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*''Composed: [[1901]], [[Taki Rentaro|Taki Rentarô]]''
*''Japanese'': 荒城の月 ''(koujou no tsuki)''
''Kôjô no tsuki'', or "The Moon Over the Castle Ruins," is a song composed by Taki Rentarô in 1901. Often played on ''[[koto]]'', the song was inspired by castle ruins in [[Sendai]] and [[Fukushima]]. The lyrics, by [[Doi Bansui]], speak of images of spring and autumn, and nostalgic memory for happier times at a castle now in ruins.
==References==
*"Pau Hana: Music and Dance from Asia and the Pacific." Concert Program. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Spring 2011.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Japanese'': 荒城の月 ''(koujou no tsuki)''
''Kôjô no tsuki'', or "The Moon Over the Castle Ruins," is a song composed by Taki Rentarô in 1901. Often played on ''[[koto]]'', the song was inspired by castle ruins in [[Sendai]] and [[Fukushima]]. The lyrics, by [[Doi Bansui]], speak of images of spring and autumn, and nostalgic memory for happier times at a castle now in ruins.
==References==
*"Pau Hana: Music and Dance from Asia and the Pacific." Concert Program. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Spring 2011.
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]