Beautiful Folk Songs Passed Down in Miyagi Prefecture: A Collection of Masterpieces that Play the Heart of the Hometown
The many folk songs that live on in Miyagi Prefecture are sonic treasures that vividly reflect Tohoku’s culture and the lives of its people.
From mountain songs set against majestic peaks to fishermen’s songs praising the bounty of the sea, the rich voices born from the land and people’s way of life can still be heard across the region.
This article brings together folk songs from Miyagi, centered around Sendai.
Why not lend an ear to the gentle melodies imbued with the feelings of our forebears—melodies that evoke the changing seasons, the bustle of festivals, and the joys of farm work?
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| Beautiful Folk Songs Passed Down in Miyagi Prefecture: A Collection of Masterpieces that Play the Heart of the Hometown | |||
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| 1east | Miyagi Bakuro-bushi |  play_arrow | The figure of a horse dealer leading a horse along a dark night road, and its… |
| 2east | Sansa ShigureYoshizawa Hiroshi |  play_arrow | Centering on Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture, as well as Mizusawa City in Iwate Prefecture and Yamagata... |
| 3east | Millstone Grinding Song |  play_arrow | In the Senboku region in the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, it has been passed down that the harshness of farm work... |
| 4east | Shiogama Obara-bushi |  play_arrow | The liveliness of a port town, and the cheerful buzz of a feast where people gather… |
| 5east | Great Haul Chant |  play_arrow | Energetic shouts and a powerful force that seems to reverberate through the earth... |
| 6east | Weeding Song of Miyagita |  play_arrow | Encouraging each other through the harsh labor of weeding the rice fields… |
| 7east | Sendai Yoshiko’s |  play_arrow | The tranquil scenery of Miyagi Prefecture and the people who live there... |
| 8east | Saitaro-bushiFORESTA |  play_arrow | “Saitaro-bushi” is a song of the fishermen along the Matsushima coast in Miyagi Prefecture… |
| 9east | A standing drinkHarada Naoyuki |  play_arrow | “Otachizake” is a song sung throughout the Kurokawa District of Miyagi Prefecture… |
| 10east | Sendai Medeta |  play_arrow | With a radiant charm handed down in song at celebratory gatherings… |
| 11east | Sendai Bon Uta |  play_arrow | A feeling that vividly brings to mind the circle of Bon Odori on a summer night... |
| 12east | Tawarazumi Song |  play_arrow | I can vividly picture the lively scene of rice bales being stacked up. |
| 13east | Miyagi Zaiyō-bushi |  play_arrow | A serene rural landscape and the lives of its people, in a lively... |
| 14east | Rice Field Leveling Song |  play_arrow | A scene of Miyagi Prefecture’s rural landscape comes to mind, and my heart... |
| 15east | Hounen Koikoi Bushi (Abundant Harvest Koikoi Song)Kitaya Yuri |  play_arrow | “Hounen Koikoi-bushi” is sung by door-to-door entertainers... |
| 16east | Summer Mountain SongMizuho Akemi |  play_arrow | Kurokawa, in the rural mountain village of Monō District, cutting miscellaneous wood for firewood… |
| 17east | Jūsan-hama Jinku |  play_arrow | Kinkasan, an island floating in the Pacific Ocean off Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture… |
| 18east | Miyagino Bon Song |  play_arrow | "Miyagino Bon Uta" was lived in the Miyagino Housing Complex in Sendai City... |
| 19east | Nagaochi-uta (Long-Mochi Song) |  play_arrow | “Nagamochi-uta” were originally sung at post towns and similar places during the Edo period... |
