Isejima Palace

Japanese: 伊勢島宮内 - いせじま・くない

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A tayu of old Joruri in the early Edo period. Also known as Edo Miyanai. The originator of Isejima-bushi. He is said to have been a disciple of Toraya Gendayu, but this is not certain. His stage name was first seen at an Ise performance in 1635, so there is a theory that he was originally from Ise and was a narrator of sekkyo. He was also active in Edo, and is thought to have entered Kyoto at the end of the Kanei era when "Ichinotani Sakaraku" was published, and competed with Yamashiro Sanai (Wakasa no Kami Yoshitsugu) at Shijo-gawara. He was highly praised as a rival to Sanai in Kyoto, with all five of his existing original versions labeled "Edo". He also had a wide range of activities in Osaka. It is said that together with Sanai, he was looked down upon as a "kawarabushi" (river-style runaway) and looked down on even more than the zatō (a zato). However, this is where the true nature of Joruri as a form of entertainment developed among the lower classes really shines. In 1675, Uji Katayu (Kaga no Jō) used this name (the name of the performance rights). <References> Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, "Highway Joruri - Sanai and Miyauchi" (Humanities Research, Vol. 29, Part 1)

(Yasuda Fukiko)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸前期の古浄瑠璃の太夫。別名江戸宮内。伊勢島節の元祖。虎屋源太夫の門弟というが確かでない。芸名の初見が寛永12(1635)年の伊勢興行であることから,出自は伊勢,説経語り説がある。江戸でも活躍し,京入りしたのは「一の谷逆落」上梓の寛永末年と思われ,四条河原で山城左内(若狭守吉次)と芸を競い合う。現存の正本5種の全てに「江戸」と銘打つなど,京の左内と対抗し並び称された。大坂にも下り活動は広範囲におよぶ。左内と共に「河原ぶし」と座頭よりも卑められたというが,そこにこそ下層で発達した近世芸能としての浄瑠璃節の面目が躍如としている。延宝3(1675)年宇治嘉太夫(加賀掾)はこの名代(興行権の名義)を用いた。<参考文献>阪口弘之「街道の浄瑠璃―左内と宮内―」(『人文研究』29巻1分冊)

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