Asakura Musei - Asakura Musei

Japanese: 朝倉無声 - あさくらむせい
Asakura Musei - Asakura Musei


[Records and research]
Although spectacles were a familiar form of entertainment for the common people, they were not recognized as "art," so records of them are found only in the essays of town enthusiasts. The first comprehensive record of spectacles in Japan was the five-volume Miscellany of Spectacles (records from 1818-42) by Kodera Gyokucho (1800-78), an essayist from Nagoya at the end of the Edo period. This was followed by the Taisho period work Miscellany of Spectacles (1928) by Asakura Musei (1877-1927, real name Kamezo), which based its records on Kodera's records and added research materials to provide a classification system.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Asakura Musei" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【その記録と研究】
 見世物は庶民の身近な娯楽であったが,いわば〈芸術〉として認められなかったので,その記録は町の好事家(こうずか)の随筆などに散見するにすぎない。日本で最初のまとまった見世物の記録は,幕末名古屋の随筆家小寺玉晁(こでらぎよくちよう)(1800‐78)の《見世物雑志(ざつし)》5巻(1818‐42年の記録)で,次いで,小寺の記録を踏まえつつ,さらに捜索の資料を加えて分類の体系を与えようとした,大正期の朝倉無声(むせい)(1877‐1927。本名亀三)の《見世物研究》(1928刊)があるのみである。…

※「朝倉無声」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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