Nakashima Toshiyuki

過去半世紀に垂んとする明治年代は、百般の事物、欧米の文化に沈溺し其の模倣に日尚ほ足らざるの感があったのである、全国民は外来思潮の応接に奔走して我が家の宝庫を閑却して居ったのである、此の宝庫には我等祖先の思想や情趣、好尚や風俗披瀝し常に愛撫され信仰されたものが沢山にいれられてあるのである、勿論邦楽も其の一つであるが、私は茲に地歌、所謂三曲なるものを取り出して御招待致したい、

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  1. shinichi Post author

    In the past, during the close to fifty year long Meiji period, all kinds of things drowned in the Western culture, and it feels as if we still haven’t had enough days to assimilate to it. People all over the country have been busy running about trying to accommodate to the trend of foreign thought, neglecting the treasures in our own house. In this treasure house many things have been put in, things that have always been caressed and believed in by our ancestors, things that express their ideas and sentiments, their taste and customs. Of course, our own music [hōgaku] is one of them, and here I would like to bring out and introduce jiuta, or sankyoku as it also is called.

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