San'ya (Echigo)三谷 (越後) Ukraine.Kyiv

This particular version of Sanya comes form Echigo, the old name for Nigata Prefecture, on the northern coast of Honshu.

This musical piece conveys the northern part of the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan, where cold winds blow from the sea.

Like "Echigo reibo" this is a piece from the Echigo Myoanji temple, transmitted by Saikawa Baio to Jin Nyodo. Again like "Echigo reibo" "Echigo san'ya" too has been outfitted with a program devised by Baio: The first sounds express the shape of Mt. Fuji; as the piece progresses, the mountain is gradually draped in clouds. The shakuhachi is also thought to express the spirit of "yin" and "yang," the sound of a hand-gong being struck, and the ideograph for "heart" or "spirit."

This composition is structured in five sections: 1. an opening prelude in which the instrument is tested (takeshirabe); 2. a "main section" (honte); 3. "high notes" (takane) 4. expressing gratitude for a donation (hachi-gaeshi); 5. coda. The melody is of the same lineage as "San'ya" variants transmitted to northeastern Japan, but "Echigo san'ya" is a more brilliant piece featuring virtuosic fingerwork and larger melodic inflections.

The flow of the melody and the beautiful high notes are particularly impressive. Unlike "Echigo reibo," the hachigaeshi section (4) is played in a high range.

Echigo Sanya is not only an unusually long piece, it also is considered to be one of the most emotional or exciting ones in the Meian repertoire. Although it has a flowing, rhythmical sense, it also contains sudden breath explosions, muraiki, and some notes with a very high pitch. These are among the highest notes that this instrument, a very deep-toned 2.3 can produce.
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