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Yoyo no Hoshi

夜々の星

[Genre]Jiuta
[Style]Tegotomono
[School]Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[Also Known As]Evening Stars
[Composed]Mitsuzaki Kengyō - Koto
Mitsuzaki Kengyō - Shamisen

Poem (translated by John Tedford)

Maeuta:

So precious is my love,
like a comb box inlaid with jewels,
that twice or thrice
I have taken up my pen
to tell him of my desire.
And yet like ama [diver]
sent to dive and reap
the grasses at the bottom of the sea,
I suffer from what I see
yet cannot touch.
This very writing brush
on which I must rely
fills me with frustration.
At times, I wish my body
were like the dew
which quickly fades
from the thatched eaves.
Even the light of the stars...

TEGOTO

Atouta:

...grows dim
and darkness deepens.
How many nights
must I endure this lonely passion,
awaiting the dawn?
Gazing at clouded skies
I am truly at a loss.
The teardrops on my sleeve
overflow
and in the little sea of my inkstone
sink like jewels.
たまくしげ、ふたたび三度思ふこと、
見すれどあまのあづきして、
やよここのよと思ひあかし、
袖の雫にせきき入るる、

Yoyo no Hoshi appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Abe Keiko Record Set - 09 Voice : Abe Keiko
Shamisen : Abe Keiko
Koto : Kobayashi Tamae
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie
Play ButtonFascination of the Shakuhachi - 3 Koto : Miura Yōko
Voice : Fujii Kunie
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie
Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan
A te-goto piece composed by MITSUZAKI kengyo with lyrics written by MINAGAWA Shien. The sangen is in rhe san-sagari tuning and the koto is in hira-chosi. The lyricist was a scholar of Chinese literature in Kyoto who had his own school by the name of Koudou-kan. He was also good at painting and music, and often haunted Gion, the "merrymaking" district of the city. MITSUZAKI kengyo is known as the composer of GODAN GINUTA, AKIKAZE NO KYOKU and other pieces which utilize only the koto and exclude the sangen, establishing the basis for the revival movement in the Bakumatsu Era. The lyrics desctibe undying love but are more subtle and respectable when compared with ha-uta (light popular song) such as KUROKAMI or YUKI, thus demonstrating knowledge and ability of Shien, an aristocratic scholar.

Ikuta Ryu Sokyoku Senshu Volume 04 (上) Koto : Miyagi Kiyoko
Shamisen : Yazaki Akiko
Voice : Miyagi Kazue

Kinko Ryū Shakuhachi Sankyoku Meikyoku Sen - Dai Ichi Shū - Vol 2 Shakuhachi : Yamaguchi Gorō
Voice : Abe Keiko
Shamisen : Abe Keiko
Koto : Fujii Kunie

Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 6 (三曲合奏大全集6) Voice : Ueki Yasue
Shamisen : Ueki Yasue
Shakuhachi : Yokoyama Katsuya
Koto : Sano Namie

Sasagawa Shizue no Shigei Vol. 2 Shamisen : Sasagawa Shizue
Koto : Suzuki Kazuko
Play ButtonSeiha Hogakkai Play Favorites 04 - Mitsuzaki Kengyo Shamisen : Inoue Michiko
Koto : Nakashima Yasuko

Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 37 Voice : Abe Keiko
Shamisen : Abe Keiko
Shamisen : Fujii Kunie