Uji Meguri

宇治巡り

[ジャンル]	地唄
[作曲様式]	手事物
[流派]	Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[対象楽器]	八重崎検校 - 箏
	松浦検校 - 三弦

詩 (【翻訳者】 John Tedford)

Maeuta:

In the spring breeze
which blows across the fields of tea,
harvested for countless generations,
the floating sleeves
of the goddess Saohime,
spring bearer of Kotobuki ["good fortune"]
are like Wakamidori ["young and green"]
She shyly shows to public view
Hatsumukashi ["first-picked tea"]

Penetrating the mists
at Aoyama ["green mountain"]
is Komatsu no Shiro ["fortress of the little pine"]
The village
of Aya no Mori ["forest of twilled cloth"],
free from nature's harm a thousand years
is like the unravaged, ageless
Babamukashi ["old woman's tea"]
The decorative leaves for
the New Year
at the shrine of Matsu-no-o

will bestow on anyone a longer life
like Chiyo no Midori ["green of a thousand generations"]
and Nochimukashi ["last-picked tea"]
will endure until the twilight of the gods.

Glistening in the sunlight
is Sono no Ume ["garden plum"]
and also Shiraume ["white plum"]
so full of color and fragrance.

Kawayanagi ["river willow"]
is deep-reflected in the waters
where the waves of Uji
flood into Lake Biwa.

The mountain rose
shows its first petals
and we scent the fragrance
of Hanatachibana ["orange tree"]
Like an auspicious dream
comes drifting
the sweet smell of Oritaka ["dream hawk"]
and in the talons of Kotaka ["little hawk"]
is grasped a branch.

In the plentiful shade of the trees
of Ichimori ["one forest"]
[we see] the hermitage of Kisen ["joyous choice"]
the mountain peak in summer
and even hear Taki no Oto ["sound of the waterfall"]

Atouta:

At the edge of Asahi-yama
near Kikusui ["chrysanthemum water"]
[we find] Usumomiji ["delicate autumn foliage"].
Searching for food
at the summit of Mount Takao,
the voices of wild geese
reach even Mount Kasadori ["taking an umbrella"].

How innumerable and wonderful
are the names of teas!

Oiraku ["the pleasure of old ago"]
puts the heart at ease

and Mai-zuru ["dancing crane"]
sings in celebration.

よろずよを、
摘むや茶園の春風に、
寿添へて佐保姫の、
齢ひ老いせぬばばむかし。
誰にも年を譲り葉の、
千代の緑の松の尾の、
神代の末のあとむかし。
光を添へて園の梅、
なお白梅の色香にも、
木蔭も多き一森の、
喜撰のいほの夏の峯。
滝の音をも菊水の、
朝日山のは、
薄紅葉、
高尾の峰に雁がねの、
あさる声々笠取の、
かずまんどころ面白や。
心を澄すおいらくは、
祝ひのしろにうたふ舞鶴。

宇治巡り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
	Abe Keiko no Shigei	尺八 : 初世青木鈴慕三弦 : 阿部桂子箏 : 藤井久仁江
	Abe Keiko Record Set - 04	尺八 : 二世青木鈴慕歌 : 阿部桂子三弦 : 阿部桂子箏 : 藤井久仁江
	Fascination of the Koto 5	箏 : 米川敏子歌 : 太田久子三弦 : 太田久子尺八 : 山口五郎
Uji is a place situated in the south of Kyoto which produces high quality tea. The text refers to the four seasons of Uji and 22 brand names of good tea. This large scale composition has two large scale instrumental interludes (tegoto) where both insturments show their virtuosity, often in the form of call and response.
	Fascination of the Shakuhachi - 4	歌 : 米川敏子箏 : 米川敏子歌 : 二世米川文子三弦 : 二世米川文子尺八 : 山本邦山
This te-goto piece composed by MATSUURA kengyo in hon-chosi tuning, while the te-goto for koto is in the katakumoi tuning and was made by YAEZAKI kengyo. The lyrics were written by TANAKA Kouji of Kyoto. MATSUURA kengyo was a great sangen player in Kyoto in the Bunka-Bunsei eras. YAEZAKI kengyo was a great koto player also from Kyoto who composed many accompaniments to the repertoire of ji-uta. (popular songs accompanied by shamisen that originated in the western part of Japan.) In UJI MEGURI, scenes from Uji (in southeast of Kyoto and famed for its tea) are described. However, the writer's aim was to weave the brand names of good tea into the lyrics rather than telling a consistent story.
	Fujii Kunie, The World of Shamisen and Jiuta Singing 4	箏 : 米川敏子尺八 : 山口五郎歌 : 藤井久仁江三弦 : 藤井久仁江
	Fukami Satomi - Sokyoku Jiuta Shu - 3	箏 : 野坂惠子歌 : 深海さとみ三弦 : 深海さとみ
	Jiuta no Kaori - Fujii Kunie	箏 : 岩田柔柯三弦 : 藤井久仁江
	Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū (zoku) vol. 15 (続三曲合奏大全集15)	歌 : 岩田柔柯箏 : 岩田柔柯歌 : 井上道子三弦 : 井上道子尺八 : 山口五郎歌 : 富樫教子三弦 : 富樫教子
	Sasagawa Shizue no Shigei Vol. 4	三弦 : 佐々川静枝箏 : 峰内吟彰尺八 : 山口五郎
	Shakuhachi no Shinzui-Sankyoku Gasso - 03	尺八 : 山口五郎
	Sōkyoku - Nebiki no Matsu / Sankyoku- Uji Meguri	尺八 : 納富治彦歌 : 松尾恵子箏 : 松尾恵子三弦 : 松尾和子
	Sokyoku Jiuta Taikei 27	歌 : 中能島欣一箏 : 中能島欣一歌 : 宮城道雄三弦 : 宮城道雄
	Zoku Sō-Sangen-Shakuhachi ni yoru Mei Senshū - volume 6	歌 : 松尾恵子三弦 : 松尾恵子箏 : 森雄士