Sakura Sakura play on koto or Japanese harp by Keko Kanagawa in Kyoto, Japan.

Koto music. This song was composed 400 years ago.

[@salmakawaii676]

If she was my mother I'd tell her to play this song until i sleep

[@johndonnell7580]

She is incredible

[@sxphiqYT]

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[@michaelojeda8338]

Though the koto is influenced heavily on the Chinese guzheng, it produces a beautiful sound that is uniquely it's own. The sound of the Yamato culture of Japan.⛩🇯🇵🗾

[@ambitiousheart5441]

To be honest with you,The sound of the Japanese Koto is more tense and balanced,As a Chinese,the Koto is more perfect than the Chinese Guzheng....👏

[@edienandy]

Is Yamato culture the same as Heian culture or is the Yamato culture from an earlier period?

[@user-rt4ym4nj7z]

@@ambitiousheart5441 Honestly, I disagree. Every instrument is different and perfect in it's own way . They all produce different types of sounds to create music. So there is no better or perfect instrument as they are all different.

[@ambitiousheart5441]

@@user-rt4ym4nj7z well I have yoi have a point my friend

[@ernstachterhof6481]

That's incorrect. Guzheng is actually an ancestor of koto and Japanese borrowed many Chinese styles of playing. Historically, Chinese civilization is way more ancient than other East Asian cultures. If you look at Japanese or Korean musical instruments you'll find that most of them came from China. No, it doesn't mean that Japanese or Korean cultures aren't unique. They are. But it's just wrong to speak antihistorically

[@sandragayle7866]

Beautiful! I put my harp in the pentatonic scale as my harp is turned to E flat major, this allowed me to copy the sound of the Koto remarkably.

[@sweven2066]

Would you put it in your channel ? I really want to hear this played in harp 🤩🤩

[@guldar360]

I have herd many SAKURA Sakura songs on koto...but belive me....This one is the bestest of them all🙂

[@hrusheekkara1190]

You should check the Sakura song by toshiko yonekawa

[@cesarabelgomezgonzalez5325]

¡MARAVILLOSO!!!!!, hace años que oí ésta música, desconocía el nombre, y me encantó encontrar esta versión con el instrumento original: es una dulce tristeza, suave melancolía, que transporta a una tierra milenaria llena de magia y ensueño. La intérprete..., ¡sencillamente impecable!!!!, su maestría es llevarnos a ése viaje con la sublime serenidad japonesa, ¡su emoción está en sus manos!!!!. El hecho de difundir la música tradicional japonesa (con el plus de utilizar instrumentos originales), es mantener viva la cultura y sus raíces: ¡Muchas gracias por compartir el vídeo!!!!, ¡cariñosos saludos desde Buenos Aires!!!!.-❤

[@kummer45]

This is how a true master sounds like. And looks like this. I have profound respect for them.

[@gheap2055]

i love how the melodies turn out, it's just clean and calming, i love it ~~

[@bassdylan7048]

すごい！上手ね〜

[@paulgreene6899]

Years ago, my music teacher used to play this on vinyl. I can still remember to this Very Day.

[@jflow5601]

wow. so beautiful. great performance on a legit koto. I play this song to help me cope with loss of my mom. life is fleeting.

[@halbos7637]

GOD BLESS your Mother's soul. You take care.

[@jflow5601]

@@halbos7637 thank you. I cry for her everyday.

[@borgar144]

Today's japanese lofi brought me here, such a wonderful instrument

[@maximkikena622]

cringe

[@borgar144]

@@maximkikena622 first time hearing the word "cringe" and now u use it to every possible situation... :)

[@maximkikena622]

@@borgar144 oh the weeb is mad got u there cringe kid

[@laurentlouisducourretgravereau]

Absolument magnifique. Bravo madame. Domo arigato gosaimashita.👍😉🇫🇷

[@djalals.moharrer5510]

Dōitashimashite

[@timcotterill3952]

Very beautiful music, your tatami room is lovely as well. Thank you for this performance.

[@user-vc8jn9ph1d]

Прекрасно !

[@fireemblemistrash75]

1:05 for the next few seconds sounds like Chopin: Rain Drop (or those gamers out there, the famous part of the Halo: Believe trailer)

[@cedrix9105]

My grandma always sings this song when she puts me to sleep. Ah the memories.

[@luckybarrel7829]

Very beautiful! I can't stop listening!

[@lynnmanning2795]

Beautiful artistry! Thank you.

