Genroku Hanami Odori
元禄花見踊
| [Genre] | Nagauta |
| [Also Known As] | Genroku Cherry Blossoms Viewing Dance |
Genroku Hanami Odori appears on the following albums
| Album | Artist | |
| Art of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The |
Shinobue : Ōsaka Hideo | |
| Art of the Japanese Bamboo Flute, The (Olympic) | ||
| Koto no Miryoku - Disk 2 |
Koto : Yamauchi Kimiko | |
| Living National Treasure - Shamisen |
Shamisen : Kineya Gosaburo | |
| Music of Japan |
Koto : Yonekawa Toshiko Shamisen : Toyohisa Shizuko | |
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The most brilliant section of a famous nagauta piece is arranged here into a piece for a koto, three shamisen and a small orchestras of Western instruments. Nagauta is a genre of the traditional music of Japan for voice with shamisen which developed during Edo Period chiefly as an accompaniment for Kabuki dance. The original piece is a very lively one describing the merriment of cherry-blossoms viewing at Ueno hill (present Ueno Park in Tokyo, a famous cherry- blossoms viewing place) in the Genroku Era (1688~1704). Genroku is the segment of Edo Period, during which Japanese culture reached a zenith of gorgeousness and the epicurean tendencies of people came to extremity.
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| Shamisen Genroku Hanami-Odori | ||
| Shamisen II | ||