On the fair spring Sumida River, boatmen going up and down, drops from the oars scattering like blossoms, to what shall I compare this scene?
春のうららの隅田川 のぼりくだりの船人が 櫂のしづくも花と散る ながめを何にたとふべき
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Born in Tokyo in 1879, Rentaro Taki
Born in Tokyo in 1879, Rentaro Taki was a pioneering composer and pianist of Japan's Meiji era, when Western music was first taking root in the country. His songs 'Kojo no Tsuki' (Moon Over the Ruined Castle) and 'Hana' (Flower) became cornerstones of Japanese music education and are still widely sung today. After graduating from the Tokyo Music School, he enrolled at the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany but fell seriously ill with tuberculosis and returned home. He died at just twenty-three, leaving the piano piece 'Urami' (Regret) as his final, poignant testament.
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