Takeda Bushi - Shamisen Girls KiKi

iTunes USA | Kikinomi: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kik...
Behind the Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/TokyoLens?sub...

Kikinoki: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kik...

iTunes Japan
https://itun.es/jp/Gbp9ib

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This is the First-Ever Guest-post on Shamisen in Tokyo.
This was a video made for the Tsugaru Shamisen Girls (KiKi) that they wanted to share with all of you!

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The Song and the Concept:
Kiki Oriori

The Month of May: "KARUTA", a Japanese card game
SONG: Takeda Bushi

Back Story:
Takeda-bushi is a minyo, a traditional Japanese music, in Yamanashi prefecture which illustrates the moment of the samurai lord, Takeda Shingen, takes off for a war. The aggressiveness of the war is expressed by the competitive Karuta which is often described as a combat on a tatami mat.

Competitive Karuta

It's a competitive sport using |hyakunin Isshu|, a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese "waka" from 13th century by one hundred poets.

Different from the elegant image of "waka", it is considered as a sport that requires a strong sprit and a physical strength.

曲:武田節 https://itun.es/jp/Ruo9ib

Music: Takeda-bushi
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