[@willwitown31]

sans aucun doute cette dame a battue tout les grands guitaristes du monde... Bravo pour cette performance...

[@vaibhavjaiswal471]

She took me to a palace in kyoto.

[@donkap6pa13]

変曲し過ぎた感のあるサクラの演奏を良く聞きますが、この方の演奏はオリジナル部分をきちっと最後まで維持された、聞く者にとってはこれが「サクラだﾂ！」っと納得出来る素晴らしい演奏だと感じました。

[@Taka-Musics-Labo]

｢変曲｣ではなく｢編曲｣では？

[@maunakeatunes5347]

The best I ever heard it played on Koto.

[@PepeSnow]

her beauty and her skill go hand in hand

[@oxfordrumistudygroup4112]

Everything here seems and sounds perfect ✨

[@ShainWong]

Clear n precise .

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@robertospasolutions]

how beautiful this lady plays

[@sarael4565]

That was so wonderfull !! You're amazing!

[@fredwood1490]

That was exquisite!

[@Bonobo3D]

Beautiful and exquisite song and performance!

[@yaspperh564]

Love it! Best one i have ever heard

[@user-vr9qb5rj4j]

Wow!

[@tenchuja8649]

Beautiful music japanese

[@ymskimei]

A very nostalgic song.

[@kovishanaidu5557]

the sound make me fly its magic

[@jamesthepuerilis]

simply beautiful

[@tanvithorat6933]

I love 💕 Sakura ❤️

[@sebalo689]

Amazing

[@DarrenSaw]

Incredible, thank you.

[@TheFullmastee]

Beautiful!

[@taeannjane584]

Such a professional!

[@pranavc.m.2285]

Sounds elegent

[@ayandautimahmen9512]

Beautiful.

[@robertospasolutions]

she is amazing

[@blizz1423]

Its giving me chills anyone remember that singing pale robot that sang this song?

[@yalkay223]

Kara quantic Dreams

[@MsGatubela007]

Beautiful❤

[@claymoregray8973]

Rea-lly be-au-ti-ful!

[@user-vf7wh5rk7d]

Mention = Voice. Joshua has thought of choice Perfect!

[@80snewromatic]

Beautiful

[@barefootuptomysoul]

So nice, thank you.

[@user-hu5qi4pt8u]

Graceful

[@raphaelmartinez3101]

i like it

[@bigjoes999]

¡¡¡ MAGNIFICO !!!

[@rizkysky4074]

Hanz Zimmer interstellar BGM, he definitely found some "inspiration" from this song

[@xStarWarsFreakx]

exactly what i thought

[@callmecraig3046]

And this is why we shouldn't let laymen decide copyright cases in music. (ie Katy Perry v Flame) The two pieces are centered around A minor. Sakura Sakura uses the miyako-bushi scale which is closer to our A Phrygian Pentatonic and Interstellar's main theme is in A natural minor and is literally a motif repeated over and over again. They are very different. It's incredibly annoying when someone hears a pedal point melody or a minor interval and decides it must be plagiarism because they're musically illiterate.

[@mayklfranxenstein5016]

I thought that too

[@solouso2936]

@@callmecraig3046 Take into thought that many people may just simply say that it sounds like a certain song. what your saying is not wrong and I feel you, but it's not a bad thing for people to say that it sounds similar to a certain song. whilst replied to this comment nine months later.

[@Akiko_yup]

That's great!

[@prabalshakya5111]

loved the misic

[@markgieljoumie]

Simply beautifull

[@shahinagilgitbaltistanvlog3511]

i like it.

[@irsyadmatyaakob4382]

this so cool i like it woahh

[@tomasinacovell4293]

OMG! WOW! :)

[@jveematt2511]

So this is what sakura sakura sounds like, satowa hozoki really picked a song for the others to try out first. Who else is here becuase of kono oto tomare

[@northernsines]

Wait a second. This song is in Shogun 2!

[@josepdalmauanglada]

Genial,,,,,, Lux and Thank you

[@6muirfield]

I am glad that you enjoy this performance. It was a rare opportunity to observe at her own residence with private performance for our small group. I have heard this song before in Thailand during the Japanese occupation of Thailand during the WW II.

[@josepdalmauanglada]

Greetings and Thank you SR

[@user-ty3bd4hp1x]

美しいですね。上手ですよ！

[@kentakeda9424]

Peace Music

[@toshirosaotome7706]

that song remember me the movie "empire of senses" full of sensualite❤️

[@csb-pl3xh]

Nice play!

