KUMOI JISHI - Shawn Renzoh Head

Shawn Renzoh Head performs Kumoi jishi at the Fred fox school of music, Arizona. Taniguchi Yoshinobu This is an Edo Period (1603-1867) piece that originated at Itchoken, a famous temple in Hakata City on the southern island of Kyushu. The song has another name, Neagari Jishi, and was popular in Kyushu because of it’s beautiful melody. The meaning of this piece comes from the fact that songs with “shishi “(“lion“) in the title are generally played quickly and “kumo“ of “kumoi“ is the character for “clou