| 20east | Miyagi Horse-Driver’s Song |  play_arrow | The “Miyagi Uma Uta” originated in the area around Komoro City in Nagano Prefecture... |
| 21east | Moji JinkuSatō Kanichi |  play_arrow | “Mojijinku” is from Kurikoma Village, Kurihara District, Miyagi Prefecture (now… |
| 22east | rice sectionFujita Masato, Omura Yo Akira |  play_arrow | The Miyagi prefectural folk song “Kome-bushi” has lyrics by Masato Fujita... |
| 23east | defining clause |  play_arrow | A matchmaking tradition sung at the Jogi Nyorai in the suburbs of Sendai… |
| 24east | Miyagi Daikokumai |  play_arrow | A bright and lively melody that seems to invite good fortune... |
| 25east | Water-Drawing Song |  play_arrow | Miya..., where you can picture life-giving water circulating through the countryside. |
| 26east | Hishi Tori Song |  play_arrow | Rowing a boat on the marsh that once spread across Miyagi Prefecture... |
| 27east | Rice Harvesting Songsatou mieko |  play_arrow | One of the work songs for rice cultivation, the “Inaage-uta” (Rice Lifting Song). “… |
| 28east | Autumn Mountain SongKumagai Kazuo |  play_arrow | From before dawn on summer mornings, in the nearby mountains, (someone) cuts grass... |
| 29east | Saitaro-bushiFukuda Kouhei |  play_arrow | Rock-arranged the folk song “Chōsai Tarō-bushi,” representative of Miyagi Prefecture... |
| 30east | Yuriage Great Catch Song |  play_arrow | East of Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture, at the mouth where the Natori River flows into Sendai Bay… |
| 31east | Stone-Throwing Jinku |  play_arrow | “Ishinage Jinku” is a folk song from the southern part of Miyagi Prefecture, including Igu District and Wata... |
| 32east | Fantasy on a Theme from “Saitaro-bushi”Shōbi Uindo Ōkesutora |  play_arrow | Fantasy on the Theme of “Saitaro-bushi” is by Kayo Goda… |
| 33east | Millers’ SongMiura Kashiku | This is the folk song “Konabiki-uta” handed down in Miyagi Prefecture. Kono-biki… | |
| 34east | Shiogama Jinku |  play_arrow | Shiogama City in Miyagi Prefecture, home to the leading Shiogama Shrine in Oshu, is a gate… |
| 35east | Onoda Jinku |  play_arrow | “Onoda Jinku” is a song from the castle-town era, Miyagi… |
| 36east | Aoba Castle Love Songsatou muneyuki |  play_arrow | Aoba Castle Love Song is a new release from Showa 53 (1978)… |
| 37east | Enkoro-bushiSeikou |  play_arrow | The “Enkoro-bushi” ends with the words “Enkoro… |
| 38east | Coin-Blowing SongKata kura Sōtarō |  play_arrow | In 1728 (Kyōhō 13), the Edo shogunate, seeking to make it easier to obtain raw materials for coinage, … |
| 39east | Doya-bushiAizawa Takeo |  play_arrow | A prayer for a bountiful catch that was sung around Matsushima Port in Miyagi Prefecture… |
| 40east | Bean-Grinding SongOtsuka Fumio |  play_arrow | This is the Miyagi prefectural folk song “Mamehiki Uta” (Bean-Threshing Song). The dried bean pods… |
| 41east | New Sansa ShigureOnishi Tamako |  play_arrow | "Shin Sansa Shigure" was by Tohoku folk song researcher Takeda… |
| 42east | Oitoko-bushiAgatsuma Momoya |  play_arrow | Around the Tenpō era at the end of the Edo period, mainly in the Kanto and Tohoku regions… |
| 43east | Donguri KorokoroShomotsu Rinne |  play_arrow | “Donguri Korokoro” was composed in the Taisho era… |
| 44east | Saga Standing Jin Songtenten |  play_arrow | Nishikiori Village, Tome District, Miyagi Prefecture (present-day Towa-chō, Tome City, Nishi… |
| 45east | Enshima JinkuTakada Tougetsu |  play_arrow | "Tōjima Jinku" is a folk song from the fishing grounds off Kinkasan, along the coast of Miyagi Prefecture... |