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Nanatsuko

七つ子

[Genre]Jiuta
[Style]Kumiuta
[School]Yanagawa Ryû - 柳川流
[Composed]Yanagawa Kengyō - Shamisen - End of 17th century

Poem :

一 イヨななつになるこが、いたいけなたこというた、[合の手]
  ンそもさてもわごりょうは、[合の手]
  かずらか、はなれがたやな、はなれがたやな、きたさンがへござれノ、
  きたさがのおどりは、[合の手]
  よしのはつせの、はなよりも、もみじよりも、こいしきひとは、
  みたいものよ、ところどころへまいりあって、とうげこうめされ、
  とがをばいちゃが、おひまいらしょ。

Nanatsuko appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonTomiyama Kiyotaka's World Voice : Tomiyama Seikin II
Shamisen : Tomiyama Seikin II
An example of shamisen kumiuta, the oldest repertoire for this instrument. This piece was composed by YANAGAWA kengyô (died 1680) and modified by NOGAWA kengyô (died 1717). The text consists of quotations from a kyôgen song and deals with a child expressing her wish to have a husband.

World of Tomiyama Seikin - Master of Jiuta Songs and Narratives in Shamisen Music 1 Shamisen : Tomiyama Seikin I