、雪の重みはまだ知らず。
ふゆごもりして咲くうちに、鶯の来て春を告げ。

Matsu no Kotobuki appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonFascination of the Koto 4 Voice : Yonekawa Toshiko
Shamisen : Yonekawa Toshiko
Voice : Yonekawa Toshiko II
Koto : Yonekawa Toshiko II
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 Voice : Yonekawa Toshiko
Shamisen : Yonekawa Toshiko
Koto : Yonekawa Emi