“Shirabyōshi” is a contemporary original bugaku dance created by the Harashōkai. It is choreographed to “Etenraku Imayō,” a version of the classical piece Etenraku in the Hyōjō mode to which lyrics were added. The lyrics attributed to the monk Jien (Jichin Oshō) are especially well known: In the dawn of Yayoi, the spring month,When I […]