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This jazz/ukiyoe music video was inspired by the 18th century song "Kurokami" (黒髪, Black Hair), which was originally written by Koide Ichijūrō (湖出市十郎) and an unknown lyricist as a jiuta (地歌) piece but became more popular in its subsequent adaptation by Kineya Sakichi (杵屋佐吉) as a nagauta (長唄) song for the kabuki theatre and was performed in 1784 in the premiere of the play Ōakinai Hiru ga Kojima (大商蛭子島) at the Nakamura-za Theatre in Edo.
The lyrics are not intended as a translation, but rather, as is the case
with the music, as a contemporary jazz impression of the soulful, original song.
This video is dedicated to Noguchi Mieko, who was a good friend and a superb shamisen player.

このオリジナル・ミュージック・ビデオは江戸時代に作曲された「黒髪」という地歌の名曲（作曲は湖出市十郎（コイデイチジュウロウ）とも杵屋佐吉（キネヤサキチ）ともいわれている、作詞者は不明。長唄や芝居唄としてもよく用いられる。）にインスピレーションを得たジャズ印象です。
このビデオは、優れた三味線奏者であった野口美恵子様に捧げます。

The music and lyrics ("Black Hair", written by Ron Hadley): Ron Hadley--all instruments and voice via MIDI keyboard in real time (Except the brief, solo koto passage in the introductory title scene, which was performed by Ōhata Nahoko.)
The video: Ron Hadley--audio and video recording and editing
All images, moving and still, and audio are either original, used by permission, or in the public domain.
Special thanks to Vancouver Island artist extraordinaire Dan Gray for his permission to use one of his beautiful works as the background for one scene.

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