Little Songs of the Geisha

by Dalby, Liza

• ISBN13: 9780804832502
• ISBN10: 0804832501
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(20)
The Ko-uta
First Day of Spring--Haru kaze ga soyo soyo to . . .	20	(3)
A Single Plum Blossom--Ume ichirin . . .	23	(3)
Two Fans--Kasane-ogi . . .	26	(3)
Evening Rain--Koyoi wa ame . . .	29	(3)
Waiting Anxiously--Machiwabite . . .	32	(3)
I'm Leaving--Tomete mo kaeru . . .	35	(3)
Just Down the Road--Kono saki ni . . .	38	(2)
In the Right Now of Now--Ima no ima . . .	40	(3)
White Fans--Hakusen . . .	43	(3)
After the Rain--Yudachi no sugite . . .	46	(4)
Sound of Insects--Mushi no ne . . .	50	(3)
The Seven Autumn Grasses--Aki no nanakusa . . .	53	(3)
Sprinkling the Garden--Uchimizu . . .	56	(3)
Hoodwinked--Damasarete . . .	59	(3)
First Snow--Hatsuyuki . . .	62	(3)
The Snow Man--Yuki no daruma . . .	65	(2)
The Charm of Tatsumi--Tatsum ya yoi toko . . .	67	(3)
Cold Water Tea--Mizu no debana . . .	70	(4)
Lovers' Quarrel--Hara no tatsu tokya . . .	74	(3)
Longing--Sekare sekarete . . .	77	(3)
Journeying Lovestruck--Horete kayou ni . . .	80	(4)
Closing Time Is Midnight--Hike wa kokonotsu . . .	84	(3)
Wine and Women--Sake to onna . . .	87	(5)
Marionette--Karakuri . . .	92	(2)
Snake Mountain--Hebi yama . . .	94	(8)
Appendixes:
1. Shamisen Notation for Tomete mo Kaeru	102	(2)
2. Western Transcription of Tomete mo Kaeru	104