Iwaimachi - Iwaimachi

Japanese: 祝町 - いわいまち
Iwaimachi - Iwaimachi

...This is a parlor song sung in the brothels of Iwaimachi and other areas in the Mihama region of Ibaraki Prefecture (Minato, Hiraiso, and Isohama, which are located at the mouth of the Naka River). The "oar rowing song," which has been sung by fishermen who stop by this area since the Edo period, was perfected to its current melody in the 1880s.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Iwaimachi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…茨城県三浜地方(那珂川河口に並ぶ湊・平磯・磯浜)の祝町などの遊郭で歌われた座敷歌。江戸時代からこの地に立ち寄る漁師たちによって歌われていた〈櫓漕ぎ歌〉を現在の曲調に完成したのは明治20年代である。…

※「祝町」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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