“Echigo-Shishi (Performer from Echigo)” is performed to naga-uta. There are many kind of samisen (=three-stringed Japanese banjo) music including kiyomoto, yamato-gaku, shinnai etc. for Japanese dance. What is the difference between them? Samisen music can be divided into two categories; story-telling katari-mono and sketch-like utai-mono. The former have gidayu, tokiwazu, kiyomoto and shinnai while the latter naga-uta, yamato-gaku. The neck of samisen becomes thinner from the widest gidayu, middle-width tokiwazu and kiyomoto to naga-uta.
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Japanese Culture@wkend
StandardIt is said that June 6th, 6-year- and 6-month-old is the best to start lessons of Japanese culture. This keiko-hajime (=start of lessons) tradition comes from “風姿花伝 (fushi-kaden)” written by the great noh actor and producer 世阿弥 (Ze-A-Mi, 1363-1443). He mentions how significant a good commencement is in music and dance.
This is one of the reasons why Mei-Shun started this blog on that date. And let her bring up the biggest please– it is the birthday of her husband Shin.
