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San'ya (Yama-Tani)

山谷

This is a piece of genre Koten.

San'ya (Yama-Tani) appears on the following albums

	Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
	Japanese Traditional Shakuhachi	Yokoyama Katsuya
Tohoku district origin. Among many other pieces titled Sanya, this is of the most tranquility and calm.
	Shakuhachi - Ryudo - 02	Takahashi Ryudo
	Tajima Tadashi Shakuhachi no Sekai II	Tajima Tadashi
	When the Brightness Comes	Iwamoto Yoshikazu
Also known in several variants all with the same title, each originating in a different area of Japan, each quite distinct in character and mood. Nevertheless, they do have one feature in common-the overall melodic curve. This takes the shape of a mountain with the main peak in the middle, i.e. they all start calmly in the lower register and gradually rise up to reach a peak both in pitch and intensity, then descend to a final calm ending.

The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013