История (Takahashi Yujiro):

Itsuki no Komoriuta appears on the following albums

	Альбом	Исполнитель
	Bamboo Spirit	Сякухати : Peter Ross
	Distant Cry of Deer, The	Сякухати : Koga Masayuki
	Endless Sea - Impressions of Japan	Сякухати : John Singer
	Flower Dance - Japanese Folk Melodies
This sad lullaby reflects nostalgic thoughts of young girls employed as baby-sitters. Itsuki is a small town in Kumamoto, Kyushu, where many prisoners from Korea were held after the war during the last half of the 16th century. The words say "I'm a beggar. You are rich, with obi and rich kimono. Who will weep if I'm beaten to death but the cicadas on the pines. No, not the cicadas, but my young sister who would cry for me."
	Flute and Koto of Japan	Сямисен : Yonekawa Toshiko Сякухати : Yamaguchi Gorō
	Koga Masayuki Shakuhachi Solo Music	Сякухати : Koga Masayuki
A Japanese folk song from Itsugi Village sung by servant maidens to sleeping children.
	Koto Melodies of Japan - Hogaku Yonin no Kai (The Four Players Group)	Кото : Yazaki Akiko Кото : Gotō Sumiko Сякухати : Kitahara Kōzan II Кото : Kikuchi Teiko
This, too, is a song of the composer's hometown. It is a lullaby of poor people living in the heart of the mountains. The melody of the first half is played by a low-pitched shakuhachi and the latter half with the instrument pitched an octave higher.
	Koto no Miryoku - Disk 2	Кото : Yamauchi Kimiko
	Marco Lienhard - Shakuhachi	Сякухати : Marco Lienhard
	Melody of Japan - Pathos of Autumn	Кото : Pro Musica Nipponia
	Memories of My Home	Сякухати : Riley Kōho Lee
	Min'yo - Folk Song from Japan - Takahashi Yujiro and friends
Many variants of this lullaby existed around Itsuki village in Kyushu, in a loose duple or free rhythm. At some unknown point early in the 20th century, this version arose, with its Western-influenced triple meter. I'll only be here 'til Bon; if Bon comes early, I'll go home early. I'm just a beggar; these are goodly folk, with nice obi waist-sashes and nice kimono. If I should die, bury me by the roadside; offerings or water will come from the heavens. (If I should die, who would cry for me? Only the locusts in those pine mountains.) Copyright 1999 - Dr David W. Hughes e-mail dh6@soas.ac.uk
	Moonlit Castle	Сякухати : John Singer
	Music from the Earth	Сякухати : Hayashi Shinzan
	Musique Traditionnelle du Japon	Кото : Nishimura Yayoi Сякухати : Kikusui Kofū Kokyū : Noda Noriko
ITSUKI NO KOMORI UTA. Le disque s'achève par une berceuse, dont le thème, très simple, exposé par le koto, est repris successivement par le shakuhachi, par le kokyu puis par les trois instruments ensemble.
	Sankyoku Gassō Dai Zenshū vol. 24 　(三曲合奏大全集２４)	Кото : Yonekawa Toshiko II Сякухати : Hayashi Reirin
	Shakuhachi - Fue no Shirabe	Сякухати : Mitsuhashi Kifu
	Shakuhachi Min'yo - Furusato no Uta - Vol 4	Сякухати : Yashita Isamu
	Shakuhachi no Shirabe	Сякухати : Onodera Sendō
	Shakuhachi no Shirabe - Hietsuki Bushi	Сякухати : Miyata Kōhachirō
	Shakuhachi with Piano in Concert	Сякухати : Koga Masayuki
Itsugi Village where this song was born is situated in the mountains far up the River Kawabegawa. It requires one and a half hours to reach there by bus from Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture. It is said that refugees of the Heike Clan came to hide in this village after they were defeated at Danno-Ura Bay. In the poor mountain village, a baby's nurse was always ill-treated by her employer. So, she wove her sorrows in the song to sing to the world.
	Shakuhachi, Shamisen no Shirabe; Nihon no Minyo - 2	Сякухати : Yoneya Iwao
	Tokusen Shakuhachi Minyo	Сякухати : Yoneya Iwao
	World of Shakuhachi	Сякухати : Yashita Isamu
	World of Shakuhachi, The	Сякухати : Yashita Isamu