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Kumoi Rokudan

雲井六段

[Genre]Sokyoku
[Style]Dan mono
[School]Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[Composed]Yatsuhashi Kengyō - Koto

History:

Rokudan, as one may know, was composed by Kengyo Yatsuhashi (1614-1685). Kumoi Rokudan, one of the revisions of Rokudan was composed by Chiyoda Kengyo of the Yamada School of koto. Kumoi refers to high pitch. Therefore the music is played by two kotos, one in the kumoi (high pitch), the other hirajoshi (basic) tone.

Kumoi Rokudan appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 07 Koto : Nakanoshima Kin'ichi
Shakuhachi : Nōtomi Judō I
Koto : Nakanoshima Keiko
Shamisen : Shinagawa Shōzō

Soul of the Koto, The
Rokudan, as one may know, was composed by Kengyo Yatsuhashi (1614-1685). Kumoi Rokudan, one of the revisions of Rokudan was composed by Chiyoda Kengyo of the Yamada School of koto. Kumoi refers to high pitch. Therefore the music is played by two kotos, one in the kumoi (high pitch), the other hirajoshi (basic) tone.