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{{Short description|Music composition by Michio Miyagi}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Haru no Umi
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| English_title = The Sea in Spring
| written       = 1929
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| writer        =
| composer      = [[Michio Miyagi]]
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{{External media|topic=Haru no Umi. Performed by Michio Miyagi (Koto) and Seifu Yoshida (Shakuhachi) in 1930|audio1=http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1319027}}
'''''Haru no Umi''''' ({{lang|ja|春の海}}, "The Sea in Spring") is a ''Shin Nihon Ongaku'' ('New Japanese Music') piece for [[koto (musical instrument)|koto]] and [[shakuhachi]] composed in [[1929 in music|1929]] by [[Michio Miyagi]]. It is Miyagi's best known piece and one of the most famous for the koto and shakuhachi instruments. The piece is well-known in Japan as it is commonly played as background music during the [[Japanese New Year|New Year]] season in shopping streets and other facilities.

Miyagi composed the music from his childhood image of the [[Seto Inland Sea|sea]] of [[Tomonoura]] that he saw before he lost his eyesight.

At one stage the accoms some resemblance to a part of [[Septet (Saint-Saëns)|Septet in E{{music|flat}} major]] by [[Camille Saint-Saëns|Saint-Saëns]] (1881), but it is not known if Saint-Saëns influenced Miyagi.{{or|date=March 2021}}

==See also==
*[[Tomonoura]]
*[[Seto Inland Sea]]

==References==
*"Haru no Umi" at [http://www.komuso.com/pieces/pieces.pl?piece=1901 The International Shakuhachi Society]

==External links==
*Audio performance clip at [https://web.archive.org/web/20100718084644/http://www.echo.ucla.edu/Volume6-Issue2/sheppard-media/shep-haru.html echo.ucla.edu]


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[[Category:Japanese traditional music]]
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