Owari Hamanushi - The End of Hamanushi

A gagaku musician from the early Heian period. He is said to be the founder of flutes and dance. He worked with Oto Kiyokami to reform the musical system of the Heian period, revising the dance "Ryo-o" at the command of Emperor Kōken, and composing the dances "Otenraku," "Jusui-raku," and "Kanan-pu" for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Ninmyo (834). He traveled to China as a Japanese envoy for four years from 835 (Jowa 2). In 845, at the age of 113, he danced his own composition "Wafu Ucho Juraku" (one theory is "Spring Nightingale Song") like a boy, admiring an audience of 1,000 people from the Keishokai, and dedicated a song to him: "I present to you the dance of more than 100 old men who have lived through seven generations of reigns." He also wrote the music book "Gojuki" (772).

[Yoko Hashimoto]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

平安初期の雅楽家。笛、舞の始祖といわれる。孝謙(こうけん)天皇の勅により『陵王(りょうおう)』の舞を改作したり、仁明(にんみょう)天皇の御即位大嘗会(だいじょうえ)（834）に『応天楽』『拾翠楽(じゅすいらく)』『河南浦(かなんふ)』の舞をつくるなど、大戸清上(おおとのきよかみ)とともに平安朝の楽制改革を進める。835年（承和2）から4年間遣唐使として渡唐。845年には自作の『和風長寿楽(わふうちょうじゅらく)』（一説に『春鶯囀(しゅんのうでん)』）を113歳で少年のように舞って景勝会千人の観衆を感嘆させ「七代(ななつぎ)の御代(みよ)に遇(まわ)へる百(ももち)余り十の翁(おきな)の舞ひ奉る」の歌を献じたという。楽道書『五重記(ごじゅうき)』（772）を著す。

［橋本曜子］

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