Omoro Soushi - Omoro Soushi

Japanese: おもろさうし - おもろそうし
Omoro Soushi - Omoro Soushi

A collection of Okinawa's ancient folk songs. 22 volumes in total. Divine songs from Okinawa and the Amami Islands were collected and compiled by the Shuri royal court. The collection includes 1,554 songs, but the actual number, excluding duplicates, is 1,248. Volume 1 was compiled in 1531 (10th year of the Jiajing era), volume 2 in 1613 (41st year of the Wanli era), and volumes 3 and onwards in 1623 (3rd year of the Tenkei era), but there are no dates listed for volumes 11, 14, 17, and 22, so the dates are unknown. The writing is in hiragana mixed with kanji, but a unique method of writing Okinawan is used. The original was lost in a fire at Shuri Castle in 1709, and in 1710, two copies were rewritten from the version handed down in the Gushikawa family and given to the Aniya family, who were the royal palace and Omoro Nushidori (a position that oversaw everything related to Omoro sung at the royal court). The current Shoke version (an Important Cultural Property) is the only copy that was handed down to the royal palace. All other extant versions are copies of the Aniya version. There is the "Collated Omoro Soushi" (compiled by Nakahara Yoshitada and Tokama Moriyoshi, 1965, Kadokawa Shoten), which uses the Aniya-line Nakayoshi version as the basis and collates the Shoke version and other versions.

[Tonomori]

"Omoro Soushi, edited by Tonomori Tokuma and Nobutsuna Saigo, Japanese Thought Series 18 (1972, Iwanami Shoten)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

沖縄の古謡集。全22巻。沖縄、奄美(あまみ)諸島に伝わる神歌を首里(しゅり)王府が採録編集したもの。収録歌数は1554首であるが、重複を除く実数は1248首である。第1巻は1531年(嘉靖10)、第2巻は1613年(万暦41)、第3巻以下は1623年(天啓3)に編纂(へんさん)されたが、第11、14、17、22の各巻には編年の記載がなく不明。表記は漢字を交えた平仮名書きであるが、沖縄語を写す独得の表記法が用いられている。原本は1709年の首里城の火災で失われ、1710年、具志川家に伝わる本から2部書き改めて、王城とおもろ主取(ぬしどり)(王府で謡われるオモロに関するすべてをつかさどった役職)安仁屋(あにや)家に格護された。現存の尚家(しょうけ)本(重要文化財)はその1本で、王城に伝えられたものである。現存するその他の諸本はすべて安仁屋本系統の写本である。安仁屋本系仲吉本を底本とし尚家本ほか諸本を校合した『校本おもろさうし』(仲原善忠・外間守善編、1965・角川書店)がある。

[外間守善]

『外間守善・西郷信綱校注『日本思想大系18 おもろさうし』(1972・岩波書店)』

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