Ichijo - Ichijo

Japanese: イチジョー - いちじょー
Ichijo - Ichijo

...The decline of sekkyobushi indicates that the culture of the masses, centered in cities, has left oral culture and entered a written culture, and it also indicates a major change in cultural history. Even today, stories of the same material as sekkyobushi are told as ritual texts by itako in the Tohoku region and as songs by goze women in Echigo, and until recently in Iki, shrine maidens called ichijo recited the "Yuriwaka sekkyo." However, although these are oral literary works, we have to say that their content has weakened.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ichijo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…説経節の衰退は,都市を中心とした民衆の文化が,口頭的文化を脱して文字的文化に突入したことを示し,文化史上の大きな変化をも物語っている。今日でも説経節と同材の語りが東北のイタコの祭文や越後の瞽女歌として行われ,近年まで壱岐ではイチジョーと呼ぶ巫女が〈百合若説経〉を語っていた。しかしそれらは口承文芸ではあっても,内容的に衰弱したものといわざるを得ない。…

※「イチジョー」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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