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Genroku Hanami Odori

元禄花見踊

[Genre]Nagauta
[Also Known As]Genroku Cherry Blossoms Viewing Dance

Genroku Hanami Odori appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonArt of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The Shinobue : Ōsaka Hideo

Art of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The (Olympic)

Koto no Miryoku - Disk 2 Koto : Yamauchi Kimiko

Living National Treasure - Shamisen Shamisen : Kineya Gosaburo
Play ButtonMusic of Japan Koto : Yonekawa Toshiko
Shamisen : Toyohisa Shizuko
The most brilliant section of a famous nagauta piece is arranged here into a piece for a koto, three shamisen and a small orchestras of Western instruments. Nagauta is a genre of the traditional music of Japan for voice with shamisen which developed during Edo Period chiefly as an accompaniment for Kabuki dance. The original piece is a very lively one describing the merriment of cherry-blossoms viewing at Ueno hill (present Ueno Park in Tokyo, a famous cherry- blossoms viewing place) in the Genroku Era (1688~1704). Genroku is the segment of Edo Period, during which Japanese culture reached a zenith of gorgeousness and the epicurean tendencies of people came to extremity.
Play ButtonShamisen Genroku Hanami-Odori
Play ButtonShamisen II