Saionji Shonagon
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 28, 2009 0:29:02 GMT -5
Are you a vampire hunter? One pair of perfectly matched poplar stakes, suitable for finishing off undead pests in style. Best offer takes them.
I broke one of my bachi this evening while playing "Jishin" on the o-daiko. When I say perfectly matched, I mean perfectly matched. It split on a diagonal right along the grain into two perfect halves - and fortunately nobody was hit with the piece that flew off.
It's a milestone, of sorts.....
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Post by Please Delete on Jan 28, 2009 0:52:46 GMT -5
Do you know if that is 'jishin' as in 'earthquake'? In that case it would only seem logical that it would be the one on which they would break. Kore ya kono popura mo kashi mo wakaretstsu... This one and that one, whether the poplar or oak, they are divided,* -Ii The image just sprang to my head as one of my favorite waka of the Ogura version of the 100 poets is as follows:
Kore ya kono
Iku mo kaeru mo
Wakaretsutsu
Shiru mo shiranu mo
Afusaka no seki
Meaning: This one and that one, those coming and going, are parting (wakare=to part, divide, go separate ways). Those known and unknown, [meeting] at the Afusaka barrier (Afu = Au/Ou, to meet, so the name of the barrier includes the associated feeling of meeting once again).
Of course, in this case, 'wakare' takes on a more literal meaning 
Translation is mine, and probably not the best out there. |
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Saionji Shonagon
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 28, 2009 1:32:00 GMT -5
Do you know if that is 'jishin' as in 'earthquake'? Yes, as a matter of fact. (Hmmm, she thought...) Sundered by the shrugging earth Or by ferocious passion? |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on May 28, 2009 0:36:01 GMT -5
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Post by Imagawa Tadamori on May 28, 2009 15:58:18 GMT -5
Well, it wasn't hard to pick you out of the crowd. What did everyone else think of your Japanese outfit? Is that a kid or just a really small adult in your group (two positions to your left)? - Imagawa |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on May 28, 2009 17:02:33 GMT -5
What did everyone else think of your Japanese outfit? They liked it. Last year I wore yukata and Sensei complimented it. However, I wanted bottoms this year since I was going to have an o-Daiko solo.  Yes, that is a child. Oliver and his mom started with us in February. |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on May 29, 2009 13:49:33 GMT -5
After a bit of struggling, I got "Jishin" to load - at Youtube: The opening solo is by Naoko, followed by Emily, Bob, myself and our two Taiko Animals, Clint and Josh. Best number of the evening, hands down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX9MsWagidw |
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Post by Imagawa Tadamori on May 29, 2009 20:42:18 GMT -5
Buddy Rich does taiko... It is a great video. - Imagawa |
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Post by Bun'ami on Aug 17, 2009 21:35:34 GMT -5
Cool! Would you mind asking your sensei if we could "lift" the rhythms from your examples to play? We have a taiko group in Aethelmearc, Raimei Tenkai Daiko, and are always looking for new pieces to play. There is one piece I know of, though I forget the composer, that took historical rhythms from Korean to make the song, Hachidan Uichi Daiko, though that's the only historical part. If you ever get the chance to play Fujin, that's another historical piece, literature states that the piece was made to the gods after the monsoon took out the invading mongolians, the rhythm was past down by word of mouth. I have actually blown through the hide, took a bit to flip the drum and keep playing  and sent shrapnel flying when I broke the bachi, luckly it only hit my apprentice.. |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Aug 17, 2009 23:49:45 GMT -5
Renshu and Three Line Drill are compositions by San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Matsuri is traditional, AFAIK. O-Kaji and Jisshin are by the Davidsons (my sensei). I am looking studiously the other way, especially after I discovered that my sensei was sending those links to his friends in Japan. Honestly, I have no idea who could possibly be looking at those video clips..... : BTW, if you go over to Youtube and search on "Saitama Super Arena" and "Fuji-san Final Day" you can feast your eyes on some great o-daiko work. Also be sure to look for a user called "taikojapan" as they have a bunch of video clips loaded from their website. taikojapan.com/ |
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Post by Imagawa Tadamori on Aug 18, 2009 19:20:45 GMT -5
Is Taiko Japan's website Japanese only?
- Imagawa
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Aug 18, 2009 19:54:16 GMT -5
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Post by Imagawa Tadamori on Aug 19, 2009 19:28:42 GMT -5
DOH! I walked into that. LOL.  - Imagawa |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Aug 19, 2009 21:12:57 GMT -5
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Post by Imagawa Tadamori on Aug 20, 2009 20:01:28 GMT -5
Arigato! - Imagawa |
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and sent shrapnel flying when I broke the bachi, luckly it only hit my apprentice..