One rope - Ipponnawa

Japanese: 一本縄 - いっぽんなわ
One rope - Ipponnawa

…It was the mainstream of acrobatics around the time of the Hoei and Shōtoku eras (1704-16). In the old days it was called nihonzuna or nihonnawa, and it was common to use two ropes, but later the ipponzuna (single rope) came into existence. After an acrobat named Hitotsuna Kumenosuke performed iainuki on a single rope in 1737 (Genbun 2), the nihonzuna gradually fell out of use. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宝永・正徳(1704‐16)ころには軽業の主流であった。古くは二本綱または二本縄といわれ,綱を2本張るのが普通であったが,のちに一本綱(一本縄)が起こった。1737年(元文2)一ッ綱粂之助と名乗る軽業師が一本綱の上で居合抜きを演じてから,二本綱はしだいにすたれたという。…

※「一本縄」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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