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Nagauta is a Japanese traditional music since Edo era.
It is played by singing and the shamisen.

This song is about the majesty of the sea.

First , describing the view of ocean .
Next, the interlude about this ocean (with two shamisens).

And these are some figures of white boats ... but these are seagull and they are suddenly flying !

Next the player changes the tuning of the shamisen .
(Changing the second string.)

And music is changed so slowly and expresses to the scene of the evening sea's changing sky's color .
It is really beautiful and fantastic part of this music.

But after that suddenly there are clouds and the sea gets rough.

The singer sings "Funa-uta" its a song of the fisherman's wife waiting her husband .

Finally it becomes climax expresses to rough ocean again .