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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': かぎやで風節 ''(kagiyade fuu bushi / kajadi fuu bushi)''

*''Japanese/Okinawan'': かぎやで風節 ''(kagiyade fuu bushi / kajadi fuu bushi)''

''Kajadefû-bushi'' is a classical Okinawan song, still frequently played today as an auspicious opening to an event. Employing the lyrics from a classic ''[[ryuka|ryûka]]'' poem, the song was performed by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] since at least [[1710]]; it is perhaps the only Okinawan song to ever be performed within [[Edo castle]]. ''Kajadefû-bushi'' was likely performed on special occasions within the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royal court for some time prior to that

''Kajadefû-bushi'' is a [[sanshin#musical genres|classical Okinawan song]], still frequently played today as an auspicious opening to an event. Employing the lyrics from a classic ''[[ryuka|ryûka]]'' poem, the song was performed by [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]] since at least [[1710]]; it is perhaps the only Okinawan song to ever be performed within [[Edo castle]]. ''Kajadefû-bushi'' was regularly performed for banquets and entertainments on special occasions within the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] royal court for some decades or even centuries prior to that. It is considered one of the ''gozenfû itsufushi'' (O: ''gujinfû ichifushi''), the five songs played before the king.<ref>Yano Teruo 矢野輝雄, “Kariyushi no uta, kagiyadefu bushi,” ''Okinawa geinô shiwa'' 沖縄芸能史話, Ginowan: Yôjusha (1993), 10.</ref>

The ''Ryûka'' is follows:

The ''Ryûka'' is follows:

Meaning roughly:

Meaning roughly:

"How can I express my delight today? It can be likened to flower buds beginning to blossom and dripping with morning dew."

"The happiness of today, to what might I compare it? To a budding flower meeting a drop of dew."

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==References==

==References==

*Pamphlet, "Gungwachi kungwachi" 五月九月, Ship of the Ryukyus, 2016.

*Pamphlet, "Gungwachi kungwachi" 五月九月, Ship of the Ryukyus, 2016.

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Ryukyu]]

[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]

[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]