Saga no Aki

嵯峨の秋

[ジャンル]	箏曲
[作曲様式]	Meiji Shinkyoku
[流派]	Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[対象楽器]	菊末検校 - 箏
	菊末勾当 - 三弦

発祥 (柘植元一):

This piece, Saga no aki ('Fall in Saga') is considered a masterpiece among the compositions for the koto written in the early Meiji Era. The substantial part of this piece is a brilliant koto duet, consisting of three sections (dan). Although it is composed in the tegoto-mono form, Saga no aki is quite different from the so-called jiuta-sokyoku, and it represents 'modern' koto music of the late nineteenth century Japan.

The text it based on a well-known story from 'The Tale of the Heike.' See Kogo no kyoku.

詩 (【翻訳者】柘植元一)

Fall on the plain
Of Saga -
Renowned for nothing
But the loneliness
Of all things.
The moon illumines
The brushwood gate.
The whisper
Of a hidden koto -
Wind from the summit?
Wind through the pines?
Is the woman I seek
Whiling away the time?

I quicken the horse, listen
The koto plucks
The 'Song of Longing'
I know so well,
The 'Song of Longing'
I know so well.

Sarade dani
mono no sabishiki
na ni tateru
saga no atari no
aki no koro
tsuki wa kumanaki
shiba no to ni
shinobite morasu
koto no ne wa
(ai)
mine no arashi ka
matsukaze ka
tazunuru hito no
susabi ka ya

(tegoto)

Koma wo hayamete
kiku toki wa
tsumaoto shiruki
soofuren
(ai)
tsumaoto shiruki
soofuren

嵯峨の秋は下記のアルバムに収録されています

	アルバム	アーティスト
	Fascination of the Koto 3	歌 : 米川敏子箏 : 米川敏子歌 : 二世米川親敏　箏 : 二世米川親敏
Autumn in Saga. Composed by Kikusue kengyo (1852?-1892). A koto composition for two instruments cojmposed in the early Meizi era. Saga is a place in the suburb of Kyoto. This work deals with an anecdote written in the Take of the Heike (a mediaeval epic). Lady Kogo, the Emperor's lover, has concealed herself from the court and has been living in Saga. Minamoto no Nakakuni, a courtier, is ordered by the Emperor to go to Saga to find her. Guided by the sound of the koto played by Lady Kogo, he succeeded in finding her hiding place.
	Kinko Ryū Shakuhachi Sankyoku Meikyoku Sen - Dai Ichi Shū - Vol 1	歌 : 三世高橋栄清箏 : 三世高橋栄清尺八 : 山口五郎歌 : 鳥居名美野箏 : 鳥居名美野
	Sagano no Shirabe	箏 : 後藤すみ子箏 : 高畑美登子
	Sagano no Shirabe	箏 : 高田和子箏 : 二代米川敏子
	Sagano no Shirabe	箏 : 矢木敬二箏 : 井口久美子
	Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 13 (三曲合奏大全集１３)	箏 : 砂崎知子箏 : 安藤政輝尺八 : 横山勝也歌 : 芦垣美穂
	Sō no Shiori (Ikuta Ryū) vol 3	箏 : 中島靖子歌 : 佐藤親貴箏 : 佐藤親貴
	Sōkyoku Jiuta Gassō-shū (disc 3)	尺八 : 五世荒木古童箏 : 山本裕子歌 : 望月雅子箏 : 望月雅子
	Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 41	歌 : 初世米川文子箏 : 初世米川文子箏 : 二世米川文子
	Soul of the Koto, The
The Autumn of Saga was originally composed for the koto by Kengyo Kikusue from Osaka. This music describes the scenes of autumn in Kyoto. The words for this music are taken from the Story of Heike.
	Yamaguchi Goro - Performance study 3	歌 : 中能島弘子箏 : 中能島弘子歌 : 緒方紗知能箏 : 緒方紗知能尺八 : 山口五郎歌 : 河内百合能箏 : 河内百合能