Obokuri Eeumi

from Ivora by Billy Prim

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This is a traditional folk song by Japanese folk music legend from Kagoshima, Ikue Asazaki 朝崎郁恵 entitled: Obokuri Eeumi おぼくり ええうみ, (Obtain Our Bearings). The song proved to be quite popular among anime fans the world over after it was featured in one of the most touching scenes (scene #14) in the anime Samurai Champloo サムライチャンプルー . The anime television series was broadcasted from May 2004 to March 2005 on Fuji TV network.
As one can tell from the music, it is a song of sadness, poverty and longing.
Asazaki-san sings this in her traditional Kagoshima/Okinawan/Japanese style, accompanied by piano. Some say that Ikue Asazaki is Okinawan and from Okinawa. Some say she’s from Kyushu, the southernmost large island of Japan, where Kagoshima, her birthplace is. This is a testament to the complexity of history and who claims what.
The arrangement is by Billy Prim.

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from Ivora, released December 17, 2022

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