Masanori TARUYA

This work was inspired by Princess Kushinada, the heroine of the Izumo mythology “the slaying of Yamata no Orochi” in the first volume of Kojiki. The Yamata no Orochi mythology is a story in which to slay a large snake Yamata no Orochi with eight tails and eight heads by the ocean god Susanoo in order to protect the Princess Kushinada.

This myth begins when Susanoo was pushed out of the Takamagahara (heven) due to the violent action and descended to the lower bound. Its place was the bird hair of the Hii River in Izumo Province and the upstream of the Hii River flowing in Izumo City today. As Susanoo walked down the river for a while, he found Kushinada and her parents crying, so he called out. Asking them why they were crying, they told Yamata no Orochi who came to the village once a year that their seven daughters were sacrificed, and the last surviving Kushinada is now eaten by the beast. Susanoo, who felt sorry for Kushinada’s fate, promised them to fight off Yamata no Orochi instead of having Kushinada as his wife.
Susanoo turned Kushinada’s body into a comb and put it in his hair to hide her. She orders her parents to make strong sake, make eight gates, place a large casks inside the gate, and pour the sake in, and wait for Yamata no Orochi. When Yamata no Orochi appeared, he put eight heads into eight casks and drank up the sake. As Susanoo’s strategy, the beast was completely drunk and was killed by Susanoo. Susanoo, who repulsed Yamata no Orochi with his wife Kushinada, is said to have made a tanka of joy.

This 2022 version is a revised version of the original that was written in 2013. Additions and edits have been made.
In terms of the new parts that were added, an effort was made not to stray too far from the feel of the original song, while keeping the difficulty relatively low in the rearrangement so that middle school students can also play it easily. It takes the form of a sequel to the original and orchestral arrangement versions. Nothing would delight me more than if each of these versions are loved for a long time to come.

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