"Kōjō no Tsuki" (荒城の月), translated to "The Moon over the Ruined Castle", is a Japanese song written in the Meiji period.
Rentarō Taki, a Japanese pianist and composer, composed the music as a song to use in music lessons without instrumental accompaniment in 1901.
It was inspired by the ruins of Oka Castle, which was built in 1185. The lyrics of the song was inspired by the ruins of the Aoba Castle and the Aizuwakamatsu Castle.
Taki's original version of the song is in B minor. Taki's original version of the song uses E# on the second bar, but the modern version usually uses E. This is probably because the original version did not fit the traditional Japanese music.
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