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Shōchikubai

松竹梅

[Genre]Jiuta
[Estilo]Tegotomono
[Escuela]Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[Compuesto]Mitsuhashi Kōtō - Shamisen

Historia (Tsuge Gen'ichi):

This piece is one of the best-known jiuta compositions of the Osaka style. The song-text consists of three parts, featuring the plum tree (with the warbler), the pine tree (with the cranes), and the bamboo (with the moon) respectively. Hence the title Sho-chiku-bai, literally meaning 'Pine, Bamboo and Plum.' These three plants are traditionally considered as symbols of happiness and is often performed on congratulatory occasions.

At the end of the second song (featuring the pine tree), a long interlude (tegoto) consisting of three sections is inserted. Here a distinctive ostinato pattern on the koto which imitates the cries of cranes is heard.

Poema (translated by Tsuge Gen'ichi)

Mist trailing
Across the sky
Is a sign of spring.
A peaceful light on
New Year's morning is
Brightly shining.
A warbler,
Flying through
The mountain paths
Has come to Mitsu (1)
And sings the First Song.
The plum tree begins to smile
From its southernmost branches.
Attracted by the fragrance,
The warbler sings gloriously,
The color and scent of
The flowers blown and scattered
By his feather-breeze
Are flourishing in this village-
Naniwa (2) renowned
For blossoming plums.

May your reign, my Lord,
Last forever serenely
Like the unmuddied streams
In the palace garden.
May your people, too,
Prosper all over
The Empire of the Four Seas.

A pine tree of
One thousand years,
Now decorated and
Celebrated by everyone,
Will live for endless generations,
With the sound of the wind.
On the venerable pine branches
Thriving, freshly green,
A pair of cranes
Nest and dance
In celebration
Of the everlasting reign.

And in autumn,
How delightful
Is the sight of the moon!
Passing through the treetops
The moonbeams
Filter into the bedchamber
In the early evening.
Outside the darkening night
Is filled with the voices of crickets.

How many autumns
Will they sing on?
With the distant sound
Gathered by the wind,
Bamboo clumps
Rustle at the window.

(1) Old Osaka
(2) Another name for Osaka
(maebiki)

Tachiwataru
kasumi wo sora no
shirube nite
nodokeki hikari
aratama no
haru tatsu kesa wa
ashibiki no
yamaji wo wakete
ootomo no
mitsu ni ki naku
uguisu
minami yori
waraisomu
kaori ni hikare
koe no uraraka
hakaze ni chiruya
hana no iroka mo
nao shi hae aru
kono sato no
naniwa wa ume no
nadokoro

(tegoto)

Kimigayo wa
nigorade taenu
mikawamizu
sue sumikerashi
kunitami mo
geni yutaka naru
yotsu no umi
(ai)
Chitose kagireru
tokiwagi mo
imayo no mina ni
hikarete wa
ikuyo kagiri mo
arashi fuku oto
eda mo sakayuru
wakamidori
oitatsu matsu ni
su wo kuu tsuru mo
kisashiki miyo wo
iwaimoo

(tegoto)

Aki wa nao
tsuki no keshiki mo
omoshiro ya
kozue kozue ni
sasu kage no
fushido ni utsuru
yuumagure
sotomo wa mushi no
koegoe ni
(ai)
kakete ikuyo no
aki ni naku
ne wo fukiokuru
arashi ni tsurete
soyogu wa mado no
muratake

Shōchikubai aparece en los siguientes álbumes

Álbum Artista

Hōgaku Taikei Vol. 4 - Sōkyoku - Shakuhachi 2 (LP 2) Kokyū : Yamada Hiroyo
Koto : Yamashita Tokiyo
Shamisen : Ichikawa Hinayo
Koto : Fukuda Fukiyo

Ikuta Ryu Sokyoku Senshu Volume 02 (上) Koto : Miyagi Kiyoko
Shamisen : Yazaki Akiko
Voz : Miyagi Kazue

Ikuta-Ryū Sōkyoku Senshū - volume 4 Voz : Matsuo Keiko
Shamisen : Matsuo Keiko
Koto : Matsuo Kazuko

Japanese Koto Orchestra
(Music of Pine, Bamboo and Plum Blossoms) is a trio for koto, shamisen and kokyu or shakuhachi. Today the kokyu is seldom heard because of its strange sound. The instrument looks like a shamisen with a violin bow, although the sound is quite different from that of any other string instrument.

This piece is composed by Mitsuhashi Koto, representative of the classic form of composition. Sho, the pine tree, represents ever-lasting prosperity. Chiku, the bamboo,. symbolizes formality and honesty; bai, the plum blossom, represents elegance. This music is gay and happy, and yet also elegant.

The Kokyu is played by Sadako Nishimura; the I7-string koto by Hiroko Mitsuike, and the shamisen by Shukin Noda. The koto ensemble is of the Ikuta School.
Play ButtonJapanese Treasures
Shochikubai (Pine, Bamboo and Plum Blossom) is a trio for koto, shamisen and kokyu (an ancient instrument somewhat like a violin, now frequently replaced by the shamisen). This piece is in the nature of a tone painting.

Koto and Shamisen - Koten/Gendai Meikyoku Shū 04 Koto : Nakashima Yasuko
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie
Voz : Okuno Gashō
Play ButtonLe Koto de Yusen Kuzuhara et le Shakuhachi de Teiji Itoh Koto : Kuzuhara Yusen

Sankyoku Koto : Takemura Ayako
Shakuhachi : Aoki Reibo II
Shamisen : Satō Chikaki

Sankyoku Ensembles For The Shakuhachi Of The Kinko-School Vol II Shakuhachi : Yamaguchi Gorō

Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 25 (続三曲合奏大全集25) Koto : Hagioka Shōin IV
Shakuhachi : Aoki Reibo II
Shamisen : Uehara Nobuaki
Koto : Suzuki Koichi
Voz : Kishibe Michiga II

Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 4 (三曲合奏大全集4) Voz : Tsujimoto Chikatoyo
Shamisen : Tsujimoto Chikatoyo
Voz : Yonekawa Masumi
Shamisen : Yonekawa Masumi
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
Voz : Satō Chikaki
Koto : Satō Chikaki

Sankyoku: Shōchikubai / Jiuta: Chaondo, Ochamenoto Koto : Kagawa Kiyoe
Shakuhachi : Yamaguchi Gorō
Shamisen : Yasunaga Sayaka
Koto : Tomiyama Mieko
Voz : Tomiyama Seikin I
Shamisen : Tomiyama Seikin I

Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 25 Koto : Yonekawa Fumiko I
Shamisen : Tomizaki Shunshō
Voz : Koshino Eishō I
Play ButtonTogashi Noriko - 05 Shakuhachi : Aoki Reibo II
Shamisen : Togashi Noriko