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Oshi

[Also Known As]Mandarin Ducks

Oshi appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Koto - Music of the One-String Ichigenkin
Oshi features the unaccompanied voice after the introduction, recalling the singing style associated with the Biwa, an instrument similar to the Western lute.

Awakening in the chill of night,
I hear the cries of mandarin ducks.
How can they shake the frost from their wing --
In this cold?