THE SNOW, 雪 POEM OF SADNESS 詠歌 AND REGRET 残念 JAPANESE JIUTA MUSIC, VOICE, SHAMISEN SHAKUHACHI 1624

YUKI (Jiuta) 17:47 The character is reflecting on a string of her failed love affairs, she decides to give up society life and become a nun, as she walks towards the monastry soft snow begins to fall. This is not poetry chant but a kind of vocal called Jiuta. A Jiuta piece is heard with Shamisen accompaniment, and the words of the song and effect of the instrument interact upon each other. Yuki. The Snow, was composed by Koto Minezaki in 1624. In many songs in which cold weather is mentioned the me