[@user-so9eo6id3t]

Sakura Sakura play on koto or Japanese harp by Keko Kanagawa in Kyoto, Japan. 👍 КЛАСС !!! Похоже на наши гусли, забытый нами инструмент.

[@yohanyasmany7645]

Solo calidad ❤️❤️❤️

[@polarb3ar894]

speechless

[@6muirfield]

victor Martinez so am glad that you like it. I have heard this song long time ago. I was originally from Bangkok and during second world war. Thailand was occupied briefly by Japanese army. And of course this song was popular and remains so in my brain. So when I have a great opportunity to listen to by a master, so I record it and share to the world if people who appreciate it.

[@Scott28739]

Wow =)

[@rodrigoconceicao266]

I am not the only one hearing stairway to heaven at 0:18

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

No stairway! Denied!

[@youwardasuci]

perrrrrfffffecttt

[@charlieturnbull5199]

すごく！

[@jettmorales9851]

I dunno but I felt like scared hearing this instrument, probably because it's like the sounds in horror movies HAHAHAHAHA Kono-Oto-Tomare bring me here!!

[@godzuk3837]

Toca dms chega me emocionei

[@rottingmang0]

Ā! Sore wa subarashīdesu!

[@Westmusic224]

Great video is this free to use?

[@ryoyoshi5269]

wow

[@stonedcanuck4213]

yo she starts shredding it at 1:55 fr

[@fruityaxium9597]

Pokemon RSE mt pyre inside

[@solouso2936]

0:25 reminded me of a certain theme that plays in interstellar

[@josepolarzevallos7492]

Sugoi

[@Kotlet.Mielony]

👏

[@user-ov8xs2cl6d]

😍

[@Geeky.rainbow.vampire]

I just realized they used this as a base for megitsune

[@Yuyu5001]

I was thinking the same! xD

[@jacksonkeating4590]

boutta make this shit slap thanks somkietr 💯

[@jutharatngamprom6475]

หนูอยากเล่นโคโตะมานานแล้ว

[@zygmuntnowak8400]

Let me be a little nitpicky here. Koto is not a harp but a zither. A japanese harp is called kugo.

[@MikachuAi]

Zygmunt Nowak still harp family

[@Yuyu5001]

@@MikachuAi No it's not. It's a string instrument. There are three categories of string instruments, harps, lutes, and zithers. They are all constructed differently, with the difference between a sharp and a zither being that the harp is strung perpendicular to the resonance body and the zither parallel to it. They are literally two families of stringed instruments...

[@guldar360]

Westerns always misunderstood Asian culture I mean Literally 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@sxphiqYT]

😮

[@lucygallardo759]

I played in my toy piano

[@birro1792]

❤️🇩🇿

[@unarcobalenointornoalsole6782]

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😍

[@FoxrosePettipaw]

Ongakuwatotemoutsukoshidesuyo!

[@djalals.moharrer5510]

What????😂😂😂

[@FoxrosePettipaw]

@@djalals.moharrer5510 lol I don't know man, that was 4 years ago XD

[@djalals.moharrer5510]

@@FoxrosePettipaw I got you man! We can easily forget during 4 years Trump presidency 😂😂😂 You wrote some how that; it is a depressive Musik Stay safe and happily alive bro!🔥🌈💚🙏👏

[@geometryexpressions]

Hello, We, at Saltire Software, are interested in using this audio as part of our adaptation of the book, On the Sensations of Tone by Hermann Helmholtz. The product will be online, and will give users the ability to hear the chords, notes, scales, etc. which are discussed in the book, as well as include other features. We would like to use a clip of your playing in a section of the appendix which focuses on non-harmonic scales traditional to various parts of the world. If we have your permission to use the audio in your video, please let us know. Regards, Saltire Software

[@6muirfield]

Go ahead. I am glad that it will be useful to other. I just happened to read this now. Somkietr

[@briankerr4512]

like

[@pvdd1e932]

me-gi-tsu-ne....

[@hades8130]

0:25 Interstellar

[@MNGxGhost]

Beautiful, does this song have a name?

[@neonnyagic8803]

Gary Sakura sakura

[@Scott28739]

Cherry blossom sakura sakura

[@thatoneradicalizedprussian225]

@Houdex no u

[@6muirfield]

Sakura Sakura. It is a 400 years old song. I was honored with this private performance by this master musician

[@6muirfield]

Sakura, Sakura. It is very old song since 16th century.