Kyogoku style

Japanese: 京極流 - きょうごくりゅう

The name of a school of koto music. In the 1890s, Suzuki Koson created a new style of koto music, using poems by his friends Takayasu Gekko, Usuda Kisumi, Kambara Ariake, and Yosano Akiko as lyrics, and applying gagaku-style tuning and playing techniques. Kyogoku-ryu koto music is a new style of music. Musical drama-style narrative pieces in particular were called shikyoku. Most of the pieces were solo koto pieces that avoided any ensemble with the shamisen, and men were expected to play in a relaxed position in formal attire. It was passed down to Amada Kohei of Fukui and Nachi Tamiko of Kyoto. Representative pieces include "Shizu" (1901, lyrics by Takayasu Gekko) and "Koume" (2004, lyrics by Usuda Kisumi).

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Japanese:

箏曲の流派名。明治 30年代に，鈴木鼓村が創始した新様式の箏曲で，親交のあった高安月郊，薄田泣菫，蒲原有明，与謝野晶子らの詩を歌詞として作曲し，雅楽風の調弦や奏法を応用したりした新傾向のものを京極流箏曲と称する。特に楽劇風の物語曲を史曲と呼んだ。三弦との合奏をまったく避けた箏の独奏曲が大部分で，男子は衣冠束帯で安座して弾奏することを原則とする。福井の雨田光平や京都の那智蒼生子 (たみこ) などに伝承された。代表曲に『静』 (1901，高安月郊作詞) ，『紅梅』 (04，薄田泣菫作詞) などがある。

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