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Yuki

[Genre]Jiuta
[Estilo]Hauta
[Escuela]Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[Compuesto]Minezaki Kōtō - Shamisen

Historia (Tsuge Gen'ichi):

Yuki ('Snow') is one of the best-known jiuta pieces. The song text refers to the serene mind of a nun who has lived apart from the world ever since the time she was disappointed in love while she was a geisha girl.

The instrumental interlude (ainote); which is actually meant to evoke the tolling of a distant temple bell on a snowy night, has become so popular that the melancholic melody is often used as a kind of 'leitmotiv' to describe a snowy scene, or to evoke a cold, dark atmosphere.

Poema (translated by Tsuge Gen'ichi)

When I brush away
The flowers, and the snow-
How clear my sleeves become!

Truly it was an affair
Of long, long ago.
The man I waited for
May still be waiting for me.

The cry of the mandarin duck
Calling for his mate
From his freezing nest
Makes me feel sorrowful.
The temple bell at midnight
Wakes me
From my lonely reverie.

It makes me sad to hear
That distant temple bell.
When the patter of hail
Reaches my pillow,
I seem to hear, somehow,
His knocking on my door again.
And less and less am I able
To dam up my tears.
Freezing now
Into icicles.
I no longer care about
This hard, bitter life.
I'm only sorry that
I still can't think of
My former lover as sinful.
Ah, the discarded sorrows!
The forsaken world of sorrow!
Hana mo yuki mo
haraeba kiyoki
tamoto kana

Honni mukashi no
mukashi no koto yo
waga matsu hito mo
ware wo machiken
(ai)
Oshi no otori ni
mono omoiba no
kooru fusuma ni
naku ne wa sazona
sanaki dani
kokoro mo tooki
yowa no kane

(ainote)

Kiku mo samishiki
hitorine no
makura ni hibiku
arare no oto mo
moshiya to isso
sekikanete
otsuru namida no
tsurara yori
tsuraki inochi wa
oshikaranedomo
koishiki hito wa
tsumi fukaku
(ai)
omowanu koto no
kanashisa ni
suteta uki
(ai)
suteta ukiyo no
yamakazura

Yuki aparece en los siguientes álbumes

Álbum Artista

Abe Keiko Record Set - 02 Voz : Abe Keiko
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie
Play ButtonAraki Kodo III and Fukuda Eika - Collection of Famous Performances - 02 Voz : Fukuda Eika
Shamisen : Fukuda Eika
Shakuhachi : Araki Kodō III

Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 1 Voz : Fujii Kunie
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie

Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3 Voz : Fukami Satomi
Shamisen : Fukami Satomi

Ginyu Shakuhachi : Gunnar Jinmei Linder

Hirai Sumiko no Sekai Voz : Hirai Sumiko
Shamisen : Hirai Sumiko

Jiuta no Sekai - 4 Voz : Tomiyama Seikin I
Shamisen : Tomiyama Seikin I

Kikuhara Hatsuko Zenshu vol. 15 Voz : Kikuhara Hatsuko
Shamisen : Kikuhara Hatsuko
Koto : Hagiwara Seigin
Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan I

Koto uta Voz : Iseki Kazehiro
Shamisen : Iseki Kazehiro

Musical Anthology of the Orient, Unesco Collection Vol 3 Voz : Tomiyama Seikin I
Koto : Tomiyama Seikin I
Ji-uta is the general term for songs or song-cycles accompanied on the shamisen which have no connection with the theatre. The meaning of the word Ji-uta (local songs) refers to their place of origin and main circulation, i.e. the Kyoto-Osaka district.

The Ji-uta category includes the following forms: cycles made up of several short songs, extended songs with one continuous text, pieces in which the text occupies first place in importance, and those in which virtuosic instrumental interludes (tegoto) occur.

"Yuki" (the word means snow) belongs to the group in which the emphasis is placed on the text. It was written by Minezaki Kengyo, a leading composer of the flourishing Tegotomono (tegoto pieces) School towards the end of the 18th century. Thus two shamisen soli are also found in "Yuki"; the initial motive of the second of these was used in the Edo period to portray the coldness of winter and snowfall, and was quoted in many other pieces to represent the mood of winter.

The subject-matter is taken from the world of the courtesans. Soseki, a well-known Geisha, has resolved to renounce the world and become a nun. But her thoughts keep on returning to her former lover. These moments of tension provide the setting for the piece. The shamisen is tuned in Honchoshi.

Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 19 (三曲合奏大全集19) Shakuhachi : Hoshida Ichizan II
Shamisen : Tomizaki Shunkin
Koto : Tominaka Fumikazu
Voz : Tomizaki Fumiyo

Sasagawa Shizue no Shigei Vol. 6 Shakuhachi : Wada Shingetsu
Shamisen : Sasagawa Shizue
Play ButtonShakuhachi Tokusen - Araki Kodo III Voz : Fukuda Eika
Shamisen : Fukuda Eika
Shakuhachi : Araki Kodō III
Play ButtonShamisen II

Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 5 Voz : Kikuhara Hatsuko
Shamisen : Kikuhara Hatsuko

Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 15 Voz : Fukuda Eika
Shamisen : Fukuda Eika
Shakuhachi : Araki Kodō III
Play ButtonTogashi Noriko - 03 Shamisen : Togashi Noriko
Play ButtonTomiyama Kiyotaka's World Voz : Tomiyama Seikin II
Shamisen : Tomiyama Seikin II
Snow

Yuki is one of the most popular jiuta pieces. It was composed by Minezaki Koto, who was active in Osaka at the end of the 18th century. The song text depicts the tranquil mind of a nun and her sad psyche before becoming a nun. The interlude is widely considered to represent the sound of a temple bell on a snowy night. However, its melody is frequently utilized to refer to snow in the theatrical contexts of kabuki and bunraku.