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Chiyoda no Shirabe - Chikusetsu no Kyoku

千代田の調ー竹雪の曲

[Genre]Jiuta
[Also Known As]Chikusetsu no Kyoku
[Composed]Kikuzaka Kengyō - Shamisen - 1907

History:

Bamboo Snow Song (Chikusetsu no Kyoku)

 Jiuta koto music, Meiji new song. It was composed by Kengyo Kikutsuka of Osaka in 1907, and the lyrics are from the four waka poems of the bamboo in the snow that were written by the imperial order. After its release in 1907, it was called ``Chiyoda Prelude Chikusetsu no Kyoku''.