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[[Image:Asadoya-kunkunshi.JPG|right|thumb|500px|The [[sanshin]] tabulature (''[[kunkunshi]]'') for Asadoya yunta.]]
*''Japanese'': 安里屋ユンタ ''(asadoya yunta)''
''Asadoya yunta'' is a traditional folk song from the [[Yaeyama Islands]] which, in a version with lyrics in [[Japanese language|standard Japanese]], has become the most popular, or most widely-known Okinawan folk song.
The original Yaeyama lyrics tell of a girl named Kuyaama, from [[Taketomi Island]], who is to be given as a bribe to an official. She refuses him, however, and the official takes a different girl as his wife. Kuyaama marries a man from the island, and goes on to live a poor but happy life.
==References==
*"[http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-40070-storytopic-121.html Asadoya yunta]." ''Okinawa Compact Encyclopedia'' 沖縄コンパクト事典. Ryukyu Shimpo. 1 March 2003.
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[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]