Itsuki Lullaby (in Japanese:五木の子守唄, Itsuki no komoriuta) is a lullaby known widely in Japan, and is a folk song representative of Kyūshū, Japan.
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General
The Itsuki Lullaby is a lullaby known to many people in Japan. It is a folk song from Itsuki Village, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Kyūshū Island, Japan.
Lyrics
There are the most common version and the original version of this lullaby, sung in the Itsuki Village dialect.
The Myth of the Itsuki Lullaby
Just recently, the myth of the Itsuki Lullaby is being discussed.
The Discovery
The lullaby was "discovered" by a school teacher in 1935, long after the song ceased to be sung.
The Lullaby by the baby sitters from the poor families
It has long been believed that this song was sung by the baby sitters from the poor families. Itsuki was next to Gokanosho, where the Heike people came to settle after their defeat in the Genji-Heike War in the Heian period and later the Kamakura shogunate sent their Genji samurai families to watch over them, thus creating the rich Genji families and poorer Heike families.