Bleached - Bleached

Japanese: 晒 - さらし

The title of a piece of music for the koto and shamisen. It refers to a piece of music with a theme depicting the scene of cloth being bleached by exposing it to river water. There are several pieces with the same title, and today they are distinguished as follows: (1) Jiuta "Sarashi" (Sarashi), included in the 1685 edition of the annual publication "Onusa." One of the works "Edo Asari Kengyo Sayama Kengyo Kyo Asatsuma Koto Tofu Hikidashite Shinkyoku." (2) Jiuta "Furu Sarashi" (Furu Sarashi), included in the 16th year of the Genroku era (Matsu no Ha). Written by Kitazawa Koto. A long song piece. (3) Jiuta "Shin Sarashi" (Shin Sarashi), composed by Fukakusa Kengyo. A tegotomono piece. Perhaps it is an adaptation of (2). Currently it is also simply called "Sarashi." It is performed with "Okuri-chi" and other pieces. (4) Koto piece "Hayazarashi" (Hayazarashi), an ensemble of (3) and a melody in the style of alternating hands. It is performed in Kyoto. (5) Yamada-ryu koto piece "Sarashi," composed by Onagi Kengyo. (3) transposed to a koto piece in Katakumoi style. "Ji" is also included. (6) Yamada-ryu koto piece "Shinzarashi," composed of (5) and shamisen, and developed from the improvisational play of both the koto and the shamisen. The shamisen piece was arranged by Nakanoshima Shosei I, and the koto piece by Yamase Kengyo III, rearranged by Imai Keimatsu, and the current arrangement is a compilation of the above arrangements by Nakanoshima Kinichi. (7) A general term for dance pieces that have "sarashi accompaniment" in the instrumental part. Sarashi accompaniment is a transposition of the interlude part of (3). It is used in the dance form of "Nunozarashi." It is found in the Nagauta piece "Echigojishi," etc. It is also used as an interlude in the kabuki kagebayashi.

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Japanese:

箏・三味線音楽の曲名。布を川水にさらして漂白する布ざらしの情景描写を主題とした楽曲をいうが，同名のものに数曲あって，現在では次のように区別される。 (1) 地歌『さらし』　貞享2 (1685) 年刊『大ぬさ』収録。『江戸浅利検校佐山検校京浅妻勾当当風引出し手新曲』の一つ。 (2) 地歌『古さらし』　元禄 16 (1703) 年刊『松の葉』収録。北沢勾当作詞作曲。長歌物。 (3) 地歌『新さらし』　深草検校作曲。手事物。 (2) の改曲か。現行では，単に『さらし』ともいう。「おくり地」などを合奏させる。 (4) 箏曲『早ざらし』 (3) に替手式の旋律を合奏させたもの。京都で行われる。 (5) 山田流箏曲『さらし』　小名木検校作曲。 (3) を片雲井調子の箏の曲に移曲したもの。「地」も合される。 (6) 山田流箏曲『新ざらし』 (5) に三味線を合奏させ，箏，三味線ともにその即興的な洒落弾きの発展したもの。三味線は1世中能島松声，箏は3世山勢検校の編曲を今井慶松が再編曲，以上を集大成して中能島欣一が編曲したものが現行。 (7) 舞踊曲で，器楽的部分に「さらしの合方」がある楽曲の総称。さらしの合方は (3) の合の手の部分を移したもの。「布ざらし」の振り (舞踊の型) に用いる。長唄『越後獅子』などにある。歌舞伎陰囃子の合方としても応用される。

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