Yaegoromo - Yaegoromo

Japanese: 八重衣 - やえごろも

The title of a jiuta koto piece. It is a Kyoto-style tegotomono (traditional Japanese tune) composed by Yaezaki Kengyo on koto to a sangen piece composed by Ishikawa Koto of Kyoto. The lyrics are five waka poems from the Hyakunin Isshu that contain the word "Koromo" (clothes), namely, Emperor Koko (Kokin Wakashu), Empress Jito (Shin Kokin Wakashu), Sangi Gakyo (same), Emperor Tenchi (Gosen Wakashu), and Gokyogoku Sessho Former Daijo Daijin (Shin Kokin Wakashu), arranged in the order of the four seasons. It is said that this piece was originally too difficult for the composer himself to play well, but after Miyahara Kengyo of Kyushu generously let Yaezaki take on the koto, it became popular. It is said that it is one of the "Ishikawa Mitsumono" (three Ishikawa pieces) along with Tooru and Aoyagi, and both are large pieces.

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Japanese:

地歌箏曲の曲名。京都の石川勾当作曲の三弦曲に八重崎検校が箏の手を作曲した京風手事物。百人一首のなかの「衣」の語の含まれている和歌，すなわち光孝天皇 (『古今和歌集』) ，持統天皇 (『新古今和歌集』) ，参議雅経 (同) ，天智天皇 (『後撰和歌集』) ，後京極摂政前太政大臣 (『新古今和歌集』) の5つの和歌を四季の順に並べたものを歌詞とする。当初この曲はあまりにも難曲で，作曲者自身もうまく弾けなかったものを，九州の宮原検校が惜しんで八重崎に箏の手をつけさせてから世に流行するようになったと伝えられる。『融 (とおる) 』『青柳 (あおやぎ) 』とともに「石川の三つ物」といわれ，いずれも大曲である。

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