Tour of Uji - Uji Meguri

Japanese: 宇治巡り - うじめぐり

The title of a jiuta/koto piece. It is a Kyoto-style tegotomono (traditional Japanese folk song) composed by Matsuura Kengyo. It is one of the "Matsuura no Yotsumono" (four Matsuura songs), along with "Shiki no Nagami," "Yotsu no Tami," and "Midnight Moon." The koto was performed by Yaezaki Kengyo. The lyrics were written by Tanaka Koji. While spelling out the brands of Uji tea, the piece describes the scenery with the opening verse in spring, the middle verse in summer, and the final verse in autumn. The piece is structured as follows: opening verse - tegoto (makura, tegoto, chirashi) - middle verse - tegoto (makura, tegoto, chirashi) - final verse. The sangen changes from hon-choshi (main chord) to ni-agari (secondary up) for the middle verse and san-agari (second downward) for the final verse. The koto changes from han-kumo-i-choshi (secondary up) to hi-choshi (first vertical up) to chu-kuro-choshi (first vertical up).

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Japanese:

地歌・箏曲の曲名。松浦検校作曲の京風手事物。『四季の眺』『四つの民』『深夜の月』とともに「松浦の四つ物」の一つ。箏の手付は八重崎検校。田中幸次作詞。宇治茶の銘柄を綴りながら，前歌を春，中歌を夏，後歌を秋に配して叙景する。前歌－手事 (マクラ・手事・チラシ) －中歌－手事 (マクラ・手事・チラシ) －後歌という構成。三弦は本調子から中歌で二上り，後歌で三下り。箏は半雲井調子から平調子，中空調子と変る。

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