"Akoya Kotozeme" - Akoya Kotozeme

Japanese: 《阿古屋琴責》 - あこやことぜめ
"Akoya Kotozeme" - Akoya Kotozeme

...It is said to have been composed by Kineya Rokuzaemon IX. It is a Nagauta adaptation of the "Akoya Kotozeme no Dan" from the Gidayu-bushi "Dannoura Kabuto Gunki." The protagonist is the prostitute Akoya, who is pursued for the whereabouts of Kagekiyo and forced to play three instruments without losing her tone.

From the Dannoura Kabuto War Chronicles

…The scene that is still performed in puppet theater today is the third act, “The Horikawa Monjusho Scene.” It is commonly known as “Akoya Kotozeme.” Shigetada Chichibu and Saemon Iwanaga are searching for Kagekiyo and question Akoya, but she refuses to confess. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Akoya Kotozemi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…9世杵屋(きねや)六左衛門作曲といわれる。義太夫節《壇浦兜軍記(だんのうらかぶとぐんき)》の〈阿古屋琴責(あこやことぜめ)の段〉を長唄に移したもの。景清の行方を追及され,三つの楽器の演奏を強要されながら音色に乱れを見せなかった遊君阿古屋が主人公。…

【壇浦兜軍記】より

…そのうち今でも人形浄瑠璃に上演されるものは,三段目の口〈堀川問注所の場〉。通称《阿古屋琴責》。景清の行方を追う秩父庄司重忠と岩永左衛門は,阿古屋を訊問するが,阿古屋は白状しない。…

※「《阿古屋琴責》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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