Kotone

伊丹のもとすり唄

Japan / Folk song

Itami Song for Grinding the Yeast Starter

Sung while the moto, the yeast starter of rice, kōji and water, was ground with paddles; the song kept the workers in step and timed the labour. Sung by members of the Tamba Tōji Kumiai, the guild of brewmasters from Tamba, with shakuhachi by Inoue Yuizan of the Tozan school; recorded at the Itami municipal library on 5 October 2017.

Performer
Minato Hiroshi and Yabuta Mahito (Tamba Tōji Kumiai), voice; Inoue Yuizan, shakuhachi
Instruments
Voice 聲, Shakuhachi 尺八
Era
Genroku period (1688–1704), by tradition
Recorded
2017
Length
4:27
Licence
CC BY-SA · Recorded by みつよめ, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Source
Wikimedia Commons

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