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Sagari Ha (Kansai)

下り葉

[Genre]Honkyoku
[School]Dokyoku / Chikushinkai

Sagari Ha (Kansai) appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonHotchiku (CD) Shakuhachi : Watazumi Doso Roshi
Kudari-Ba

(Pre-) (Kansai Region)

Kudari-Ba is a piece used for begging for alms; therefore it is meant to be played for and in front of people. Also called Sagari-Ha, it comes from the Kansai region, and was once played by Gonpachi Hirai, a famous outlaw from the Edo period.

The hocchiku used for this piece is 1.3 shaku (relatively tuned).